Facundo Hernán Quiroga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Hernán Quiroga | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | San Luis, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | All Boys | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–1998 | Newell's Old Boys | 22 | (1) |
| 1998–2004 | Sporting CP | 73 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | → Napoli (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Wolfsburg | 90 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | River Plate | 26 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Huracán | 31 | (1) |
| 2011– | All Boys | 32 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | Argentina | 16 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born 10 January 1978 in San Luis) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for All Boys in the Argentine Primera División. Mainly a central defender, he can also play in the right flank.[1]
Club career
Quiroga began his footballing career at Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine League in 1997. The following year he was signed by Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal, which he represented six seasons, with a season-long loan at Italian side S.S.C. Napoli in 2000–01. He was relatively important in the Lisbon club's 2000 conquest of the national championship, playing alongside another Newell's graduate Aldo Duscher who also signed in 1998; at Napoli he played with former Sporting teammate Luís Vidigal, as the club was eventually relegated from Serie A.
In 2004 Quiroga was signed by VfL Wolfsburg, a team that signed a number of Argentine players in that timeframe (Diego Klimowicz, Andrés D'Alessandro, Juan Carlos Menseguez and Oscar Ahumada). A regular in the lineups during 2004–07, he only appeared in 12 Bundesliga matches in his last year, subsequently returning to Argentina and joining Club Atlético River Plate.
32-year-old Quiroga moved to Club Atlético Huracán in 2010.
International career
Quiroga made 16 appearances for the Argentina national football team, going on to represent the nation at the 2004 Copa América.
His debut came on 17 April 2002 in a friendly win in Germany (1–0), playing the entire match and being booked – he was finally overlooked for the squad at that year's FIFA World Cup.
References
- ↑ "Facundo Quiroga". Worldfootball. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
External links
- Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Facundo Hernán Quiroga profile at ForaDeJogo
- Facundo Quiroga at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Facundo Quiroga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Facundo Quiroga – FIFA competition record
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