Raúl Saavedra

This article is about the Argentine footballer. For the Colombian cyclist, see Raúl Saavedra (cyclist).
Raúl Saavedra
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Fernando Saavedra
Date of birthMarch 8, 1978
Place of birthSan Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
San Martín de San Juan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2002Atlético Tucumán(5)
2002–2005Quilmes76(3)
2005–2006San Lorenzo15(0)
2006–2007Quilmes14(0)
2007–2008Olimpo10(0)
2008–2009San Martín de Tucumán20(1)
2009–2010Atlético Tucumán17(0)
2010–2011San Martín de Tucumán29(3)
2011–San Martín de San Juan0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:02, 23 September 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Raúl Fernando Saavedra (born 8 March 1978 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine football defender who plays for San Martín de San Juan.

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

  1. ↑ Boca ganó y es único puntero in La Nación (Spanish)

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