Raúl Fernando Saavedra (born 8 March 1978, in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine former football defender.
| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| 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 | 47 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Concepción FC | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | Almirante Brown | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Concepción FC | 41 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2020 | |||
Career
editSaavedra 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
edit- ^ Boca ganó y es único puntero in La Nación (in Spanish)
External links
edit- Raúl Saavedra at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Raúl Saavedra – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI[usurped] (in Spanish)
- Raúl Saavedra at ESPN FC
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