Renzo Saravia

Renzo Saravia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈren.so saˈɾa.βja]; born 16 June 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as right back for Brazilian club Internacional, on loan from Portuguese club FC Porto.

Renzo Saravia
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993
Place of birth Villa de María del Río Seco, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Internacional
(on loan from Porto)
Number 26
Youth career
2002–2008 Instituto
Las Palmas
Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Belgrano 73 (0)
2017–2019 → Racing (loan) 38 (0)
2019– Porto 0 (0)
2020– → Internacional (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2018– Argentina 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2019

Club career

Born in Villa de María del Río Seco in the interior of Córdoba Province, Saravia had not played for any football clubs before he moved to the provincial capital; his father Reynaldo, a retired policeman, staked everything he had on finding him a team. From the age of 9 to 15 he played for Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, where his teammates included Paulo Dybala.[1]

Saravia then signed for Club Atlético Las Palmas and was loaned to Club Atlético Belgrano for a year with the option to buy for 150,000 Argentine pesos.[1] He was promoted to Belgrano's first team in January 2013.[2] In July 2017, he signed for Racing Club de Avellaneda, where he won the 2018–19 Argentine Primera División.[3]

In June 2019, Saravia signed a four-year deal with FC Porto.[3][4] He made his debut on 13 August in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League at home to FC Krasnodar, and was substituted for striker Zé Luís with the team already 3–0 down after 38 minutes in a 3–2 loss.[5] Still unused in the Primeira Liga, he scored his first goal to open a 3–0 group win at Casa Pia A.C. in the Taça da Liga on 5 December.[6]

International career

Saravia made his international debut for Argentina on 8 September 2018 in a 3-0 international friendly against Guatemala.[7] Manager Lionel Scaloni named him in the 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil,[8] where he played two group games for the bronze medallists.

References
  1. Laurino, Hernán (18 October 2018). "El pasado desconocido de la figura de la selección: los inicios de Saravia en Instituto" [The unknown past of the national team player: Saravia's beginnings in Instituto]. Mundo D. (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. Russos, Marcos (17 January 2013). "Renzo Saravia es subido al plantel de primera" [Renzo Saravia is promoted to the first-team squad]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. "Oficial: Renzo Saravia é reforço do FC Porto" [Official: Renzo Saravia is FC Porto signing]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. "¡Es oficial! Renzo Saravia fue vendido al Porto de Portugal" [It's official! Renzo Saravia was sold to Porto of Portugal]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. "Saravia à espreita de nova oportunidade em Roterdão" [Saravia to see new opportunity in Rotterdam] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. "FC Porto bate Casa Pia com golo inédito de Saravia" [FC Porto beat Casa Pia with unprecedented goal from Saravia] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. "Cómo le fue a los cordobeses en el duelo Argentina-Guatemala" [How it went for the Córdoba natives in the Argentina-Guatemala duel]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. Creditor, Avi (21 May 2019). "Messi Leads Argentina's Copa America Squad; Icardi Omitted". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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