ÃÂlvaro Alejandro Melo Silvera (born May 13, 1979) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward. He has played for Uruguayan clubs Nacional, River Plate, Tacuarembó, Rentistas, Cerro, Danubio, El Tanque Sisley, Villa Teresa and Deportivo Maldonado, in China for Shanghai Shenhua, for Argentine club Olimpo de BahÃÂa Blanca, for Colombian club Bucaramanga, for Ukrainian club FC Chornomorets Odesa and for Sportivo Luqueño of Paraguay.