Marco Saravia

Marco Antonio Saravia Antinori (born 6 February 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a centre back for Peruvian Primera División side Deportivo Municipal.

Marco Saravia
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Saravia Antinori
Date of birth (1999-02-06) 6 February 1999
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo Municipal
Youth career
Lima Cricket
Cantolao
2017–2020 Deportivo Municipal
2018 → Grêmio (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Deportivo Municipal 2 (0)
2018 → Unión Comercio (loan) 2 (0)
2019 → Unión Huaral (loan) 16 (1)
2020 → Cusco (loan) 18 (1)
National team
2014 Peru U15
2015 Peru U17 2 (0)
2017 Peru U18
2019 Peru U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:18, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Saravia started playing football at the age of five, after his parents took him to a sports school.[2] He then went to Lima Cricket and Football Club and later Academia Deportiva Cantolao, where he played for 7-8 years.

Deportivo Municipal

Saravia joined Deportivo Municipal in 2017, starting on the club's reserve team. After six months, he was promoted to the first team. He got his official first team debut on 21 October 2017 against Sport Huancayo.[3] He started on the bench but replaced José Guidino in the half time. He played one further game for Municipal in the 2017 season.[2]

Loan spells

In December 2018 it was confirmed, that Saravia would play for Brazilian team Grêmio on loan for the 2018 season, where he mainly was going to play for the club's U20 team.[4] However, Saravia revealed in mid-August, that he was considering returning to Municipal, because there was no more official games left for him until the end of the year, after Grêmio's U20 team was eliminated from the U20 tournament.[5] Later on the same day he announced on Instagram, that he had returned to Peru.[6] After returning, he was loaned out to Unión Comercio for the rest of the year, where he made two appearances in the Peruvian Primera División.

In the 2019 season, Saravia was loaned out to Peruvian Segunda División club, Unión Huaral. He made a total of 16 appearances and scored one goal. He then returned to Municipal for the 2020 season, where he continued to play for the reserve team. In the summer 2020, Saravia moved to Cusco FC.[7]

Back to Municipal

In December 2020 Municipal confirmed, that Saravia had returned to the club and would be a part of the clubs squad.[8]

International career

Saravia was a part of the Peruvian 2014 Summer Youth Olympics team, that won the tournament. In January 2019, he was called up for the Peruvian U20 squad, who was going to play in the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[9] He got his debut on 26 January 2019 against Argentina, which Peru lost 0-1. In January 2020, he was also called up for the Peruvian U23 squad, however, he sat on the bench in all four games.[10]

References
  1. Marco Saravia at WorldFootball.net
  2. Marco Saravia: Conoce al convocado sub 23 que estuvo en Gremio de Brasil, futbolperuano.com, 28 May 2019
  3. SPORT HUANCAYO VS. DEPORTIVO MUNICIPAL 3 - 0, soccerway.com, 21 August 2019
  4. Marco Saravia se va al Gremio de Brasil, loslocosdesiempre.com, 28 December 2017
  5. Sparring de selección peruana en Rusia 2018 a un paso de Municipal, elbocon.pe, 23 August 2018
  6. Marco Saravia se despidió de Gremio y podría volver a Municipal, golperu.pe, 23 August 2018
  7. Marco Saravia at Soccerway
  8. Club Centro Deportivo Municipal on Twitter: " El Club ..., twitter.com, 18 December 2020
  9. Marco Saravia defensor central de la Selección Peruana Sub 20, futbolperuano.com, 19 January 2019
  10. Universitario de Deportes: Yordi Vílchez y Marco Saravia en la mira de los cremas, depor.com, 31 December 2019
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