Facundo Hernán Quiroga

Facundo Quiroga

Personal information
Full name	Facundo Hernán Quiroga
Date of birth	10 January 1978 (1978-01-10)
Place of birth	San Luis, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	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	VfL Wolfsburg	90	(1)
2008–2010	River Plate	26	(1)
2010–2011	Huracán	31	(1)
2011–	All Boys	1	(0)
National team
2002–2004	Argentina	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born 10 January 1978 in San Luis) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine first division. Mainly a central defender, he can also play in the right flank.

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 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, 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.

External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Bundesliga stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Facundo Quiroga at National-Football-Teams.com
• Facundo Quiroga – FIFA competition record