Federico Almerares

Who is Federico Almerares?

Federico Almerares is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Sportivo Belgrano.

Almerares came through the ranks at Club Atlético River Plate and made his debut in 2003, but never established himself in the first team, only making three appearances between 2005 and March 2008 when he went on trial with Swedish Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF. The trial with the Stockholm club was unsuccessful, but he did gather attention from several other European clubs including R.S.C. Anderlecht and FK Austria Wien.

On August 8, 2008, he signed for Swiss side FC Basel. He made his Basel debut in a 3–3 friendly draw with FC Concordia Basel. He came on as a substitute for Marco Streller with 73 minutes played and scored a late equaliser in the 93rd minute. His first league appearance was made against FC Aarau on 7 March 2009, when he was substituted in the 62nd minute for Orhan Mustafi. On September 17, 2009, he scored the winning goal in Basel's impressive 2–0 UEFA Europa League win over A.S. Roma at St. Jakob-Park. He scored his first Swiss League goal on 1 April 2010 in the 4:3 home win against FC Sion. On 31 Januar 2011 Federico Almerares transferred within Switzerland to Neuchâtel Xamax. He played 16 games for the club, but after the second game on the 2011/12 season he was fired for lack of efficiency.