# List of Argentine Primera División transfers (2008–09 season)

This is a list of football transfers involving teams from the Argentine Primera División for the 2008–09 season.

## July–August (winter) transfer window
### Argentinos Juniors

In
* Matías Córdoba from Real Salt Lake (loan return)
* Mauro Bogado from Instituto (loan return)
* Mariano Martínez from Olimpo
* Rodrigo Díaz & Juan Ramón Fernández from Colón
* Nicolás Pavlovich from Banfield (loan)
* Carlos Recalde from San Martín de San Juan
* Franco Quiroga from Nueva Chicago
Out
* Pablo Barzola to Caen
* Roberto Battión & Alejandro Delorte to Aris F.C.
* Álvaro Pereira to CFR Cluj
* Nicolás Gianni (loan) & Milovan Mirosevic to Universidad Católica
* Lionel Coudannes (loan) & Ariel Seltzer to Independiente Rivadavia
* Bruno Urribarri to Asteras Tripolis
* Sebastián Brunet (released)

### Arsenal de Sarandí

In
* Facundo Coria & Sergio Sena from Vélez Sársfield (loan)
* Daniel Carou from Cipolletti
* Facundo Sava from Racing
* Mauro Matos from Deportivo Armenio
* José Manuel Contreras from Comunicaciones (loan)
* Cristian Campestrini from Almirante Brown
* Matías Alasia from Tiro Federal
* Matías Carabajal from Ferro
Out
* José Luis Calderón to Estudiantes de La Plata
* Pablo Garnier to Colón de Santa Fe
* Martín Andrizzi to Deportivo Quito
* Martín Civit to LD Alajuelense
* Alexander Corro to Atlanta (end of loan)
* Leonardo Biagini (released)
* Carlos Ruiz (retired)

### Banfield

In
* Guillermo Esteban from Belgrano (loan return)
* Gastón Schmidt from Quilmes (loan return)
* Enrique Bologna from Alianza Lima (loan return)
* Víctor López from Real Sociedad
* Marcelo Bustamante & Maximiliano Bustos from Vélez Sársfield
* Santiago Raymonda from CD Veracruz
* Walter Ervitti from CF Monterrey
* Nicolás Bertolo from Nacional
* Sebastián Fernández from Defensor Sporting (loan)
* Federico Nieto from Huracán
* Cristian Nasuti from River Plate
* Claudio Ortiz from Wydad Casablanca
* Francisco Paravano from Atlético Rafaela
Out
* Darío Cvitanich to Ajax
* Javier Villarreal to Cerro Porteño
* Jairo Patiño to San Luis Potosí
* Nicolás Pavlovich to Argentinos Juniors
* Daniel Quinteros to Apollon Limassol
* Pablo Santillo to Barcelona SC
* Sergio Esteche to Aldosivi
* Gabriel Longo to Racing de Trelew
* Mauricio Pedano to F.C. Matera
* Diego Herner to Huracán
* Javier Sanguinetti (retired)

### Boca Juniors

In
* José María Calvo from Recreativo Huelva (loan return)
* Juan Krupoviesa from Olympique de Marseille (loan return)
* Julio Barroso from Estudiantes LP (loan return)
* Damián Díaz from Rosario Central
* Luciano Figueroa from Genoa C.F.C. (loan)
Out
* Luis Ibáñez to Dinamo Zagreb
* Pablo Ledesma to Catania
* Sebastián Nayar to Recreativo Huelva
* Mauro Boselli to Estudiantes LP
* Sebastián Alberto Battaglia to UA Maracaibo (loan)
* Pablo Migliore to Racing (loan)
* Fabián Monzón to Real Betis
* Jonathan Maidana to FC Metalist Kharkiv

### Colón de Santa Fe

In
* Sebastián Sciorilli from River Plate (loan)
* Pablo Garnier from Arsenal
* Nicolás Torres from Tigre
* Diego Pozo from Instituto
* Salustiano Candia from Veracruz
* Robert Franco from 2 de Mayo
* Diego Crosa from Maccabi Haifa F.C.
* Lucas Valdemarín from AIK
* Matías Oyola from Independiente (loan)
* Pablo Rodríguez from El Porvenir
Out
* Rodrigo Díaz & Juan Ramón Fernández to Argentinos Juniors
* Darío Gandín to Independiente
* Hugo Iriarte to Gimnasia LP
* Alcides Píccoli to Cerro Porteño
* Pablo Jerez to Tigre (loan)
* Juan José Morales to Quilmes
* César González to Huracán
* Laureano Tombolini to Instituto
* Hernán Encina to Godoy Cruz
* Diego Reynoso to Atlético Tucumán
* Andrés Bailo to Sportivo Belgrano (loan)
* Claudio Enría (released)

