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.

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

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|River Plate|1998–99|rowspan="3"|Argentine Primera División|19|6|||—|—|19|6|||
|1999–2000|33|19|||—|—|33|19|||||||
|2000–01|34|20|||—|—|34|20|||||||
|rowspan="5"|Barcelona|2001–02|rowspan="4"|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||||||
|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||||
|rowspan="3"|Real Madrid|2007–08|rowspan="2"|La Liga|9|3|6|0|—|2|0|17|3||
|2008–09|8|1|2|1|—|2|0|12|2||||||
|rowspan="4"|Benfica|2009–10|rowspan="3"|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|||||
|Málaga|2012–13|La Liga|27|8|4|0|—|6|1|37|9||||
|rowspan="3"|Olympiacos|2013–14|rowspan="2"|Super League Greece|25|12|4|0|—|5|2|34|14||
|2014–15|1|0|0|0|—|0|0|1|0||||||
|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||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|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|||

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

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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Javier Saviola
- **image**: Javier Saviola 15abr2007.jpg
- **image size**: 200px
- **full name**: Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **height**: 1.68 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: FC Barcelona (youth), Barcelona U19 (assistant)
FC Encamp, Encamp (futsal)
- **youthclubs1**: Parque Chas
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 1998–2001
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 86
- **goals1**: 45
- **years2**: 2001–2007
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 123
- **goals2**: 49
- **years3**: 2004–2005
- **clubs3**: → AS Monaco FC, Monaco (loan)
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2005–2006
- **clubs4**: → Sevilla FC, Sevilla (loan)
- **caps4**: 29
- **goals4**: 9
- **years5**: 2007–2009
- **clubs5**: Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **caps5**: 17
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2009–2012
- **clubs6**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps6**: 69
- **goals6**: 24
- **years7**: 2012–2013
- **clubs7**: Málaga CF, Málaga
- **caps7**: 27
- **goals7**: 8
- **years8**: 2013–2014
- **clubs8**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos
- **caps8**: 26
- **goals8**: 12
- **years9**: 2014–2015
- **clubs9**: Hellas Verona F.C., Verona
- **caps9**: 15
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 2015–2016
- **clubs10**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps10**: 14
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 434
- **totalgoals**: 159
- **nationalyears1**: 2001
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 11
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps2**: 39
- **nationalgoals2**: 11
- **manageryears1**: 2016–2022
- **managerclubs1**: FC Ordino, Ordino (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2022–
- **managerclubs2**: FC Barcelona (youth), Barcelona U19 (assistant)