Javier Saviola
Saviola celebrating a goal for Benfica in 2011
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| Full name | Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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FC Ordino (player-assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
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| Parque Chas | |||||||||||||||
| River Plate | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | River Plate | 86 | (45) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Barcelona | 123 | (49) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Monaco (loan) | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | → Sevilla (loan) | 29 | (9) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Real Madrid | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Benfica | 69 | (24) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Málaga | 27 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Olympiacos | 26 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Verona | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | River Plate | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2016- | FC Ordino | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 434 | (159) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Argentina | 39 | (11) | ||||||||||||
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| 2016– | FC Ordino (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ ˈpeðɾo saˈβjola feɾˈnandes]; born 11 December 1981) is a Argentine professional footballer who played as a forward.
Known for his speed, dribbling and ability to score from almost any attacking position on the field, he represented both Barcelona and Real Madrid and was named as the youngest player on Pelé's FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers in 2004. Due to his ancestry he also holds Spanish nationality since 2004, and he amassed La Liga totals of 196 games and 70 goals over the course of eight seasons; he started and finished his career at River Plate.
An Argentine international for seven years, Saviola represented his country at the 2006 World Cup and the 2004 Copa América, where his team reached the final. He also won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Nicknamed El Conejo (The Rabbit),Buenos Aires-born Saviola made his debut for Club Atlético River Plate at the age of 16, and went on to be a prolific goalscorer for the club.
He helped River to the 1999 Apertura and 2000 Clausura championships, and earned the 1999 South American Footballer of the Year award. Still only 18, he gained a reputation as a phenomenal prospect, and was even regarded as a potential heir to Diego Maradona, in particular after he broke the latter's 1978 record by becoming the youngest player to win the Golden Boot award.
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