### Estudiantes de La Plata

In
* José Luis Calderón from Arsenal de Sarandí
* Gastón Fernández from UANL Tigres (loan)
* Mariano Barbosa from Recreativo Huelva
* Mauro Boselli from Boca Juniors
* Matías Sánchez from Racing
* Maximiliano Núñez from Temperley (loan return)
Out
* Julio Barroso to Boca Juniors (end of loan)
* José Basanta to CF Monterrey
* Pablo Piatti to UD Almería
* Ezequiel Maggiolo to C.F. Ciudad Juárez (loan)
* Leonardo Sánchez to San Martín de San Juan (loan)
* Édgar González to Olimpia
* Gonzalo Saucedo to Godoy Cruz (loan)
* Leandro Lázzaro to Tigre
* Maximiliano Badell to Platense (loan)
* Ezequiel Brítez to Deportivo Irapuato
* Pablo Lugüercio to Racing
* Marcos Pirchio to Olimpo (loan)
* Lucas Wilchez to Talleres

### Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

In
* Roberto Sosa from S.S.C. Napoli
* Ariel Agüero from San Martín de San Juan
* Mariano Messera from Rosario Central
* Gastón Sessa from Barcelona SC
* René Lima from Maccabi Haifa F.C.
* Hugo Iriarte from Colón de Santa Fe
* Sebastián Romero from Panathinaikos FC
* Esteban González from UD Las Palmas
* Rubén Maldonado from Chievo Verona
* Franco Niell from D.C. United
* Patricio Graff from Hércules CF
* Denis Stracqualursi from Unión de Sunchales
* Martín Ortiz from San Martín de San Juan
* Sergio Valenti from Ben Hur
Out
* Renato Civelli to Olympique de Marseille (end of loan)
* Matías Escobar to Kayserispor
* Santiago Gentiletti to Provincial Osorno
* Antonio Piergüidi to Quilmes (loan)
* Luis Ignacio Quinteros to Lobos de la BUAP
* Ignacio Oroná to Villa San Carlos
* Mauricio Yedro to Defensa y Justicia
* Elvio Friedrich to Los Andes
* Roberto Salvatierra to Olimpo
* Sergio Leal to Danubio F.C.
* Federico Domínguez to Apollon Limassol

### Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy

In
* Walter Busse from Atlético Minero (loan return)
* David Ramírez from Godoy Cruz
* Gastón Pezzuti from Atlético Rafaela
* Ariel Franco from San Martín de San Juan
* Sebastián Rocco from Audax Italiano (loan from Necaxa)
* Ariel Montenegro from Hércules CF
* Pablo Calandria from Albacete
* Claudio Fileppi from Racing
* Mauricio Ferradas from Deportivo Cuenca
* Juan Lapietra from Independiente (loan)
Out
* Juan Manuel Herbella to UA Maracaibo
* Mario Turdó, Marcelo Quinteros & Facundo Pérez Castro to San Martín de Tucumán
* José Valdiviezo to Atlético Tucumán
* Eric Schmil to Belgrano
* Mauricio Almada to Quilmes
* Luis Miguel Escalada to Newell's Old Boys (end of loan from L.D.U. de Quito)
* Matías Miramontes to A.C. Ancona
* Gustavo Coronel to Talleres de Perico
* Nicolás Armella to Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta
* Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez to Juventud Antoniana
* Luciano De Bruno and Gabriel Ruiz (released)

