Raúl Fernando Saavedra (born 8 March 1978, in

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) 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 Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its footba ...

. Two years later he joined

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...

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 Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays ...

. 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
in

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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

, 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.

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* * * 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 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub