Cristian Ledesma (footballer, born 1978)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristian Raúl Ledesma | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1978 | ||
Place of birth | San Isidro, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
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) |
2011–2014 | River Plate | 45 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Argentinos Juniors | 30 | (0) |
International career | |||
2007–2008 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2018 | Tigre | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cristian Raúl Ledesma (born 29 December 1978 in San Isidro) is an Argentine ex-footballer. He is nicknamed Lobo ("Wolf"). He was most recently the head coach of Club Atlético Tigre.[1]
Playing 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.
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 13 July 2010, Ledesma returned to Colón on a free transfer.[2]
International
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 third appearance for Argentina against Australia on 11 September.
Coaching career
Tigre
On 18 December 2017, Ledesma was appointed as the head coach of Club Atlético Tigre.[3]
Honours
Club
- Argentine Primera División: Apertura 1999, Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002, Final 2013–14
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2003
- Greek Super Cup: 2007
- Superleague Greece: 2007–08
- Greek Football Cup: 2007–08
References
- ^ ENTRENAMIENTO 24-09 Y CRONOGRAMA DE LA SEMANA, catigre.com.ar, 24 September 2018
- ^ "El Lobo Ledesma vuelve a Colón". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ Tigre anunció a Ledesma como técnico‚ tycsports.com, 18 December 2017
External links
- Cristian Ledesma – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Cristian Ledesma at Football Lineups
- Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-28)
- Cristian Ledesma at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statisticsat Fútbol XXI Template:Es icon
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from San Isidro, Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Bundesliga players
- Hamburger SV players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Colón de Santa Fe footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda 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