Gerardo Traverso Explained

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]

Club career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Falleció Gerardo Traverso. ABC Color. es. 17 May 2019.
  2. Web site: BDFA. Ficha de GERARDO TRAVERSO. 2009-03-17.
  3. News: Diario Hoy . GERARDO TRAVERSO LA PROMESA AMARILLA . 2000-05-12 . 2009-03-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612081019/http://www.explored.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/gerardo-traverso-la-promesa-amarilla-103440-103440.html . 2011-06-12 .
  4. Web site: . Ficha del Jugador: TRAVERSO PIRIZ GERARDO ADRIAN . 2009-03-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928002807/http://www.ecuafutbol.org/Servicios/FichaJugadores.aspx?valor1=10797 . 2011-09-28 .
  5. News: . Gerardo Traverso corre el riesgo de quedar parapléjico . 2004-05-26 . 2009-03-17 . 21 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921033354/http://www.eluniverso.com/2004/05/26/0001/15/62DE1CAA9B314DFDA487FBD40C0EBB6F.html . dead .