### Godoy Cruz

In
* Marcos Ramírez from Independiente (loan)
* Jairo Castillo from Defensor Sporting
* Jonathan Schunke from Almagro
* Iván Borghello from Talleres
* Leonardo Sigali from Lanús
* Gonzalo Saucedo from Estudiantes LP
* Jorge Carranza from Instituto
* Víctor Figueroa from Chacarita Juniors
* Wilmer Crisanto from CD Victoria (loan)
* Hernán Encina from Colón
* Víctor Ferreira from Cerro Porteño
* Lautaro Formica from San Lorenzo
Out
* Julio Moreyra to Instituto (end of loan)
* David Ramírez to Gimnasia de Jujuy
* Gabriel González to Atlético Tucumán
* Enzo Cappa to Deportivo Maipú
* Gerardo Solana to San Martín de Tucumán
* Matías Cuello to Racing de Córdoba
* Luis Ovelar to Cerro Porteño PF
* David Fernández to Tigre
* Jorge Curbelo to Defensor Sporting

### Huracán

In
* Ariel Cólzera from Atlético Rafaela
* Carlos Casartelli from C.F. Ciudad Juárez
* Alejandro Limia from Cádiz CF
* Gastón Esmerado from Skoda Xanthi
* Sergio Meza Sánchez from Almirante Brown
* Carlos Araujo from Olimpo
* Matías Manrique from Peñarol
* Germán Castillo from Deportivo Cuenca
* Lucas Calviño from Almagro
* Fernando Pagés from Persiraja Banda Aceh
* Matías Gigli from Belgrano
* César González from Colón de Santa Fe
* Hernán Barcos from Red Star Belgrade (loan from Racing)
* Gastón Beraldi from Platense
* Diego Herner from Banfield
* David González from Çaykur Rizespor
Out
* Cristian Sánchez Prette to CFR Cluj
* Eduardo Domínguez to Los Angeles Galaxy
* Damián Nieto to Almagro
* Marcelo Barovero to Vélez Sársfield
* Franco Mendoza to Olimpia
* Ángel Puertas to Independiente
* Claudio Guerra to Unión (loan)
* Walter Coyette to Chacarita Juniors
* Andrés Franzoia to Rosario Central (end of loan from Boca Juniors)
* Omar Zarif to Rosario Central
* Federico Nieto to Banfield
* Yusuke Kato to Defensores de Belgrano (loan)
* Federico Poggi to AC Ajaccio
* Germán Lanaro to Guillermo Brown
* Francisco Maciel & Antonio Barijho (released)

### Independiente

In
* Leonel Ríos from Vélez Sársfield
* Emanuel Centurión from Atlas (loan)
* Federico Higuaín from América
* Darío Gandín from Colón
* Ángel Puertas from Huracán
* Leonel Núñez from Olympiacos
* Leandro Depetris from Brescia
* Hilario Navarro from Racing
Out
* Germán Denis to S.S.C. Napoli
* Marcos Ramírez to Godoy Cruz (loan)
* Emiliano Rébora to Estudiantes BA (loan)
* Hernán Pérez to Almagro (loan)
* Gastón Machín to Newell's Old Boys (loan)
* Matías Oyola to Colón (loan)
* Enzo Bruno to San Martín de Tucumán (loan)
* Juan Lapietra to Gimnasia de Jujuy (loan)
* Pablo Vitti to FC Chornomorets Odesa (loan)
* Sebastián Carrizo to Olimpo
* Carlos Matheu to Cagliari

### Lanús

In
* Hernán Grana from All Boys
* Gustavo Balvorín from Vélez Sársfield
Out
* Lautaro Acosta to Sevilla FC
* Nelson Benítez to FC Porto
* Leonardo Sigali to Godoy Cruz
* Rodrigo Acosta to Sevilla Atlético
* Claudio Flores to Tacuarembó F.C.
* Agustín Pelletieri to AEK Athens (loan)

