# Marcelo Penta

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{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcelo Penta
| image = 
| fullname = Marcelo Alejandro Penta
| height = {{height|m=1.74}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1985|08|26|df=yes}}         
| birth_place = [Las Heras, Mendoza](/source/Las_Heras%2C_Mendoza), Argentina
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| years1 = 2004–2009 | clubs1 = [Newell's Old Boys](/source/Newell's_Old_Boys) | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = → [Tiro Federal](/source/Tiro_Federal) (loan) | caps2 = ? | goals2 = ? 
| years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = → [Chacarita Juniors](/source/Chacarita_Juniors) (loan) | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ?
| years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = [Pierikos](/source/S.F.K._Pierikos_(football)) | caps4 = 74 | goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2012–2013 |clubs5 =[Ethnikos Achna](/source/Ethnikos_Achna_FC) |caps5 = 18 |goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2013–2016 |clubs6 = [Aiginiakos](/source/Aiginiakos_F.C.) |caps6 = 56 |goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2016–2017 |clubs7 = [Apollon Larissa](/source/Apollon_Larissa_F.C.) |caps7 = 22 |goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2017–2019 |clubs8 = [Volos](/source/Volos_F.C.) |caps8 = 32 |goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2019–2020 |clubs9 = [Veria](/source/Veria_NFC) |caps9 = 19 |goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2020–2023 |clubs10 = [Ypato](/source/A.O._Ypato_F.C.) |caps10 = ? |goals10 = ?
| totalcaps = 245
| totalgoals = 16
| pcupdate = 7 January 2023
}}

'''Marcelo Alejandro Penta''' (born 26 August 1985) is a retired [Argentine](/source/Argentina) [professional footballer](/source/Association_football)  who played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder).

==Career==
Born in [Las Heras, Mendoza](/source/Las_Heras%2C_Mendoza), Marcelo Penta began his professional football career with [Newell's Old Boys](/source/Newell's_Old_Boys) in the [Argentine Primera División](/source/AFA_Liga_Profesional_de_F%C3%BAtbol).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[Guardian.co.uk](/source/Guardian.co.uk)|title=Stats Centre: Marcelo Alejandro Penta|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=187360&pStr=Player|accessdate=2009-10-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924214438/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=187360&pStr=Player|archivedate=2012-09-24}}</ref> In order to gain regular playing time, he was loaned to [Chacarita Juniors](/source/Chacarita_Juniors) in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chacarita Juniors|title=MARCELO PENTA ES LA NUEVA INCORPORACION|url=http://www.chacaritajuniors.org.ar/vernoti.php?articleID=865|language=Spanish|date=12 July 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214103111/http://chacaritajuniors.org.ar/vernoti.php?articleID=865|archivedate=14 December 2010}}</ref> After returning to Newell's, he did not make any first-team appearances  and moved to Greece in July 2009 to continue his professional career.

==Honours== 
'''Newell's Old Boys'''
*[Primera División](/source/AFA_Liga_Profesional_de_F%C3%BAtbol): [2004 Apertura](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_Argentine_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120529002617/http://www.epae.org/player.fds?categ=2&team=20&player=12230&pagecode=04.02.02&langid=1 Profile at epae.org]}}
*[http://www.argentinesoccer.com/jugador.cfm?id=pnta Profile at Futbol Passion]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penta, Marcelo}}
Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Newell's Old Boys footballers
Category:Tiro Federal footballers
Category:Chacarita Juniors footballers
Category:S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players
Category:Ethnikos Achna FC players
Category:Aiginiakos F.C. players
Category:Volos F.C. players
Category:Veria NFC players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Cypriot First Division players
Category:Football League (Greece) players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Category:Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Category:21st-century Argentine sportsmen
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