Rafael Delgado (footballer)

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Rafael Delgado
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Rosario Central 96 (4)
2015 Estudiantes 4 (0)
2015–2020 Defensa y Justicia 104 (4)
2018Atlético 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]

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League CupContinental [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 1120000112
2011–12 1300000130
2012–13 2801000290
2013–14 Primera División 3000000300
2014 142502 [lower-alpha 3] 000212
Total9646020001044
Estudiantes 2015 Primera División 4000000040
Defensa y Justicia 2015 1401000150
2016 1511000161
2016–17 240103 [lower-alpha 4] 000280
2017–18 130201 [lower-alpha 5] 000160
2018–19 1010000020
Total671604000681
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2018 Categoría Primera A 90004 [lower-alpha 6] 02 [lower-alpha 7] 0150
Career total1765120100202005
  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]

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References

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  3. "Rafael Delgado profile". BDFA. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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  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.