Javier Saviola

Javier Saviola
Personal information
Full name	Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández
Date of birth	11 December 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Barcelona U19 (assistant) Encamp (futsal)
Youth career
	Parque Chas
	River Plate
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2016–2022	Ordino (assistant)
2022–	Barcelona U19 (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Javier Saviola (born 11 December 1981) is a former Argentine football player who played in Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, and Italy during his career.

He made 39 appearances for the Argentina national football team, scoring 11 goals.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[1]
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1998–99	Argentine Primera División	19	6			—		—		19	6
	1999–2000		33	19			—		—		33	19
	2000–01		34	20			—		—		34	20
	Total		86	45			—		—		86	45
Barcelona	2001–02	La Liga	36	17	1	0	—		11	4	48	21
	2002–03		36	13	1	0	—		14	7	51	20
	2003–04		33	14	5	2	—		7	3	45	19
	2006–07		18	5	5	5	—		1	0	24	10
	Total		123	49	12	7	0	0	33	14	168	70
Monaco (loan)	2004–05	Ligue 1	29	7	0	0	1	0	7	4	37	11
Sevilla (loan)	2005–06	La Liga	29	9	0	0	—		13	6	42	15
Real Madrid	2007–08	La Liga	9	3	6	0	—		2	0	17	3
	2008–09	La Liga	8	1	2	1	—		2	0	12	2
	Total		17	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	29	5
Benfica	2009–10	Primeira Liga	27	11	2	1	4	1	11	6	44	19
	2010–11		24	9	6	3	3	1	12	1	45	14
	2011–12		18	4	2	1	5	1	6	0	31	6
	Total		69	24	10	5	12	3	29	7	120	39
Málaga	2012–13	La Liga	27	8	4	0	—		6	1	37	9
Olympiacos	2013–14	Super League Greece	25	12	4	0	—		5	2	34	14
	2014–15	Super League Greece	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		26	12	4	0	—		5	2	35	14
Verona	2014–15	Serie A	15	1	1	1	—		—		16	2
River Plate	2015	Argentine Primera División	13	0	0	0	—		2	0	15	0
Career total			434	159	39	14	13	3	99	34	585	210

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2000	1	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	3	0
	2003	8	3
	2004	10	5
	2005	8	1
	2006	5	1
	2007	4	1
Total		39	11

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saviola goal.

List of international goals scored by Javier Saviola
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 April 2003	June 11, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2	8 June 2003	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3	11 June 2003	Seoul World Cup, Seoul, South Korea	Korea Republic	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	30 June 2004	Giants Stadium, New Jersey, United States	Peru	2–0	2–1	Friendly
5	7 July 2004	Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo, Peru	Ecuador	2–1	6–1	2004 Copa América
6				3–1
7				4–1
8	17 November 2004	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	[[File:{{{flag alias-1954}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Venezuela	3–1	3–2	2006 World Cup qualification
9	15 June 2005	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Tunisia	2–0	2–1	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
10	10 June 2006	Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Côte d'Ivoire	2–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
11	7 February 2007	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	France	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Javier Saviola Media

Saviola celebrating a goal for Benfica, 2011

References

↑ "J. Saviola". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
↑ "Argentina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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[SW-1] "J. Saviola". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[2] "Argentina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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