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{{short description|Argentine footballer (born 1984)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcelo Barovero
| image = Marcelo Barovero 2016.jpg
| caption = Barovero lining up for [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] in 2016
| full_name = Marcelo Alberto Barovero<ref name="FCWC 2019">{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey |publisher=FIFA |page=3 |date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|18}}<ref name="FCWC 2019"/>
| birth_place = Porteña, [[Córdoba Province (Argentina)|Córdoba]], Argentina
| height = 1.82 m<ref name="FCWC 2019"/>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| clubs1 = [[Atlético de Rafaela]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
| years1 = 2003–2007
| years2 = 2007–2008
| caps1 = 117
| caps2 = 38
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2008–2012
| years4 = 2012–2016
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps3 = 90
| caps4 = 118
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 3
| clubs5 = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| years5 = 2016–2018
| caps5 = 72
| goals5 = 0
| clubs6 = [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]
| years6 = 2018–2020
| caps6 = 74
| goals6 = 0
| clubs7 = [[Burgos CF|Burgos]]
| years7 = 2020–2021
| caps7 = 25
| goals7 = 0
| clubs8 = [[Atlético San Luis]]
| years8 = 2021–2023
| caps8 = 67
| goals8 = 0
| clubs9 = [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]]
| years9 = 2023–2024
| caps9 = 16
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 617
| totalgoals = 3
| club-update = 14:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
}}

'''Marcelo Alberto Barovero''' (born 18 February 1984) is an Argentine former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He often goes by the nickname of "Trapito" (Spanish for "Little Rag").

== Career ==

=== Early years ===
His first steps in the practice of football were at the club of his hometown, ''Porteña Asociación Cultural y Deportiva'', then he played at the youth academy of [[Atlético Rafaela]] until his professional debut.

=== Atlético Rafaela ===
Barovero started his professional career in 2003 playing for [[Atlético de Rafaela]] in the [[Primera B Nacional]] (Argentine second division). In his first season, the club won the championship and promotion to the [[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]]. Barovero was used as the club's third choice goalkeeper in the first division, behind [[Ángel David Comizzo]] and [[Ezequiel Medrán]]. Rafaela was relegated at the end of the [[2003–04 Argentine Primera División|2003–04 season]], but Barovero stayed with the club and established himself as the first choice goalkeeper back in the B Nacional. He totalled 113 appearances for Atlético de Rafaela, before his move to [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]] (of the first division) in 2007.

=== Huracán ===
In the 2007/2008 season, he played all the 38 matches that his team disputed. At the end of this season, he was bought by [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]].

=== Velez Sarsfield ===
In 2008, after one season as a starter in Huracán, Barovero was bought by [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]] to compete with [[Germán Montoya]] for the position of first choice goalkeeper. During the [[2008–09 Argentine Primera División#Torneo Clausura|2009 Clausura]] he was part of the Vélez team that won the championship, being an unused substitute during the tournament.

He eventually caught his break during the [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Apertura|2010 Apertura]], during which he started in all but three games of his team's runner-up campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=brvr&Championship=ap10&Team=vel |title=Opening '10 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |accessdate=2010-12-14 }}</ref> He finished the tournament with only 6 goals conceded in 16 games, and kept a [[Shutout#Association football|clean sheet]] in 12 of the games. At the end of the tournament, he was awarded the [[Ubaldo Matildo Fillol Award]] for being the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubaldofillol.com/notas-nota.php?id_nota=585 |title=''Marcelo Barovero: ganador del Premio Ubaldo Fillol a la valla menos vencida'' |author=[[Ubaldo Fillol]] |publisher=UbaldoFillol.com |language=Spanish |date=2010-12-14 |accessdate=2010-12-14 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717130206/http://www.ubaldofillol.com/notas-nota.php?id_nota=585 |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.velezsarsfield.com.ar/futbol/notas/2010/12/14/161132.html |title=''Barovero el mejor del Apertura''|publisher=Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield |language=Spanish |date=2010-12-14 |accessdate=2010-12-14 }}</ref> The following semester, Barovero started in all 19 games of Vélez [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|2011 Clausura]] winning campaign,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=brvr&championship=cl11&team=vel |title=Closing '11 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |accessdate=2011-06-20 }}</ref> and all 12 of the team's [[2011 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] semifinalist campaign.

=== River Plate ===
After his successful spell in Velez, in the 2012 Argentine winter transfer window giant River Plate picked him up for a US$250,000 season-long loan.<ref>[http://www.lacapitalmdp.com/noticias/Deportes/2012/07/11/223813.htm ''Barovero es el primer refuerzo de River''] [[Télam]], 12 July 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref> He soon became the undisputed starting goalkeeper during his first semester at the club, and upon completion of the loan, River made his move permanent for a reported fee of US$950,000. Since then he's been one of the stars of the Argentine side and was named Man of the Match in more than one occasion, but most notably on an intense fixture in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana against Buenos Aires rivals San Lorenzo to advance to the Round of Sixteen. He won multiple titles with the squad, most notably the 2015 Copa Libertadores. The fans consider him an idol of the team.

=== Later career ===
In 2016, Barovero moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Mexican club [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]. He went on to play for [[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]], [[Burgos CF|Burgos]] and [[Atlético San Luis]] before returning to Argentina to join [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]].

On 19 July 2024, Barovero announced his retirement from professional football.

