Cristian Raúl Ledesma

Cristian Ledesma

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Raúl Ledesma
Date of birth	December 29, 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 32)
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").

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

1. ^ "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

Persondata
Name	Ledesma, Cristian Raul
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 December 1978
Place of birth	San Isidro, Argentina
Date of death
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