Marcelo Cañete

Marcelo Cañete (born 16 April 1990) is an Argentine-Paraguayan^[1] footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B de Chile.

Marcelo Cañete

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Cañete
Date of birth	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Santiago Wanderers
Number	32
Youth career
2008–2009	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Boca Juniors	8	(1)
2011	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	13	(1)
2011–2015	São Paulo	17	(1)
2013	→ Portuguesa (loan)	17	(2)
2014	→ Náutico (loan)	18	(1)
2015	→ São Bernardo (loan)	12	(1)
2015	CRB	21	(1)
2016	São Bernardo	13	(2)
2016–2017	Libertad	30	(2)
2017–2018	Guaraní	21	(4)
2018	Sportivo Luqueño	12	(2)
2019	Deportivo Capiatá	6	(1)
2019–2021	Cobresal	42	(6)
2021–2022	Universidad de Chile	23	(2)
2022	→ Huachipato (loan)	19	(0)
2023–	Santiago Wanderers	29	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2024

Career

Cañete started his professional career with Boca Juniors, debuting with the first team in 2010. In 2011, he was loaned to Chilean Universidad Católica.^[2] After a good performance at Universidad Católica he was signed by São Paulo for three million US$ ($3,000,000). In 2013, he was loaned to Portuguesa. In 2014, he was back on São Paulo's roster but did not perform well. He suffered minor injuries, was taken off the squad and placed in the reserves. He later trained with the Sub-20 squad, in the training center in Cotia. He was loaned to Náutico August 2014.^[3]

In 2021, Cañete joined Universidad de Chile from Cobresal.^[4]

Personal life

Cañete naturalized Paraguayan^[1] since his mother is from Paraguay.^[5]

Cañete is the cousin of the footballer Ezequiel Cañete.^[6]