Facundo Hernán Quiroga

Football player infobox | playername = Facundo Quiroga


fullname = Facundo Hernán Quiroga
height = height|m=1.79
nickname = | dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|1|10
cityofbirth = San Luis
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = River Plate
clubnumber = 16
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–1998
1998–2000
2000–2001
2001-2004
2004–2008
2008
clubs = Newell's Old Boys
Sporting CP
→ SSC Napoli "(loan)"
Sporting Clube
VfL Wolfsburg
River Plate
caps(goals) = 022 (1)
044 (4)
013 (0)
071 (2)
106 (1)
0|001 (0)
nationalyears = 2002–
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 016 (0)
pcupdate = 15 September 2008

Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born January 10, 1978 in San Luis) is an Argentine football defender currently playing for River Plate in the Primera División Argentina. He is still related to Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine "caudillo".

Quiroga began his footballing career at Newell's Old Boys in the Primera Division Argentina in 1997. In 1998 he was signed by Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon, playing for them between 1998 and 2004, with a season long loan at Italian side Napoli in 2000-01.

In 2004 he was signed by VfL Wolfsburg, a team that signed a number of Argentine players in that timeframe (Klimowicz, D'Alessandro, Menseguez and Ahumada).

Quiroga has also made 16 appearances for the Argentina national football team.

External links

*es [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=9127&SEOFutbolista=Quiroga+Facundo+Hernan Argentine Primera statistics]
* [http://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/index.php?id=8562 Profile at vfl-wolfsburg.de]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/quirogafacundo/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon