Rafael Delgado (footballer)

Rafael Marcelo Delgado (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Club Atlético Colón.[2]

Rafael Delgado
Rosario Central 2-Olympus of Bahía Blanca 2, played on March 18, 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafael Marcelo Delgado
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990
Place of birth Reconquista, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Colón
Number 40
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Rosario Central 96 (4)
2015 Estudiantes 4 (0)
2015–2020 Defensa y Justicia 104 (4)
2018 → Atlético Nacional (loan) 11 (0)
2020– Colón 84 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:16, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Delgado began with Rosario Central in 2011.[2][3] He scored on his professional career debut on 4 April, netting the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional.[2] In his first three seasons, Delgado scored two goals in fifty-two matches including twenty-eight appearances during 2012–13 which ended with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[2] He went onto score twice in forty-four games in the top-flight.[2] In January 2015, Delgado joined Estudiantes.[4] He made his debut on 9 March versus San Lorenzo, prior to making three further appearances during the 2015 Argentine Primera División campaign.[2]

On 1 July 2015, seven months after arriving, Delgado departed Estudiantes to sign for Defensa y Justicia.[5][6] He scored his first goal for Defensa in April 2016 during a 3–1 defeat to Atlético Tucumán.[2] After sixty-six appearances and one goal in his first four seasons with Defensa y Justicia, Delgado left the club on loan in February 2018 to join Categoría Primera A side Atlético Nacional.[7] Fourteen appearances in all competitions later, Delgado returned to Defensa y Justicia and subsequently made his 200th career appearance in the Primera División against Independiente on 24 August.[2]

Career statistics
As of 6 September 2018.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 11200——00112
2011–12 13000——00130
2012–13 28010——00290
2013–14 Primera División 30000——00300
2014 14250—2[lower-alpha 3]000212
Total 96460—20001044
Estudiantes 2015 Primera División 4000—000040
Defensa y Justicia 2015 14010——00150
2016 15110——00161
2016–17 24010—3[lower-alpha 4]000280
2017–18 13020—1[lower-alpha 5]000160
2018–19 1010—000020
Total 67160—4000681
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2018 Categoría Primera A 9000—4[lower-alpha 6]02[lower-alpha 7]0150
Career total 1765120—100202005
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Colombia
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. Two appearances in 2014 Copa Sudamericana
  4. Three appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  5. One appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  6. Four appearances in 2018 Copa Libertadores
  7. Two appearances in 2018 Categoría Primera A play-offs

Honours
Rosario Central[2]

References
  1. Rafael Delgado at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Rafael Delgado profile". Soccerway. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. "Rafael Delgado profile". BDFA. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "Rafael Delgado dijo adiós". Vavel. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. "Delgado rescindió su vínculo". Estudiantes de La Plata. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. "Delgado seguirá su carrera en Defensa y Justicia". El Dia. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. "Rafael Delgado se va al Atlético Nacional". TyC Sports. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
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