Facundo Callejo

Facundo Julián Callejo (born 2 July 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera B Nacional side Temperley.[1]

Facundo Callejo
Personal information
Full name Facundo Julián Callejo
Date of birth (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992
Place of birth Tandil, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Temperley
Youth career
Santamarina
2010–2013 Colón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Colón 12 (1)
2014Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 21 (9)
2015Liga de Loja (loan) 17 (5)
2016Patronato (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017Santamarina (loan) 25 (2)
2018 Carabobo 8 (1)
2018–2019 Gimnasia y Esgrima 14 (0)
2019–2020 All Boys 12 (1)
2020–2021 Pannafpliakos
2021– Temperley 25 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:10, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Career

Callejo had youth spells with Santamarina and Colón, he made the step into first-team football with Colón where he scored two goals in fifteen matches for them between 2013 and 2017; his debut came on 27 April 2013 in an Argentine Primera División win at home to Arsenal de Sarandí.[1] During his time with Colón, Callejo spent time out on loan on four occasions.[1] In January 2014, Callejo joined Gimnasia y Esgrima in Primera B Nacional.[2] He played twenty-one times with the club and scored nine goals, including the first of his professional career in March versus Villa San Carlos.[1]

After returning to Colón in June 2014, Callejo joined Liga de Loja of the Ecuadorian Serie A in January 2015.[3] He scored on his Liga de Loja debut on 31 January, scoring in a 1–1 vs. Barcelona.[1] Four more goals in a total of seventeen games followed.[1] 2016 saw Callejo join Argentine Primera División side Patronato on a temporary basis, but he returned to Colón at the start of 2016–17 after only two matches.[1][4] For the rest of 2016–17, Callejo signed for Santamarina of Primera B Nacional.[5] He played twenty-five games and netted two goals vs. Independiente Rivadavia and Juventud Unida respectively.[1][6]

On 16 January 2018, Callejo joined Venezuelan Primera División side Carabobo on a contract until December 2018.[7][8] However, six months later, following one goal in eight Carabobo appearances, Callejo returned to Argentina to rejoin former loan club Gimnasia y Esgrima.[9]

Career statistics

As of 29 June 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colón 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 1000000010
2013–14 10000010
2014 Primera B Nacional 71210092
2015 Argentine Primera División 30003[lower-alpha 4]1[lower-alpha 5]61
2016 00000000
2016–17 00000000
2017–18 0000000000
Total 121210031173
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 2013–14 Primera B Nacional 2190000219
Liga de Loja (loan) 2015 Serie A 1750000175
Patronato (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 10000010
2016–17 00100010
Total 10100020
Santamarina (loan) 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 2521000262
Carabobo 2018 Venezuelan Primera División 8100000081
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 0000000000
Career total 84184100319120
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Venezuela
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. Includes the Argentine Primera División play-offs
  4. Three appearances in 2015 Argentine Primera División play-offs
  5. One goal in 2015 Argentine Primera División play-offs

References

  1. "Facundo Callejo profile". Soccerway. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "Facundo Callejo: "Este grupo supo salir al frente"". Mundo Ascenso. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Liga de Loja anuncia el fichaje de Callejo". El Litoral. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. "Callejo es jugador de Patronato". El Eco. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. "Facundo Callejo firmó y posó con la aurinegra". El Eco. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. "Facundo Callejo profile". BDFA. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. "Facundo Callejo, desequilibrio y entrega al servicio del granate". Carabobo FC. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. "Facundo Callejo es el nuevo jugador del Carabobo FC". ACN. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. "Limousin, Callejo y Freire, flamantes refuerzos del lobo". Jujuy al Momento. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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