Raúl Saavedra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Fernando Quito Saavedra | ||
| Date of birth | March 8, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Concepción FC | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2002 | Atlético Tucumán | (5) | |
| 2002–2005 | Quilmes | 76 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | San Lorenzo | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Quilmes | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Olimpo | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | San Martín de Tucumán | 20 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Atlético Tucumán | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | San Martín de Tucumán | 30 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | San Martín de San Juan | 21 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Mitre | ||
| 2014– | Concepción FC | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2015. | |||
Raúl Fernando Saavedra (born 8 March 1978 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Concepción FC.
Career
Saavedra started his playing career in 2000 in the Argentine 2nd division with Atlético Tucumán. Two years later he joined Quilmes and won promotion to the Argentine Primera with the club in 2003.
In 2005 he joined San Lorenzo but he returned to Quilmes after only one season. Following Quilmes' relegation the following season he joined Olimpo who were relegated the following season. In 2008 he joined newly promoted San Martín de Tucumán. On 23 November 2008 he scored his first goal for San Martín, a long range equalizer against Boca Juniors in a 1-2 defeat.[1] However, Saavedra suffered another top flight relegation with San Martín at the end of the 2008–09 season. Subsequently, the defender joined San Martín's town rivals Atlético Tucumán, recently promoted to the Primera División. Nonetheless, he returned to San Martín after suffering his fourth top flight relegation in a row while at Atlético.
References
- ↑ Boca ganó y es único puntero in La Nación (Spanish)
External links
- BDFA profile (Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics (Spanish)
- Statistics at ESPN Soccernet