Facundo Hernan Quiroga ( Spanish: Facundo Hernán Quiroga ; born January 10, 1978 in San Luis , Argentina ) - Argentine football player , defender .
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| Full name | Facundo Hernan Quiroga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 10, 1978 ( 41) San Luis (Argentina) , Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 179 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | completed his career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Quiroga is a graduate of the Newell's Old Boys football academy. He made his debut in the main team in 1997. A year later, he signed a contract with the Portuguese Sporting . In the new team, Facundo spent 6 seasons with a break for a one-year rental in the Italian Napoli . In the 1999/2000 season, Quiroga played an important role in the Lions winning the championship. In Portugal, he played with another Newells Old Boys player, Aldo Ducher .
In “Napoli”, Quiroga took part in almost all the matches of the season, but was able to help the Neapolitan club maintain a residence permit in Serie A. In Italy, he performed with his Sporting partner Luis Vidigal . At the end of the lease, Facundo returned to the location of the Lisbon team.
In 2004, Facundo moved to the German Wolfsburg . In the new team, Quiroga became part of the "Argentinean diaspora." At that time, Argentineans Diego Klimovich , Andres D'Alessandro , Juan Carlos Mensegus and Oscar Aumada played for the club. Quiroga quickly gained a spot at the base. In the 2007/2008 season, he lost the competition and left the club after the season ended.
In the summer of 2008, Quiroga returned to his homeland, signing a contract with River Plate . On September 15, in a match against Arsenal , he made his debut for a new team [1] . On September 28, in a duel against Racing from Avellaneda, Facundo scored his first goal [2] .
In the summer of 2010, Quiroga moved to Huracan . On August 15, Facundo made his debut for a new team in a match against his former River Plate club [3] . On October 24, in a duel against San Lorenzo , he scored his first goal and helped the team win a major victory [4] . At the end of the season, Quiroga left the team.
In the summer of 2011, the defender signed a contract with All Boys . On August 7, in a duel against Belgrano , Quiroga made his debut in the new club [5] .
International Career
On April 17, 2002, in a friendly match against the German national team, Quiroga made his debut in the national team of Argentina . In 2004, as part of the national team, he took part in the America's Cup , in which the team took second place.
Achievements
- Sporting
- Portuguese Football Championship - 1999/00
- Argentina
- America's Football Cup 2004
Notes
Links
- Soccerway Profile
- Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
- facundo_quiroga
- Stats at ForaDeJogo
- Profile at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Profile on FIFA.com