Rafael Delgado (footballer)

Rafael Delgado
Rosario Central 2-Olympus of Bahía Blanca 2, played on March 18, 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafael Marcelo Delgado
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Reconquista, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Belgrano
Number 33
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Rosario Central 96 (4)
2015 Estudiantes 4 (0)
2015–2020 Defensa y Justicia 104 (4)
2018 → Atlético Nacional (loan) 11 (0)
2020–2023 Colón 90 (2)
2024– Belgrano 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Rafael Marcelo Delgado (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgrano.[2]

Career

Delgado began with Rosario Central in 2011.[2][3] He scored on his professional career debut on 4 April, netting the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional.[2] In his first three seasons, Delgado scored two goals in fifty-two matches including twenty-eight appearances during 2012–13 which ended with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[2] He went onto score twice in forty-four games in the top-flight.[2] In January 2015, Delgado joined Estudiantes.[4] He made his debut on 9 March versus San Lorenzo, prior to making three further appearances during the 2015 Argentine Primera División campaign.[2]

On 1 July 2015, seven months after arriving, Delgado departed Estudiantes to sign for Defensa y Justicia.[5][6] He scored his first goal for Defensa in April 2016 during a 3–1 defeat to Atlético Tucumán.[2] After sixty-six appearances and one goal in his first four seasons with Defensa y Justicia, Delgado left the club on loan in February 2018 to join Categoría Primera A side Atlético Nacional.[7] Fourteen appearances in all competitions later, Delgado returned to Defensa y Justicia and subsequently made his 200th career appearance in the Primera División against Independiente on 24 August.[2]

Career statistics

As of 6 September 2018.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosario Central 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 11 2 0 0 — — 0 0 11 2
2011–12 13 0 0 0 — — 0 0 13 0
2012–13 28 0 1 0 — — 0 0 29 0
2013–14 Primera División 30 0 0 0 — — 0 0 30 0
2014 14 2 5 0 — 2[c] 0 0 0 21 2
Total 96 4 6 0 — 2 0 0 0 104 4
Estudiantes 2015 Primera División 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 4 0
Defensa y Justicia 2015 14 0 1 0 — — 0 0 15 0
2016 15 1 1 0 — — 0 0 16 1
2016–17 24 0 1 0 — 3[d] 0 0 0 28 0
2017–18 13 0 2 0 — 1[e] 0 0 0 16 0
2018–19 1 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 67 1 6 0 — 4 0 0 0 68 1
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2018 Categoría Primera A 9 0 0 0 — 4[f] 0 2[g] 0 15 0
Career total 176 5 12 0 — 10 0 2 0 200 5
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Colombia
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Two appearances in 2014 Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Three appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ One appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  6. ^ Four appearances in 2018 Copa Libertadores
  7. ^ Two appearances in 2018 Categoría Primera A play-offs

Honours

Rosario Central[2]

References

  1. ^ Rafael Delgado at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rafael Delgado profile". Soccerway. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Rafael Delgado profile". BDFA. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Rafael Delgado dijo adiós". Vavel. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Delgado rescindió su vínculo". Estudiantes de La Plata. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Delgado seguirá su carrera en Defensa y Justicia". El Dia. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Rafael Delgado se va al Atlético Nacional". TyC Sports. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.