Mauricio Rodrigo Verón is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 footballer who plays for 9 de Julio de Morteros

9 de Julio de Morteros

Asociación Deportiva 9 de Julio is a sports club from the city of Morteros, in Córdoba Province, Argentina. Although many sports are hosted in the club, 9 de Julio is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the regionalised 4th level of Argentine football league system, the...

 of Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....

, the fourth level of Argentine football.

Career

Verón started his senior career with Argentino de Rosario

Argentino de Rosario

Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is a football club from Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fifth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.1946 was Argentino's most...

 in 1998. In 2000 he moved to Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

-based Club Atlético Belgrano, where he spent the 2000–2001 season, his sole one in Primera División

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

. He then signed for South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n top flight

K-League

The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

 team Ulsan Hyundai

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

The Ulsan Hyundai Football Club is a South Korean professional football club, owned by Korean corporation Hyundai, that entered the K-League in 1984 as Hyundai Horangi.-History:...

.

In the course of his career, Verón accumulated more than 166 caps for multiple clubs of various levels of Argentine football league system

Argentine football league system

The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...

, scoring no less than 11 goals in process.

Due to injuries, he only participated in four Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán is a sports club from the city of San Miguel in Tucumán, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional....

's matches in the 2008–2009 season.

Honours

Argentino de Rosario

• Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
  
  : Apertura 1998
• Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
  
  : Clausura 1999

Tigre

• Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
  
  : Apertura 2004

Atlético Tucumán

• Torneo Argentino A
  Torneo Argentino A
  Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...
  
  : 2007–08
• Primera B Nacional
  Primera B Nacional Argentina
  Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...
  
  : 2008–09

Personal life

Verón was born in Granadero Baigorria

Granadero Baigorria

Granadero Baigorria is a city in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located directly north of Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River, and forming part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area...

, a city near Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River

Paraná River

The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language...

. He likes fishing since his childhood.

External links

• Profile at Racing de Córdoba site
• Profile at futbolxxi.com
• Profile at transfermarkt.co.uk