Javier Saviola Football player

Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández (born 11 December 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker. Known for his speed, he represented both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid during his career (amongst others), and was named, as the youngest player, to Pelé's FIFA 100 list of the 125 greatest living footballers. Due to his Spanish ancestors, he also holds Spanish nationality since 2004. An Argentine international in the 2000s, Saviola represented the country at the 2006 World Cup and the 2004 Copa América.

Personal facts

Javier Saviola
Birth dateDecember 11, 1981
Birth place
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Height (meters)1.68

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Real Madrid C.F.
Málaga CF
Argentina national football team
Club Atlético River Plate
FC Barcelona
Sevilla FC
AS Monaco FC
S.L. Benfica
Olympiacos F.C.
Argentina national under-20 football team

Topical connections

Ángel BargasSports manager
Antonio AlzamendiFootball player
Andrés D'AlessandroFootball player
Ángel BossioFootball player
Ángel di MaríaFootball player
Éver BanegaFootball player
Ángel MédiciFootball player
Óscar González MarcosFootball player
Éric AbidalFootball player

Javier Saviola on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=29&CPID=68&pStr=Player&PLID=55136&TEID=543
  2. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1213.html