Darío Alejandro Gandín 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...

 football striker. He currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela in the Argentine Primera División.

Career

Gandín started his career in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) playing for Atlético de Rafaela in 2001. He helped the team win both the Apertura and Clausura

Apertura and Clausura

The Apertura and Clausura tournaments are a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional European football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for...

 titles during the 2002–03 season, resulting in automatic promotion to the Argentine Primera División.

In 2004, Gandín left Atlético de Rafaela to join Club Atlético Colón, a club he later rejoined in 2007, after spells with Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

, Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador, Jujuy Province...

 and León

Club León

Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

 of Mexico

Mexico

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The forward arrived to Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

 in 2008. In the 2009 Apertura, Gandín scored 10 goals in 19 matches, and was subsequently sold to Necaxa in Mexico.

In 2011, Gandín returned to Atlético de Rafaela, recently promoted to the Primera División. On August 5, 2011, he scored the first two goals of the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

The 2011–12 Primera División season is the eighty-third season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and will end on June 2012.-Club information:...

 in Rafaela's 2–0 away victory over Banfield

Club Atlético Banfield

Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

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External links

Argentine Primera statistics Gandín signed with Atlético de Rafaela