Gastón Aguirre

Gastón Damián Aguirre (born 11 November 1981 in Adrogué) is an Argentine football defender who plays for San Martín de Burzaco.[1][2]

Gastón Aguirre
Personal information
Full name Gastón Damián Aguirre
Date of birth (1981-11-11) 11 November 1981
Place of birth Adrogué, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 San Martín Burzaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Temperley 68 (4)
2002–2003 Olimpo 19 (0)
2003–2007 Newell's Old Boys 90 (3)
2007–2012 San Lorenzo 92 (5)
2012–2018 CA Temperley 144 (4)
2018–2019 Tristán Suárez 23 (1)
2019– San Martín Burzaco
National team
2004 Argentina U-23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:43, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Career

Aguirre started his playing career in 2000 with Temperley in the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.[3] In 2002, he joined Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine Primera and at the end of the season he joined Newell's Old Boys of Rosario.[1] Aguirre joined San Lorenzo in 2007 and established himself as a regular first team player.[1]

Aguirre gained notoriety in late 2008, when during a match between Tigre and San Lorenzo, he accidentally hit a group of pigeons standing on the field, and one of the birds was killed by the impact of the shot.[4]

References
  1. Argentine Primera statistics
  2. Varios que no siguen en el Lechero, mundoascenso.com.ar, 29 April 2019
  3. Siempre está(in Spanish)
  4. "Gaston Aguirre's Right Foot is Deadly. To Pigeons". Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.


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