title: Gerardo Traverso
text: # Gerardo Traverso
  
  Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz (7 October 1975 – 17 May 2019) was an Uruguayan football player.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Traverso moved to Paraguay as a youth player and began his professional career with Rubio Ñú before moving to Nacional in the Primera División de Paraguay. He played on loan for Barcelona in Serie A de Ecuador. He also had a brief spell with Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.
  
  Traverso's career ended following a serious injury sustained in an automobile crash in Asunción in May 2004. His wife was also injured in the accident.
  
  