Gonzalo Zárate

**Gonzalo Eulogio Zárate** (born 6 August 1984 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a forward.

He started playing football in the youth teams of CA Lanús und CA Tiro Federal. Zarate played his first professional matches in the second league of Argentina for PCC San José. In 2007 he went to Switzerland playing for SC Kriens (Second League), scoring five goals in five matches. Then he went on loan to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, who then bought him in 2010. He scored 14 goals in 2009–10 and was the most successful scorer in the team. In May 2010 he signed  with FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

In September 2019, Zárate joined Swiss Promotion League club FC Black Stars Basel. After retiring, Zárate was hired as a youth coach at Grasshopper Club Zürich.

## Career statistics

|Club|Season|League|Cup|League Cup|Other|Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Grasshopper|2007–08|Swiss Super League|?|3|0|0|—|?|3|||
|2008–09|30|8|0|0|—|30|8|||||
|2009–10|35|14|0|0|—|35|14|||||
|Salzburg|2010–11|Austrian Football Bundesliga|35|5|0|0|—|11|2|46|7|
|2011–12|Austrian Football Championship|25|1|4|0|—|8|1|37|2||
|2012–13|Austrian Football Bundesliga|5|1|1|0|—|2|1|8|2||
|Young Boys|2012–13|Swiss Super League|16|2|1|0|—|6|2|23|4|
|2013–14|29|5|1|0|—|30|5|||||
|2014–15|21|2|0|0|—|4|0|25|2|||
|Thun|2015–16|Swiss Super League|27|0|3|0|—|2|0|32|0|
|Vaduz|2016–17|Swiss Super League|31|4|0|0|—|4|0|35|4|
|2017–18|0|0|0|0|—|1|1|1|1|||
|Lausanne-Sport|2017–18|Swiss Super League|24|5|1|0|—|25|5|||
|Enosis Neon Paralimni|2018–19|Cypriot First Division|24|1|6|0|—|30|1|||

## Honours

- FC Red Bull Salzburg
- **Austrian Football Bundesliga:** 2012
- **Austrian Cup**: 2012

- FC Vaduz
- **Liechtenstein Football Cup**: 2016-17

## Other websites

- FC Red Bull Salzburg Homepage:Gonzalo Zarate

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gonzalo Zárate
- **image**: Gonzalo Zárate.JPG
- **image size**: 200
- **fullname**: Gonzalo Eulogio Zárate
- **birth place**: Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthclubs1**: Club Atlético Lanús, Lanús
- **youthyears2**: 2005–2006
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético Tiro Federal Argentino, Tiro Federal
- **years1**: 2006–2007
- **clubs1**: PCC San José
- **caps1**: 12
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 2007–2008
- **clubs2**: SC Kriens, Kriens
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2007–2008
- **clubs3**: → Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers (loan)
- **caps3**: 24
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2008–2010
- **clubs4**: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers
- **caps4**: 65
- **goals4**: 25
- **years5**: 2010–2012
- **clubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **caps5**: 65
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2012–2015
- **clubs6**: BSC Young Boys, Young Boys
- **caps6**: 66
- **goals6**: 9
- **years7**: 2015–2016
- **clubs7**: FC Thun, Thun
- **caps7**: 27
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2016–2017
- **clubs8**: FC Vaduz, Vaduz
- **caps8**: 31
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 2017–2018
- **clubs9**: FC Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne-Sport
- **caps9**: 24
- **goals9**: 5
- **years10**: 2018–2019
- **clubs10**: Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, Enosis Neon Paralimni
- **caps10**: 24
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2019–2020
- **clubs11**: FC Black Stars Basel, Black Stars Basel
- **caps11**: 10
- **goals11**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2020–202?
- **managerclubs1**: Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshoppers (youth coach)