Facundo Hernán Quiroga

Facundo Quiroga
Personal information
Full name	Facundo Hernán Quiroga
Date of birth	10 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	San Luis, Argentina
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Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Newell's Old Boys
1998–2004	Sporting CP
2000–2001	→ Napoli (loan)
2004–2008	Wolfsburg
2008–2010	River Plate
2010–2011	Huracán
2011–2013	All Boys
Total
International career
2002–2004	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born 10 January 1978) is an Argentine retired professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play in the right flank.^[1]

Club career

Born in San Luis, Quiroga began his career at Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Primera División in 1997. The following year he was signed by Sporting Clube de Portugal, which he represented six seasons with a season-long loan at Italian side S.S.C. Napoli in 2000–01. He was relatively important in the Lisbon club's 2000 conquest of the Primeira Liga championship, playing alongside another Newell's graduate Aldo Duscher who also signed in 1998; at Napoli he played with former Sporting teammate Luís Vidigal, as the team was eventually relegated from Serie A.

In 2004 Quiroga moved to VfL Wolfsburg, a club that acquired a number of Argentine players in that timeframe (Oscar Ahumada, Andrés D'Alessandro, Diego Klimowicz and Juan Carlos Menseguez). A regular in the lineups from 2004 to 2007, he only appeared in 12 Bundesliga matches in his last year, subsequently returning to Argentina and joining Club Atlético River Plate.

32-year-old Quiroga signed for Club Atlético Huracán in 2010. He retired three seasons later, with All Boys also in his country's top division.

Quiroga gained 16 caps for the Argentine national team, going on to represent the country at the 2004 Copa América. His debut came on 17 April 2002 in a friendly win in Germany (1–0), playing the entire match and being booked – he was finally overlooked for the squad at that year's FIFA World Cup.

Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
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