Julio Marchant

Julio Javier Marchant (born 11 January 1980 in Santiago del Estero) is an Argentine retired footballer.

Career

He made his debut playing for Boca Juniors in 2000, where he won the Copa Libertadores 2000. Two years later, he lost his place in the squad, transferring to Racing Club the next year.

After his spell in Racing, Marchant was transferred once again to Union de Santa Fé, playing in the Nacional B, second division of Argentine football. He then moved to Portugal, playing 2 years for CD Nacional.

The first half of 2007 saw the midfielder transferring to Mexican side Necaxa, which signed him to play for the team in the 2007 Copa Libertadores.

He then made a move to Uruguay to play for Defensor Sporting in the second half of 2007. With Defensor Sporting he won the 2008 Uruguayan Championship.

In 2009, he returned to Argentina to play for Banfield where he was a key member of the squad that won the Apertura 2009 championship appearing in 17 of their 19 games. On 13 December 2009 he celebrated with his team mates when Banfield won the Argentine championship for the first time in the history of the club.

Honours

Boca Juniors

Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2000

Copa Libertadores (2): 2000, 2001

Copa Intercontinental: 2000

Defensor Sporting Club

Primera División Uruguaya: 2008

Banfield

Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2009

External links

Argentine Primera statistics

Article about his career

Julio Marchant at BDFA

1980 births

Living people

Footballers from Santiago del Estero

Argentine men's footballers

Argentine people of French descent

Boca Juniors footballers

Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers

Unión de Santa Fe footballers

Club Necaxa footballers

Defensor Sporting players

Primeira Liga players

C.D. Nacional players

Club Atlético Banfield footballers

América de Cali footballers

Chacarita Juniors footballers

Argentine Primera División players

Uruguayan Primera División players

Categoría Primera A players

Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia

Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico

Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal

Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay

Men's association football midfielders

Copa Libertadores-winning players