Marcelo Escudero

Marcelo Alejandro Escudero (born 25 July 1972) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current interim manager of River Plate.

Marcelo Escudero

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alejandro Escudero
Date of birth	(1972-07-25) 25 July 1972
Place of birth	Punta Alta, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	River Plate (interim)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	Sporting Punta Alta
1992–1996	Newell's Old Boys	90	(10)
1996–2002	River Plate	113	(12)
2003	Fortaleza	1	(0)
2004–2005	Olimpo	21	(2)
International career
1994–1995	Argentina	9	(1)
Managerial career
2012–2014	River Plate (assistant)
2016	Fénix
2020–2021	River Plate (youth)
2021	Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2022	River Plate (youth)
2023–	River Plate (reserves)
2024–	River Plate (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Punta Alta, Escudero started his career with Sporting Punta Alta in the South Bahia Blanca regional League of Argentine football. Shortly afterwards, he was transferred to Newell's Old Boys in 1992. He made his professional debut in the Argentine First Division with Newell's, where he was part of the squad that won the Clausura 1992 championship.

In 1995 Escudero was selected to join the Argentina squad for the Copa América in 1995.

In 1996, he joined River Plate where he won five league championships, as well as the Copa Libertadores in 1996, and the Supercopa Sudamericana in 1997.

In 2003, he had an unsuccessful spell with Fortaleza in Brazil. His last club was Olimpo de Bahía Blanca where he retired in 2005.

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División Argentina: Clausura 1992

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1996, Clausura 1997, Apertura 1999, Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002
• Copa Libertadores: 1996
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997

External links

• Marcelo Escudero at National-Football-Teams.com
• (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics