Darío Scotto

Darío Scotto

Personal information
Full name	Darío Oscar Scotto
Date of birth	(1969-09-01) September 1, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Deportivo Español
	Platense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1992	Platense	120	(26)
1992–1993	Sporting Gijón	19	(3)
1993–1994	Necaxa	22	(0)
1994–1995	Rosario Central	33	(15)
1995–1996	Boca Juniors	26	(7)
1996–1997	Rosario Central	11	(2)
1997	Gimnasia y Tiro	14	(4)
1998	Argentinos Juniors	18	(7)
1998–1999	Rosario Central	20	(5)
1999–2000	Argentinos Juniors	5	(0)
2000	Cerro Porteño	1	(0)
2001	Santiago Wanderers	8	(3)
2003	Aurora	4	(0)
Total		301	(72)
International career
1989	Argentina U20	4	(0)
1992	Argentina	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darío Oscar Scotto (born September 1, 1969, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine footballer. He currently played club football in Argentina Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia and played for the Argentina national football team.

Scotto started his professional career with Platense in 1987. He became a consistent goalscorer, tying Diego Latorre as the topscorer of the 1992 Clausura. this achievement won him a call up to the Argentina national team^[2] and a move to Spanish side Sporting de Gijón.

In 1993 Scotto was signed by Mexican club Necaxa but he soon returned to Argentina where he signed for Rosario Central. In 1995, he joined Boca Juniors where he played alongside Diego Maradona. After a good season in the Apertura 1995 where he scored 7 goals,^[3] he struggled to maintain his form and returned to Rosario Central in 1996.

In 1997, he endured a desperate season with Gimnasia y Tiro before joining Argentinos Juniors in 1998.

In the latter part of his career he played for Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, Santiago Wanderers in Chile^[4][5] and Aurora in Bolivia. He retired in 2003.

Honours

Santiago Wanderers

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2001

References

1. "Darío Scotto". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. rsssf Argentina international players
3. "Darío Oscar Scotto". www.historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
4. "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 2001". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
5. "Wanderers 2001 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2024.

External links

• Dario Scotto – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• Darío Scotto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Darío Scotto at BDFutbol
• Darío Scotto at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)