Cristian Ledesma (footballer, born 1987)

Cristhian Rolando Ledesma Núñez[2] (born 11 February 1987), frequently and wrongly named Cristian Ledesma, is a Paraguayan football striker.

Cristian Ledesma
Personal information
Full name Cristhian Rolando Ledesma Núñez[1][2]
Date of birth (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Lambaré, Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Vencedor
Deportivo Pinozá
Olimpia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Olimpia 36 (13)
2007–2011 Independiente 5 (0)
2009–2011Olimpia (loan) 16 (1)
2012 Rubio Ñu 7 (1)
2013 Naval 9 (5)
2013–2014 Coquimbo Unido 34 (13)
2014–2015 Cobresal 12 (5)
2015–2016 Deportivo Quito 14 (3)
2016Crucero del Norte (loan) 7 (1)
2016 Fernando de la Mora
2018 Sportivo Trinidense 1 (0)
2019 Ovetense FC [es]
2020 Resistencia (–)
2022 3 de Noviembre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024

Career edit

Ledesma started his career with Olimpia, playing for them in two stints.[4] After scoring 10 goals in 19 games for Olimpia in the Paraguayan first division Apertura tournament he was signed by Independiente and moved to Argentina during the summer of 2007. Ledesma suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury at the start of the Apertura, delaying his first team debut and in January 2009 he returned to Olimpia.[5][2][6]

Still a player of Independiente, he had a trial with Sportivo Luqueño at the beginning of 2012,[5][7] but he finally signed with Rubio Ñu as a free agent. After, he moved to Chile and played for Naval, Coquimbo Unido[3] and Cobresal.[6] As a member of Cobresal, he won the 2015 Torneo Clausura, the first league title for the club.[8]

In the second half of 2015, Ledesma moved to Ecuador and signed with Quito.[9] The next year, he moved on loan to Argentina to play for Crucero del Norte.[6]

Back in Paraguay, he played for clubs in the División Intermedia such as Fernando de la Mora, Sportivo Trinidense, Ovetense FC [es], Resistencia[2] and 3 de Noviembre.[10]

Honours edit

Cobresal

References edit

  1. ^ Cristhian Ledesma on Twitter
  2. ^ a b c d "EL GOL DE SU VIDA". Crónica (in Spanish). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "PLANTEL COQUIMBO UNIDO 2013 – 2014". Aurinegro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ @FranjeadoInfo (11 February 2021). "11 DE FEBRERO" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b "Ledesma Cristian". En Una Baldosa (in Spanish). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Ledesma es el noveno". www.clubcrucerodelnorte.com.ar (in Spanish). 6 January 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Tobías, Aguilar y Ledesma, las novedades auriazules". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Con presencia guaraní, Cobresal es campeón en Chile". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Cristhian Ledesma llegó para incorporarse a Deportivo Quito (Audio)". Tera Deportes (in Spanish). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Paridad en la mañana dominical". Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (in Spanish). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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