Ronald Raldes

Ronald Raldes
Personal information
Full name Ronald Raldes Balcázar
Date of birth April 20, 1981 (1981-04-20) (age 30)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Colón
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–1999 Destroyers 64 (2)
2000–2003 Oriente Petrolero 131 (9)
2004–2008 Rosario Central 136 (3)
2008–2009 Al-Hilal 2 (0)
2009 Cruz Azul 2 (0)
2009–2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 25 (0)
2010– Colón 31 (0)
National team‡
2001 Bolivia U-20 4 (0)
2001– Bolivia 60 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 July 2011

Ronald Raldes Balcázar (born April 20, 1981 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football defender. He currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe in the Argentine Primera.

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Career

Raldes started his career with Club Destroyers in 1998, the following year he joined Oriente Petrolero, where he was part of the Bolivian League Championship winning team in 2001.

Due to his high performance displayed with Oriente Petrolero and the Bolivian national team, Raldes was signed by Argentine club Rosario Central in 2003.

In 2008, after five great years with the canallas, Raldes announced his imminent departure from the institution once the Torneo Clausura ended in mid June. Not long after, he signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. On March 20, 2009, the former Rosario Central's defender officially joined the Mexican team Cruz Azul.[1] He made his debut on April 22, 2009 against Atlante, in the first-leg match of the CONCACAF Champions League finals. After only making two appearances for the cementeros, Raldes decided to let go the contract with Cruz Azul and signed with the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv in September 2009.[2] On May 2010, Raldes returned to Argentina and joined Colón de Santa Fe on a two-year deal.[3][4]

Club title

Season Club Title
2001 Oriente Petrolero Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

International

He also played as the captain for Bolivia during Copa América 2007. Raldes has played regularly for the Bolivia national football team since 2001. [5]

References

  1. ^ Mundial: Escobar es novedad en plantel boliviano
  2. ^ Everton set to miss out on Bolivian Ronald Raldes
  3. ^ Higuaín y Raldes refuerzan Colón
  4. ^ Raldes a Colón
  5. ^ rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers

External links

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