Javier Saviola

Javier Saviola (born 11 December 1981) is a former Argentine football player who played in Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, and Italy during his career.

Javier Saviola

Personal information
Full name	Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández
Date of birth	(1981-12-11) 11 December 1981
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Barcelona U19 (assistant) Encamp (futsal)
Youth career
	Parque Chas
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	River Plate	86	(45)
2001–2007	Barcelona	123	(49)
2004–2005	→ Monaco (loan)	29	(7)
2005–2006	→ Sevilla (loan)	29	(9)
2007–2009	Real Madrid	17	(4)
2009–2012	Benfica	69	(24)
2012–2013	Málaga	27	(8)
2013–2014	Olympiacos	26	(12)
2014–2015	Verona	15	(1)
2015–2016	River Plate	14	(0)
Total		434	(159)
National team
2001	Argentina U20	7	(11)
2000–2007	Argentina	39	(11)
Teams managed
2016–2022	Ordino (assistant)
2022–	Barcelona U19 (assistant)
Honours Representing Argentina Men's football Copa América Runner-up 2004 Peru FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 2005 Germany Olympic Games 2004 Athens FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2001 Argentina
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made 39 appearances for the Argentina national football team, scoring 11 goals.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
River Plate	1998–99	Argentine Primera División	19	6			—		—		19	6
	1999–2000		33	19			—		—		33	19
	2000–01		34	20			—		—		34	20
	Total		86	45			—		—		86	45
Barcelona	2001–02	La Liga	36	17	1	0	—		11	4	48	21
	2002–03		36	13	1	0	—		14	7	51	20
	2003–04		33	14	5	2	—		7	3	45	19
	2006–07		18	5	5	5	—		1	0	24	10
	Total		123	49	12	7	0	0	33	14	168	70
Monaco (loan)	2004–05	Ligue 1	29	7	0	0	1	0	7	4	37	11
Sevilla (loan)	2005–06	La Liga	29	9	0	0	—		13	6	42	15
Real Madrid	2007–08	La Liga	9	3	6	0	—		2	0	17	3
	2008–09		8	1	2	1	—		2	0	12	2
	Total		17	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	29	5
Benfica	2009–10	Primeira Liga	27	11	2	1	4	1	11	6	44	19
	2010–11		24	9	6	3	3	1	12	1	45	14
	2011–12		18	4	2	1	5	1	6	0	31	6
	Total		69	24	10	5	12	3	29	7	120	39
Málaga	2012–13	La Liga	27	8	4	0	—		6	1	37	9
Olympiacos	2013–14	Super League Greece	25	12	4	0	—		5	2	34	14
	2014–15		1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		26	12	4	0	—		5	2	35	14
Verona	2014–15	Serie A	15	1	1	1	—		—		16	2
River Plate	2015	Argentine Primera División	13	0	0	0	—		2	0	15	0
Career total			434	159	39	14	13	3	99	34	585	210

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	2000	1	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	3	0
	2003	8	3
	2004	10	5
	2005	8	1
	2006	5	1
	2007	4	1
Total		39	11

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saviola goal.

List of international goals scored by Javier Saviola

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 April 2003	June 11, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2	8 June 2003	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan	Japan	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3	11 June 2003	Seoul World Cup, Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	30 June 2004	Giants Stadium, New Jersey, United States	Peru	2–0	2–1	Friendly
5	7 July 2004	Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo, Peru	Ecuador	2–1	6–1	2004 Copa América
6				3–1
7				4–1
8	17 November 2004	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	3–1	3–2	2006 World Cup qualification
9	15 June 2005	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Tunisia	2–0	2–1	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
10	10 June 2006	Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Ivory Coast	2–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
11	7 February 2007	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	France	1–0	1–0	Friendly