- Cristian Raúl Ledesma
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Cristian Ledesma Personal information Full name Cristian Raúl Ledesma Date of birth December 29, 1978 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
- ^ "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
- Cristian Ledesma – FIFA competition record
- Cristian Ledesma at Football Lineups
- Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre
- Cristian Ledesma at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
Club Atlético River Plate – current squad — Chichizola · — Marinelli · — Vega · — Servio · — Abecasis · — Alayes · — Arano · — J. M. Díaz · — Ferrero · — Ra. Funes Mori · — González Pirez · — Maidana · — Pezzella · — Román · — Vella · — Affranchino · — Aguirre · — Cirigliano · — M. Díaz · — Domingo · — Galluci · — González · — Ledesma · — Sánchez · — Ocampos · — Bou · — Cavenaghi · — Domínguez · — Ro. Funes Mori · — Ríos · — Villalva · Manager: AlmeydaCategories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Hamburger SV players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- CF Monterrey footballers
- Colón de Santa Fe footballers
- Racing Club footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Superleague Greece players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
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