Luciano Saavedra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Romeral, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 21 de Mayo | |||
| Curicó Unido | |||
| 1991 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 1991–1992 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 1993–1994 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1994 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 1995–1997 | Unión Española | 29 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Real Zacatecas | ||
| 1999–2000 | Deportes Linares | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín (born 15 September 1972) is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Romeral, Chile,[1] Saavedra was with both 21 de Mayo and Curicó Unido in Curicó, before joining Universidad Católica in 1991,[2] where coincided with players such as Jaime Lo Presti, Marcelo Caro, among others.[3]
In his homeland, he after played for Santiago Wanderers,[4][5][6] Curicó Unido again,[7] Unión Española[8][9][10] and Deportes Linares,[11] his last club.[12]
Abroad, he played for Mexican side Real Sociedad de Zacatecas in 1997–98.[13][2]
Post-retirement
[edit]Saavedra graduated as a PE teacher at the Major University.[14]
Saavedra has been in charge of football academies affiliated to Universidad Católica in both Curicó and Macul, Santiago,[15] just like another former players such as Juan José Ribera, René Valenzuela, Carlos Verdugo, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.[16]
He has served as coordinator at national level for the Ministry of Sports[1] and chief of staff for the Metropolitan Superintendence of Education.[17]
His brother, Julio, is a former footballer of Curicó Unido and current politician who has served as councillor for the Municipality of Romeral.[18][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c (Municipalidad de Romeral) Este jueves la dirección de la Escuela Tres Esquinas de la comuna firmó el convenio "Escuela Activa y Saludable" con la Seremía del Deporte Maule on Facebook (in Spanish). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Luciano SAAVEDRA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Lopresti cuenta cómo se convirtió en empresario inmobiliario en Canadá". FLANLATE (in Spanish). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Copa Chile 1993". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Wanderers en Copa Chile 1994". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ @cuenelcorazon (4 July 2023). "¿El Curi con Cristal?" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Union Española 1995 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ union española 1996 on YouTube (in Spanish). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Las colonias se remozan" (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico. 17 June 1997. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ (Futbol y más Futbol.) Deportes Linares 1999 termino en la posición número 13 del campeonato on Facebook (in Spanish). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ (Futbol y más Futbol.) Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguin on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Jugadores - Chilenos en el Mundo". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Luciano Andrés Saavedra on LinkedIn
- ^ "Escuelas Filiales UC". tienda.cruzados.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC" (PDF). Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 41. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Visita Director Regional Metropolitano". Bicentenario Santa María de Las Condes (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ @ccnnoticias (25 January 2020). "Panorama deportivo para hoy" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Instagram.
External links
[edit]- Luciano Saavedra at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Curicó Province
- Footballers from Maule Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Tercera División de Chile players
- Curicó Unido footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Deportes Linares footballers
- Ascenso MX players
- Real Sociedad de Zacatecas footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Major University alumni