Inti Podestá

Inti Podestá Mezzetta (born 23 April 1978) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Podestá and the second or maternal family name is Mezzetta.
Inti Podestá
Personal information
Full name Inti Podestá Mezzetta
Date of birth (1978-04-23) 23 April 1978
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Danubio 69 (3)
1999–2004 Sevilla 47 (5)
Total 116 (8)
National team
1999 Uruguay 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In a relatively short career, Montevideo-born Podestá played for Danubio F.C. and Spain's Sevilla FC. With the latter, to where he moved in 1999, his presence was merely testimonial, his best output being 14 games with three goals in the 2000–01 season as the Andalusia club returned to La Liga after one year of absence.[1]

In the following campaign, Podestá featured more (15 matches) but did not find the net. After only eight league appearances in the next three years combined, he retired in July 2004 at only 26.[2]

International career

Podestá made one appearance for Uruguay, in a friendly prior to the 1999 Copa América on 17 June, a 3–2 win in Paraguay. Summoned for the final stages, he did not leave the bench for the eventual runners-up.

Honours

Club
Sevilla

Country

References
  1. El Sevilla, a Primera por la puerta grande (Sevilla, to Primera through the front door); Mundo Deportivo, 4 June 2001 (in Spanish)
  2. "Podestá se retira del fútbol al no superar su lesión de rodilla (Podestá retires from football after not being able to overcome knee injury)". ABC. 2 July 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
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