Raúl Fernando Saavedra (born 8 March 1978, in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an

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former

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defender.

Career

Saavedra 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

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with the club in 2003. In 2005, he joined

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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.Boca ganó y es único puntero
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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

External links

Raúl Saavedra
at BDFA.com.ar
Raúl Saavedra – Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI * 1978 births Living people Footballers from San Miguel de Tucumán Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Atlético Tucumán footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Olimpo footballers San Martín de Tucumán footballers {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub