- Javier Saavedra
Infobox Football biography
playername = Javier Saavedra
fullname = Javier Saavedra Vázquez
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|3|13
cityofbirth = Peribán
countryofbirth =Mexico
height = height|m=1.73
nickname =
position =Midfielder
currentclub = U.A.N.L. Tigres
clubnumber = 23
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996–1998
1998–2002
2002–2003
2003–2006
2006
2007–
clubs =Toros Neza
U.A.N.L. Tigres
Morelia
U.A.N.L. Tigres
Jaguares
U.A.N.L. Tigres
caps(goals) = 084 0(8)
138 0(10)
048 0(12)
112 0(10)
019 0(3)
045 0(2)
nationalyears = 1997–2002
nationalteam = Mexico
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 0(0)
pcupdate =June 14 ,2008
ntupdate = August 22, 2007Javier Saavedra Vázquez (born
March 13 ,1973 inMichoacan ) is a Mexican footballer and defender currently playing forUANL Tigres , with the number #23. He started his career in 1996 with Toros Neza, where he reached a final. He was transferred to Tigres in 2000, and then played for Morelia for a short while in 2002, returning to Tigres in 2003, moving toJaguares de Chiapas for a short period in 2006, until finally returning to Tigres in 2007.He has reached 5 finals and has never won a single one, two of those finals have been with Tigres and another two with Morelia. In Mexico he has been nick-name "El Bacalao" and "El Mala Suerte", meaning "Bad Luck" because he has never won a Final while appearing in 5.
Still Saavedra has been one of the best players even when the team is not playing good at all, Saavedra was bench at the start of the season this year, he didn't started any games until the fifth game and in his comeback game he got 2 assists and one goal defeating the team that has been marked as "the best in mexico" 3-2, since then he has started all games and now he has 4 assists in 4 games which makes him one of the most efficient players in the team and with him, the team has 7 points out of 12 possible, and before that the team only had 1 point out of 15.
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