Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ezequiel Alejandro Melillo | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1993 | ||
Place of birth | San Isidro, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fasano | ||
Youth career | |||
Boca Juniors | |||
2004–2005 | River Plate | ||
Tigre | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
San Basilio Palestrina | |||
2013–2015 | Racing Club | 3 | (0) |
2015 | → Unión Mar del Plata (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Troina | 32 | (10) |
2018–2019 | Vibonese | 28 | (0) |
2019–2020 | FC Messina | 10 | (0) |
2020 | Savoia | 4 | (0) |
2021 | Fasano | 18 | (5) |
2021–2023 | Francavilla | 61 | (12) |
2023 | Nardò | 4 | (0) |
2023 | San Marzano | 8 | (0) |
2023– | Fasano | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024 |
Ezequiel Alejandro Melillo (born 5 August 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian Serie D club Fasano. [1]
Melillo played for the youth system of Boca Juniors, before spending time with the academies of River Plate and Tigre. [3] Melillo applied for Italian citizenship at the age of fifteen, while playing five-a-side football in Bari. [3] He went back to Argentina months later, but returned to Italy after agreeing terms of San Basilio Palestrina. [3] He won promotion from the Eccellenza in his time there, as he also had a trial at Napoli. [3] [4] A return to his homeland came again, as the midfielder played for Racing Club of the Primera División from 2013. [1] Appearances in the 2013–14 campaign against Colón, Estudiantes and Godoy Cruz came. [1] [5]
In 2015, Melillo was loaned to Primera B Nacional's Unión Mar del Plata. [1] Ten matches followed as they suffered relegation, he was notably sent off during his final encounter on 8 November 2015 versus Guillermo Brown. [1] 2016 saw Melillo sign for Eccellenza Sicily side Troina. [3] They, in 2016–17, won a place in the 2017–18 Serie D; where he appeared fifteen times and scored once. [3] [6] On 27 July 2018, Serie C outfit Vibonese signed Melillo. [7] [8] His opening appearances arrived in the succeeding September in fixtures with Bisceglie, Trapani and Catanzaro. [1] [9] Ahead of 2019–20, Melillo joined FC Messina of Serie D. [10]
After ten appearances for Messina, Melillo headed across Serie D to Savoia; who he'd appear three times for. [6] [11] In February 2021, Melillo joined league rivals Fasano. [12]
Melillo was born in Argentina, though his father was born in Salerno, Italy. [12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Racing Club | 2013–14 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Unión Mar del Plata (loan) | 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Troina | 2016–17 | Eccellenza Sicily | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | |
2017–18 | Serie D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Total | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | |||
Vibonese | 2018–19 | Serie C | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
FC Messina | 2019–20 | Serie D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Savoia | 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Fasano | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
Career total | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 13 |