Inti Podestá
Inti Podestá Mezzetta (born 23 April 1978) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Inti Podestá Mezzetta | ||
Date of birth | 23 April 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | Danubio | 69 | (3) |
1999–2004 | Sevilla | 47 | (5) |
Total | 116 | (8) | |
National team | |||
1999 | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Club career
In a relatively short career, Montevideo-born Podestá played for Danubio F.C. and Spain's Sevilla FC. With the latter, to where he moved in 1999, his presence was merely testimonial, his best output being 14 games with three goals in the 2000–01 season as the Andalusia club returned to La Liga after one year of absence.[1]
In the following campaign, Podestá featured more (15 matches) but did not find the net. After only eight league appearances in the next three years combined, he retired in July 2004 at only 26.[2]
International career
Podestá made one appearance for Uruguay, in a friendly prior to the 1999 Copa América on 17 June, a 3–2 win in Paraguay. Summoned for the final stages, he did not leave the bench for the eventual runners-up.
Honours
Country
- Copa América: Runner-up 1999
References
- El Sevilla, a Primera por la puerta grande (Sevilla, to Primera through the front door); Mundo Deportivo, 4 June 2001 (in Spanish)
- "Podestá se retira del fútbol al no superar su lesión de rodilla (Podestá retires from football after not being able to overcome knee injury)". ABC. 2 July 2004. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
External links
- Inti Podestá at BDFutbol
- National team data (in Spanish)
- Inti Podestá at National-Football-Teams.com