Gerardo Traverso | |
Fullname: | Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1975 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | Rubio Ñú |
Years1: | 1992 |
Years2: | 1993–1997 |
Years3: | 1997 |
Years4: | – |
Years5: | – |
Years6: | –2000 |
Years7: | 2000 |
Years8: | 2001 |
Years9: | 2002 |
Years10: | 2002 |
Years11: | 2003 |
Years12: | 2003–2004 |
Clubs1: | Rubio Ñú |
Clubs2: | Nacional (Paraguay) |
Clubs3: | Tianjin TEDA |
Clubs4: | San Lorenzo |
Clubs5: | Monterrey |
Clubs6: | Durazno |
Clubs7: | → Barcelona (loan) |
Clubs8: | Guaraní |
Clubs9: | Dundee |
Clubs10: | Cerro Porteño |
Clubs11: | Sportivo Luqueño |
Clubs12: | Tacuary |
Caps9: | 2 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz (7 October 1975 – 17 May 2019)[1] was an Uruguayan football player.[2]
Traverso moved to Paraguay as a youth player and began his professional career with Rubio Ñú before moving to Nacional in the Primera División de Paraguay.[3] He played on loan for Barcelona in Serie A de Ecuador.[4] He also had a brief spell with Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.
Traverso's career ended following a serious injury sustained in an automobile crash in Asunción in May 2004. His wife was also injured in the accident.[5]