| Sebastián Gastón Merlo Đỗ Merlo | |
| Full Name: | Sebastián Gastón Merlo |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Jovita, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.92 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | LPBank Ho Chi Minh City |
| Clubnumber: | 38 |
| Youthclubs1: | Moto Kart Jovita |
| Years1: | 2000–2005 |
| Years2: | 2005–2009 |
| Years3: | 2009–2014 |
| Years4: | 2015 |
| Years5: | 2016–2019 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Years8: | 2023 |
| Years9: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Moto Kart Jovita |
| Clubs2: | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Clubs3: | SHB Đà Nẵng |
| Clubs4: | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Clubs5: | SHB Đà Nẵng |
| Clubs6: | Nam Định |
| Clubs9: | LPBank Ho Chi Minh City |
| Caps1: | 50 |
| Caps2: | 60 |
| Caps3: | 105 |
| Caps4: | 18 |
| Caps5: | 70 |
| Caps6: | 23 |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Caps8: | ? |
| Caps9: | ? |
| Goals1: | 45 |
| Goals2: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 85 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 48 |
| Goals6: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 10 |
| Goals8: | ? |
| Goals9: | ? |
Sebastián Gastón Merlo (born 26 January 1985), also referred to as Đỗ Merlo, is an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker for LPBank Ho Chi Minh City.
Merlo was one of the best goalscorers in the V.League 1, the top tier of Vietnamese football. During his first passage with SHB Đà Nẵng, he won the league's top scorer award three times in a row from 2009 to 2011. He also won the league's best foreign player award in 2009 and 2011.[1]
After taking a year to recover from a leg injury in his native Argentina, Merlo rejoined SHB Đà Nẵng in February 2016 and won the V.League 1 top scorer award for the fourth time in his career.[2] In June 2017, he was granted Vietnamese citizenship and got a new name, Đỗ Merlo.
In 2023, Merlo returned to his birth country and signed for CA Costa Brava and later announced his retirement. However, in May 2024, he resumed his playing career, signing for LPBank Ho Chi Minh City in the Vietnamese Second Division.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | International | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Ferro Carril Oeste[4] | 2005–06 | Primera B Nacional | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 17 | 10 | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 33 | 22 | – | – | – | 33 | 22 | ||||||
| Total | 60 | 36 | – | – | – | 60 | 36 | ||||||
| SHB Đà Nẵng | 2009 | V.League 1 | 18 | 15 | – | – | – | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 2010 | 21 | 19 | – | 7 | 9 | – | 28 | 28 | |||||
| 2011 | 24 | 22 | – | – | – | 24 | 22 | ||||||
| 2012 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | 17 | 16 | ||||||
| 2013 | 21 | 11 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 27 | 17 | |||||
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 105 | 85 | – | 13 | 15 | – | 118 | 100 | |||||
| Ferro Carril Oeste[5] | 2015 | Torneo Federal A | 18 | 10 | – | – | – | 18 | 10 | ||||
| SHB Đà Nẵng | 2016 | V.League 1 | 24 | 24 | – | – | – | 24 | 24 | ||||
| 2017 | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | ||||||
| 2018 | 14 | 5 | – | – | – | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | 22 | 11 | – | – | – | 22 | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 69 | 48 | – | – | – | 69 | 48 | ||||||
| Career total | 263 | 179 | – | 13 | 5 | – | 247 | 194 | |||||
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