==Career statistics==
=== Club ===
{{updated|match played 14 February 2021}}<ref>{{Soccerway|marcelo-barovero/16985|access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ficha Estadistica de Marcelo Barovero|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-MARCELO-ALBERTO-BAROVERO-19164.html|access-date=19 February 2021|website=www.bdfa.com.ar}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Atlético de Rafaela]]
|[[2003–04 Argentine Primera División|2003–04]]
|[[Argentine Primera División]]
|0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||0||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Primera B Nacional|2004–05]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Primera Nacional|Primera B Nacional]]
|37||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|Appearance(s) in Primera División Promotion}}||0||39||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Primera B Nacional|2005–06]]
|38||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||38||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Primera B Nacional|2006–07]]
|42||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||42||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!117!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!119!!0
|-
|[[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
|[[2007–08 Argentine Primera División|2007–08]]
|Argentine Primera División
|38||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||38||0
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]]
|[[2008–09 Argentine Primera División season|2008–09]]
| rowspan="4" |Argentine Primera División
|9||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||9||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Argentine Primera División season|2009–10]]
|11||0|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|One appearance in [[Copa Sudamericana]] and one appearance in [[Copa Libertadores]]}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||13||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season|2010–11]]
|35||0|| colspan="2" |—||20{{efn|Eight appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||55||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Argentine Primera División season|2011–12]]
|35||0||0||0||9{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores|name=Lib}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||44||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!90!!0!!0!!0!!31!!0!!0!!0!!121!!0
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
|[[2012–13 Argentine Primera División season|2012–13]]
| rowspan="5" |Argentine Primera División
|34||0||0||0||5{{efn|Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana|name=Sud}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||39||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season|2013–14]]
|34||0||1||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||35||0
|-
|[[2014 Argentine Primera División|2014]]
|18||0||1||0||10{{efn|name=Sud}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Supercopa Argentina]]}}||0||30||0
|-
|[[2015 Argentine Primera División|2015]]
|19||0||0||0||18{{efn|Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores}}||0||5{{efn|Two appearances in [[Recopa Sudamericana]], one appearance in [[J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship]] and two appearances in [[FIFA Club World Cup]]}}||0||42||0
|-
|[[2016 Argentine Primera División|2016]]
|13||0||0||0||8{{efn|name=Lib}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||21||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!118!!0!!2!!0!!41!!0!!6!!0!!167!!0
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|[[2016–17 Liga MX season|2016–17]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Liga MX]]
|38||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||38||0
|-
|[[2017–18 Liga MX season|2017–18]]
|34||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||35||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!72!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!73!!0
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[C.F. Monterrey|Monterrey]]
|[[2018–19 Liga MX season|2018–19]]
| rowspan="2" |Liga MX
|40||0||1||0||8{{efn|Appearance(s) in [[CONCACAF Champions League]]}}||0||2{{efn|Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||51||0
|-
|[[2019–20 Liga MX season|2019–20]]
|34||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||34||0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!74!!0!!1!!0!!8!!0!!2!!0!!85!!0
|-
|[[Burgos CF|Burgos]]
|[[2020–21 Segunda División B|2020–21]]
|[[Segunda División B]]
|14||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||15||0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!523!!0!!5!!0!!80!!0!!10!!0!!618!!0
|}

{{notelist}}

==Honours==

'''Atlético Rafaela'''
*[[Primera B Nacional]]: 2002–03

'''Vélez Sársfield'''
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[2008–09 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|2009 Clausura]], [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|2011 Clausura]]

'''River Plate'''
*Argentine Primera División: [[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Final|2014 Final]]
*[[Copa Campeonato]]: [[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season#Superfinal|2013–14]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[2015 Copa Libertadores|2015]]
*[[Copa Sudamericana]]: [[2014 Copa Sudamericana|2014]]
*[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[2015 Recopa Sudamericana|2015]]
*[[Suruga Bank Championship]]: [[2015 Suruga Bank Championship|2015]]

'''Necaxa'''
*[[Copa MX]]: [[Clausura 2018 Copa MX|Clausura 2018]]

'''Monterrey'''
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2019–20 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2019]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions League]]: [[2019 CONCACAF Champions League|2019]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Ubaldo Fillol Award]] : [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Apertura|2010 Apertura]], [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Clausura|2011 Clausura]], [[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season#Torneo Inicial|2013 Inicial]], [[2014 Argentine Primera División|2014 Primera División]]
*[[Copa Sudamericana]] Best Player: [[2014 Copa Sudamericana|2014]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bolavip.com/america/Barovero-el-mejor-de-la-Copa-20141211-0017.html|title=Barovero, el mejor de la Copa|website=BolaVip|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref>
*[[Liga MX]] Golden Glove: [[2017–18 Liga MX season|2017–18]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions League]] Golden Glove: [[2019 CONCACAF Champions League#Awards|2019]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/best-goalkeeper-2019|title=Best Goalkeeper 2019|publisher=CONCACAF.com|date=2 May 2019|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051736/https://www.concacafchampionsleague.com/en/best-goalkeeper-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2019<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League|user=TheChampions |number=1124021294750732288 |title=Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!|date=2 May 2019 |access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.velezsarsfield.com.ar/futbol/plantel/perfil/3-mbarovero.shtml Profile] at Vélez Sársfield's official website {{in lang|es}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524222456/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13618&SEOFutbolista=Barovero+Marcelo+Alberto Argentine Primera statistics]}} at Fútbol XXI {{in lang|es}} 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120303172021/http://soccer-stats.irishtimes.com/?Lang=0&CTID=60&CPID=172&pStr=Player&PLID=130577&TEID=3380 Statistics] at [[Irish Times]]

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