Luciano Saavedra
Personal information
Full name Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín
Date of birth (1972-09-15) 15 September 1972
Place of birth Romeral, Chile
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
21 de Mayo
Curicó Unido
1991 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Curicó Unido
1991–1992 Universidad Católica
1993–1994 Santiago Wanderers
1994 Curicó Unido
1995–1997 Unión Española 29 (0)
1997–1998 Real Zacatecas
1999–2000 Deportes Linares
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín (born 15 September 1972) is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Romeral, Chile,[1] Saavedra was with both 21 de Mayo and Curicó Unido in Curicó, before joining Universidad Católica in 1991,[2] where coincided with players such as Jaime Lo Presti, Marcelo Caro, among others.[3]

In his homeland, he after played for Santiago Wanderers,[4][5][6] Curicó Unido again,[7] Unión Española[8][9][10] and Deportes Linares,[11] his last club.[12]

Abroad, he played for Mexican side Real Sociedad de Zacatecas in 1997–98.[13][2]

Post-retirement

Saavedra graduated as a PE teacher at the Major University.[14]

Saavedra has been in charge of football academies affiliated to Universidad Católica in both Curicó and Macul, Santiago,[15] just like another former players such as Juan José Ribera, René Valenzuela, Carlos Verdugo, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.[16]

He has served as coordinator at national level for the Ministry of Sports[1] and chief of staff for the Metropolitan Superintendence of Education.[17]

His brother, Julio, is a former footballer of Curicó Unido and current politician who has served as councillor for the Municipality of Romeral.[18][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 (Municipalidad de Romeral) Este jueves la dirección de la Escuela Tres Esquinas de la comuna firmó el convenio "Escuela Activa y Saludable" con la Seremía del Deporte Maule on Facebook (in Spanish). 22 August 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Luciano SAAVEDRA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lopresti cuenta cómo se convirtió en empresario inmobiliario en Canadá". FLANLATE (in Spanish). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Copa Chile 1993". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wanderers en Copa Chile 1994". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ↑ @cuenelcorazon (4 July 2023). "¿El Curi con Cristal?" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  8. ↑ "Union Española 1995 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ↑ union española 1996 on YouTube (in Spanish). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Las colonias se remozan" (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico. 17 June 1997. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  11. ↑ (Futbol y más Futbol.) Deportes Linares 1999 termino en la posición número 13 del campeonato on Facebook (in Spanish). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  12. ↑ (Futbol y más Futbol.) Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguin on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Jugadores - Chilenos en el Mundo". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  14. ↑ Luciano Andrés Saavedra on LinkedIn
  15. ↑ "Escuelas Filiales UC". tienda.cruzados.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC" (PDF). Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 41. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Visita Director Regional Metropolitano". Bicentenario Santa María de Las Condes (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  18. ↑ @ccnnoticias (25 January 2020). "Panorama deportivo para hoy" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Instagram.
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