Cristian Raúl Ledesma

Not to be confused with Cristian Daniel Ledesma or Cristian Rolando Ledesma.

Cristian Ledesma

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Personal information
Full name	Cristian Raúl Ledesma
Date of birth	(1978-12-29) 29 December 1978
Place of birth	San Isidro, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Argentinos Juniors
Number	28
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–	Argentinos Juniors	23	(0)
International career
2007–2008	Argentina	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2015

Cristian Raúl Ledesma (born 29 December 1978 in San Isidro) is an Argentine footballer. He is nicknamed Lobo ("Wolf"). He plays for Argentinos Juniors as a midfielder.

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.

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 third appearance for Argentina against Australia on 11 September.

Honours

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 1999	River Plate	Argentine Primera División
Clausura 2000	River Plate	Argentine Primera División
Clausura 2002	River Plate	Argentine Primera División
2003	Hamburger SV	DFB-Ligapokal
Clausura 2007	San Lorenzo	Argentine Primera División
2007	Olympiacos	Greek Super Cup
2007–08	Olympiacos	Superleague Greece
2007–08	Olympiacos	Greek Football Cup
Final 2013-14	River Plate	Argentine Primera División

External links

• Cristian Ledesma – FIFA competition record
• Cristian Ledesma at Football Lineups
• Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre
• Ledesma.html Cristian Raúl Ledesma at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentine Primera statistics (Spanish)