{{short description|Argentine footballer}} {{Use American English|date=November 2013}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Horacio Ameli | image = | full_name = Horacio Andrés Ameli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1974|07|07}} | birth_place = Rosario, Argentina | height = 1.80 m<ref name="futpédia">{{cite web|title=Horacio Amelli |url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/amelli |accessdate=November 28, 2009 |publisher=Futpédia |language=Portuguese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916101955/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/amelli |archivedate=September 16, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> | position = Defender | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1994–1996 | years2 = 1996–1998 | years3 = 1998–2002 | years4 = 2002 | years5 = 2002–2003 | years6 = 2003–2004 | years7 = 2004–2005 | years8 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Colón | clubs2 = Rayo Vallecano | clubs3 = San Lorenzo | clubs4 = Internacional | clubs5 = São Paulo | clubs6 = River Plate | clubs7 = América | clubs8 = Colón | caps1 = | caps2 = 60 | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = 13 | caps6 = | caps7 = | caps8 = | goals1 = | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = 1 | goals6 = | goals7 = | goals8 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1996 | nationalteam1 = Argentina U-23 }} '''Horacio Andrés Ameli''', better known as '''Horacio Ameli''' (born July 7, 1974), is an Argentine former professional football defender, who played in several top-level clubs of countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Spain.
==Career== Horacio Ameli was born in Rosario. He started his professional career in 1994, defending Colón. He took part in the 1995 Argentine Second Division campaign, helping the coming back to First Division after fourteen years. He became a local idol also by took part in keeping the club in main division by the end of the next season, a difficult task in the ''promedios'' system.<ref name = "eg">PERUGINO, Elías (nov 2011). '''Horacio AMELI'''. El Gráfico Especial n. 33 - "100 Ídolos de Colón". Revistas Deportivas, p. 54</ref>
In those days, he was called by Argentina U-23 for the 1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament,<ref>{{cite news |title=El Sub 23 ante Colombia en su primer ensayo|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/el-sub-23-ante-colombia-en-su-primer-ensayo-nid171553/ |access-date=7 April 2026 |work=La Nación|date=26 January 1996|language=pt}}</ref> although Daniel Passarella chose veterans for the Olympic team defense in the final list to Atlanta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elementos em comum entre Atlético Mineiro e Racing|url=https://www.futebolportenho.com.br/galo-racing/ |access-date=7 April 2026 |work=Futebol Portenho |date=27 April 2016|language=pt}}</ref>
After leaving for Rayo Vallecano in 1996,<ref name = "eg"/> he returned to his native country in 1998, to defend San Lorenzo, moving to Brazil in 2002 to defend Internacional.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}} With Inter, he played two Copa do Brasil games in 2002.<ref name="futpédia"/> Ameli then moved to São Paulo in the same year, playing 13 Série A games between 2002 and 2003, and scoring one goal.<ref name="futpédia"/> He returned to Argentina in 2003 to play for River Plate, leaving in the following year to play for Mexican club América.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}
Horacio Ameli returned again to Argentina in 2005, then retired in 2006, while loaned to Colón.<ref name = "eg"/>
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