### Newell's Old Boys

In
* Germán Caffa from San Martín de Tucumán
* Juan Manuel Insaurralde from Chacarita Juniors
* Diego Barreto (loan return), Ernesto Cristaldo & Walter Fretes from Cerro Porteño
* Pablo Monsalvo from AIK
* Sebastián Grazzini from Sestrese
* Gastón Machín from Independiente (loan)
* Cristian Fabbiani from CFR Cluj
* Sebastián Peratta from Vélez Sársfield
* Leandro Armani & Iván Pillud from Tiro Federal (loan)
* Luis Miguel Escalada from Gimnasia de Jujuy (loan from L.D.U. de Quito)
* Gustavo Pinto from Olimpo
* Marcos Flores from Unión (loan return)
* Emanuel Lazzarini from Temperley (loan return)
* Marcelo Penta from Chacarita Juniors (loan return)
Out
* Justo Villar to Real Valladolid
* Cristian Llama to Catania (end of loan)
* Martín Seri to San Martín de San Juan (loan)
* Nicolás Cabrera to Vélez Sársfield
* Marcos Gutiérrez to San Martín de Tucumán
* Adrián Lucero to Racing
* Santiago Salcedo to River Plate
* Pablo Vázquez to Nueva Chicago
* Miguel Ángel Torren to Cerro Porteño (loan)
* Juan Manuel Sosa to Almirante Brown
* Augusto Mainguyague to Bolívar

### Racing Club

In
* Martín Wagner & Leandro González from Olimpo
* Adrián Lucero from Newell's Old Boys
* Pablo Lugüercio from Estudiantes LP
* Franco Peppino from Veracruz
* Lucas Aveldaño from Atlético Rafaela
* Pablo Migliore from Boca Juniors (loan)
Out
* Diego Manicero to Belgrano (end of loan from Lanús)
* Facundo Sava to Arsenal
* Bernardo Leyenda to San Martín de Tucumán
* Claudio Fileppi to Gimnasia de Jujuy
* Maximiliano Estévez & Erwin Ávalos to Cerro Porteño
* Matías Sánchez to Estudiantes LP
* Reinaldo Navia to LDU Quito
* Adrián Bastía to Asteras Tripolis
* Santiago Malano & Diego Menghi to Atlético Rafaela
* Hilario Navarro to Independiente
* Roberto Bonet (released)

### River Plate

In
* Diego Barrado from Olimpo (loan return)
* Robert Flores from River Plate de Montevideo (loan from Villarreal CF)
* Martín Galmarini from Tigre
* Facundo Quiroga from VfL Wolfsburg
* Santiago Salcedo from Newell's Old Boys
* Sebastián Abreu from Beitar Jerusalem (only for the Copa Sudamericana
Out
* Juan Pablo Carrizo to S.S. Lazio (end of loan)
* Alexis to Udinese (end of loan)
* Sebastián Abreu to Beitar Jerusalem
* Hernán Lillo to Almagro (loan)
* Maximiliano Oliva to Tigre (loan)
* Diego Cardozo to Instituto (loan)
* Nicolás Domingo to Genoa (loan)
* Lucas Sánchez & Lucas Malacarne to FC Dallas (loan)
* Ariel Ortega & Judelin Aveska to Independiente Rivadavia (loan)
* Federico Almerares to FC Basel
* Cristian Nasuti to Banfield
* Sebastián Sciorilli to Colón (loan)
* Matías Díaz to San Martín de San Juan (loan)
* Horacio Ameli (retired)

### Rosario Central

In
* Ezequiel González from Panathinaikos FC
* Jorge Núñez from Cerro Porteño
* Andrés Franzoia & Omar Zarif from Huracán
* Ignacio Ithurralde from Olimpo (loan from CF Monterrey)
Out
* Cristian Álvarez to Espanyol
* Tomás Costa to FC Porto
* Mariano Messera to Gimnasia de La Plata
* Emiliano Papa to Vélez Sársfield (end of loan)
* Martín Arzuaga to Junior
* Ronald Raldes to Al-Hilal
* Germán Medina to Tiro Federal
* Ramiro Fassi to Quilmes
* Eduardo Farías to Almagro
* Andrés Imperiale to San Martín de Tucumán (loan)
* Federico Martínez to Deportes Antofagasta
* Maximiliano Pérez to Defensor Sporting Club
* Damián Díaz to Boca Juniors
* Diego Calgaro to AS Trencin
* Gabriel Casas to Real Arroyo Seco
* Gonzalo Belloso (retired)
* Hernán Castellano (released)

