Cristian Ledesma (footballer, born 1978)

Cristian Ledesma
	Ledesma with Olympiacos in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Raúl Ledesma
Date of birth	29 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	San Isidro, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Inter Miami II (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1999	Argentinos Juniors
1999–2002	River Plate
2002–2003	Hamburger SV
2003	Monterrey
2004	Colón
2004–2005	River Plate
2005	Racing Club
2006	Argentinos Juniors
2007	San Lorenzo
2007–2010	Olympiacos
2008–2009	→ San Lorenzo (loan)
2010–2011	Colón
2011–2014	River Plate
2014–2016	Argentinos Juniors
Total
International career
2007–2008	Argentina
Managerial career
2017–2018	Tigre
2022–	Inter Miami II (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Raúl Ledesma (born 29 December 1978 in San Isidro) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. He is nicknamed Lobo ("Wolf"). He is currently the assistant coach for MLS Next Pro club Inter Miami II.^[1]

Playing career

Club

Ledesma began his professional footballing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1997. He then played for River Plate, Hamburger SV in Germany, Monterrey in Mexico, Colón and Racing Club.

After winning the Argentinian league with San Lorenzo, Ledesma was signed by the Greek champions Olympiacos, for roughly €1,800,000 giving him an opportunity to play in the Greek league and the UEFA Champions League. After one year with Olympiacos, he was loaned back to San Lorenzo for one season in August 2008.

On 13 July 2010, Ledesma returned to Colón on a free transfer.^[2]

International

He made his national team debut against Chile, 18 April 2007. He was called up to a friendly against Norway on 22 August 2007. He made his third appearance for Argentina against Australia on 11 September.