Javier Saavedra
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| Full name | Javier Saavedra Vázquez | ||||||||
| Date of birth | March 13, 1973 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Peribán, Mexico | ||||||||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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San Antonio Scorpions | ||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1996–1998 | Toros Neza | 84 | (8) | ||||||
| 1998–2010 | UANL | 297 | (22) | ||||||
| 2002–2003 | → Morelia (loan) | 48 | (12) | ||||||
| 2006 | → Jaguares (loan) | 19 | (3) | ||||||
| 2009 | → Indios (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||
| 2010 | → Necaxa (loan) | 34 | (1) | ||||||
| 2011 | Irapauto | 16 | (0) | ||||||
| 2012-2015 | San Antonio Scorpions | 35 | (2) | ||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Mexico | 10 | (0) | ||||||
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Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 14, 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 22, 2007 |
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Javier Saavedra Vázquez (born March 13, 1973 in Michoacán) was a Mexican footballer who played for San Antonio Scorpions.
Career
Saavedra started his career in 1996 with Toros Neza, where he reached a final. He was transferred to Tigres in 2000, and then played for Morelia for a short while in 2002, returning to Tigres in 2003, moving to Chiapas for a short period in 2006, until finally returning to Tigres in 2007.
He has reached 5 finals, two of those finals have been with Tigres and another two with Morelia.
Saavedra has been one of the best players even when the team is not playing good at all, Saavedra was bench at the start of the season this year, he didn't start any games until the fifth game and in his comeback game he got 2 assists and one goal defeating the team that has been marked as "the best in mexico" 3-2, since then he has started all games and now he has 4 assists in 4 games which makes him one of the most efficient players in the team and with him, the team has 7 points out of 12 possible, and before that the team only had 1 point out of 15. On May 2, 2009 Saavedra scored the game-winning goal against Cruz Azul, the goal saved Indios from relegating to the Primera División A.
On May 8, 2010 Javier won a bi-championship with Necaxa and helped it return to Mexico's First Division.
He played for the Mexico national team during the administration of Manuel Lapuente.
Saavedra signed with expansion San Antonio Scorpions FC of the North American Soccer League on January 24, 2012.[1] and Retired in January 2015.
References
External links
- Javier Saavedra Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- Javier Saavedra at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Mexican footballers
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- 1997 Copa América players
- Tigres UANL footballers
- Monarcas Morelia footballers
- Chiapas F.C. footballers
- Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers
- Club Necaxa footballers
- Irapuato FC footballers
- San Antonio Scorpions players
- Footballers from Michoacán
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Liga MX players
- North American Soccer League players
- Toros Neza footballers