### San Lorenzo

In
* Pablo Barrientos from FC Moscow
* Cristian Ledesma from Olympiacos F.C. (loan)
* Fabián Bordagaray from Defensa y Justicia
* Santiago Solari from Inter
Out
* Daniel Bilos to AS Saint-Étienne (end of loan)
* Sebastián Saja to AEK Athens F.C.
* Néstor Villalva, Osvaldo Centurión & Matías Vega to Platense
* Andrés D'Alessandro to SC Internacional
* Diego Placente to Bordeaux
* Jonathan Bottinelli to U. C. Sampdoria
* Lautaro Formica to Godoy Cruz
* Michael Díaz and Emiliano Díaz (released)

### San Martín de Tucumán

In
* Matías Villavicencio, Raúl Saavedra & Marcelo Perugini from Olimpo
* Patricio Pérez from Vélez Sársfield
* Mario Turdó, Marcelo Quinteros & Facundo Pérez Castro from Gimnasia de Jujuy
* Matías Ceballos from Central Norte
* Nicolás Herrera from San Martín de San Juan
* Daniel Vega from Emelec
* Gerardo Solana from Godoy Cruz
* Bernardo Leyenda from Racing
* Pablo De Muner from Polideportivo Ejido
* Marcos Gutiérrez from Newell's Old Boys
* Enzo Bruno from Independiente (loan)
* Andrés Imperiale from Rosario Central (loan)
* Antonio Ibáñez from 9 de Julio de Morteros
Out
* Mariano Campodónico to Cerro Porteño
* Esteban Gil & Fernando Cravero to Atlético Rafaela
* Germán Caffa to Newell's Old Boys
* Luciano Krikorián to All Boys
* Lucas Oviedo to Tigre
* Andrés Aparicio to Quilmes
* David Robles to Sarmiento
* Diego Romano to Ergotelis F.C.
* Juan Acosta Cabrera to Los Andes
* Pablo López & Emanuel Perea to Santiago Wanderers

### Tigre

In
* Carlos Luna from Elche CF
* Mauro Villegas from CAI
* Lucas Oviedo from San Martín de Tucumán
* Maximiliano Oliva from River Plate (loan)
* Leandro Lázzaro from Estudiantes LP
* Cristian Bardaro from Danubio F.C.
* Pablo Jerez from Colón (loan)
* Rodolfo Arruabarrena from AEK Athens
* Alberto Alarcón from Defensores de Belgrano
* David Fernández from Godoy Cruz
* Sebastián Rosano from Cagliari
Out
* Guillermo Suárez to Dinamo Zagreb
* Sebastián Ereros to Asteras Tripolis (end of loan from Vélez Sársfield)
* Nicolás Torres to Colón
* Román Martínez to RCD Espanyol (end of loan from Arsenal de Sarandí)
* Lucas Pratto to FC Lyn Oslo (end of loan from Boca Juniors)
* Facundo Diz to Olimpo
* Gastón Stang to Talleres
* Lucas Alessandria to Unión
* Martín Galmarini to River Plate
* Sebastián Pistelli to Deportivo Merlo
* Santiago Morero to Chievo Verona
* Miguel Angel Cuellar (released)

### Vélez Sársfield

In
* Emiliano Papa from Rosario Central (loan return)
* Juan Manuel Martínez from Al-Shabab (loan return)
* Marco Torsiglieri from Talleres de Córdoba (loan return)
* Leandro Somoza from Real Betis
* Hernán Rodrigo López from América
* Fabián Cubero from UANL Tigres
* Marcelo Barovero from Huracán
* Nicolás Cabrera from Newell's Old Boys
* Roberto Nanni from FC Dynamo Kyiv
* Emmanuel Fernandes Francou from Olimpia (loan return)
Out
* Leonel Ríos to Independiente
* Damián Escudero to Real Valladolid
* Patricio Pérez to San Martín de Tucumán
* Marcelo Bustamante & Maximiliano Bustos to Banfield
* Facundo Coria & Sergio Sena to Arsenal (loan)
* Hernán Pellerano to UD Almería
* Gustavo Balvorín to Lanús
* Damián Casalinuovo to Platense
* Juan Sills to LD Alajuelense (loan)
* Sebastián Peratta to Newell's Old Boys
* Luciano Vella to FC Rapid București (end of loan from Cádiz CF)
* Maximiliano Timpanaro to Chacarita Juniors (loan)
* Roberto Floris to Everton de Viña del Mar

## January 2009 (summer) transfer window

    See List of Argentine Primera División transfers January 2009