Cristian Raúl Ledesma

Cristian Ledesma
Personal information
Full name Cristian Raúl Ledesma
Date of birth December 29, 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 33)
Place of birth San Isidro, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club River Plate
Number -
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1999 Argentinos Juniors 54 (0)
1999–2002 River Plate 43 (0)
2002–2003 Hamburger SV 16 (0)
2003 Monterrey 16 (0)
2004 Colón 17 (0)
2004–2005 River Plate 23 (0)
2005 Racing Club 5 (0)
2006 Argentinos Juniors 34 (2)
2007 San Lorenzo 17 (1)
2007–2010 Olympiacos 32 (0)
2008–2009 → San Lorenzo (loan) 34 (2)
2010–2011 Colón 23 (0)
2011- River Plate 3 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Argentina 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:06, 6 August 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:22, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Cristian Raúl Ledesma (born 29 December 1978 in San Isidro) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for River Plate. He is nicknamed Lobo ("Wolf").

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Career

Club

Ledesma began his professional footballing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1997. He then played for River Plate, Hamburger SV in Germany, Monterrey in Mexico, Colón and Racing Club in his career.

After winning the Argentinian league with San Lorenzo, Ledesma was signed by the Greek champions Olympiacos CFP, for roughly €1,800,000 giving him an opportunity to play in the Greek league and the UEFA Champions League. After one year with Olympiacos, he was loaned back to San Lorenzo for one season in August 2008.

On July 13, 2010, Ledesma returned to Colón on a free transfer.[1]

National team

He made his national team debut against Chile, 18 April 2007. He was called up to a friendly against Norway on 22 August 2007. He made his 3rd appearance for Argentina against Australia on 11 September.

Honours

Season Club Title
Apertura 1999 River Plate Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2000 River Plate Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2002 River Plate Primera Division Argentina
2003 Hamburger SV German League Cup
Clausura 2007 San Lorenzo Primera Division Argentina
2007 Olympiacos Greek Super Cup
2007–2008 Olympiacos Greek Super League
2008–2010 Olympiacos Greek Cup

References

  1. ^ "El Lobo Ledesma vuelve a Colón" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-07-13. http://www.canchallena.com/1284356-el-lobo-ledesma-vuelve-a-colon. Retrieved 2010-07-14. 

External links


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