Ezequiel Schelotto

Club

_Free Agent Soccer

Position

Midfielder

Nationality

Italy

Date of birth

1989-05-23

Birthplace

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

79 kg (174 lb)

Signing / transfer fee

£2,700,000

Ezequiel Matías Schelotto (born 23 May 1989) is an Argentine-Italian footballer who plays for Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División. A versatile player on the right flank, he started his career as a winger and was later converted into a full-back.

Born in Argentina of Italian descent, Schelotto moved to Italy in 2008 to play for Cesena. He chose to represent Italy at international level, earning a full cap for the national side in 2012 while an Atalanta player. In 2013, he joined Internazionale and spent the next two years on loan at several Serie A sides, before making a move to Sporting CP in Portugal, and then to Brighton & Hove Albion in England. Following a brief loan spell at Chievo in 2019, he was released from his contract with Brighton, after which he agreed to a return to Argentina with Racing in early 2021.

He is nicknamed El Galgo ("The Greyhound" in Spanish) due to his running skills and, less frequently, El Mosquetero ("The Musketeer").