Rafael Delgado (footballer)

Rafael Delgado
Delgado with Rosario Central in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafael Marcelo Delgado
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990
Place of birth Reconquista, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Deportes La Serena
Number 33
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Rosario Central 96 (4)
2015 Estudiantes 4 (0)
2015–2020 Defensa y Justicia 104 (4)
2018 → Atlético Nacional (loan) 11 (0)
2020–2023 Colón 90 (2)
2021 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) – (–)
2024–2025 Belgrano 21 (0)
2025 Defensa y Justicia 21 (2)
2026– Deportes La Serena 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 February 2026

Rafael Marcelo Delgado (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chilean club Deportes La Serena.[2]

Career

Delgado began with Rosario Central in 2011.[2][3] He scored on his professional career debut on 4 April, netting the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional.[2] In his first three seasons, Delgado scored two goals in fifty-two matches including twenty-eight appearances during 2012–13 which ended with promotion to the Argentine Primera División.[2] He went onto score twice in forty-four games in the top-flight.[2] In January 2015, Delgado joined Estudiantes.[4] He made his debut on 9 March versus San Lorenzo, prior to making three further appearances during the 2015 Argentine Primera División campaign.[2]

On 1 July 2015, seven months after arriving, Delgado departed Estudiantes to sign for Defensa y Justicia.[5][6] He scored his first goal for Defensa in April 2016 during a 3–1 defeat to Atlético Tucumán.[2] After sixty-six appearances and one goal in his first four seasons with Defensa y Justicia, Delgado left the club on loan in February 2018 to join Categoría Primera A side Atlético Nacional.[7] Fourteen appearances in all competitions later, Delgado returned to Defensa y Justicia and subsequently made his 200th career appearance in the Primera División against Independiente on 24 August.[2]

In January 2026, Delgado moved to Chile and signed with Deportes La Serena.[8]

Career statistics

As of 6 September 2018.[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 11200——00112
2011–12 13000——00130
2012–13 28010——00290
2013–14 Primera División 30000——00300
2014 14250—2[c]000212
Total 96460—20001044
Estudiantes 2015 Primera División 4000—000040
Defensa y Justicia 2015 14010——00150
2016 15110——00161
2016–17 24010—3[d]000280
2017–18 13020—1[e]000160
2018–19 1010—000020
Total 67160—4000681
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2018 Categoría Primera A 9000—4[f]02[g]0150
Career total 1765120—100202005
  1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Colombia
  2. ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Two appearances in 2014 Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Three appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  5. ↑ One appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana
  6. ↑ Four appearances in 2018 Copa Libertadores
  7. ↑ Two appearances in 2018 Categoría Primera A play-offs

Honours

Rosario Central[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rafael Delgado at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Rafael Delgado profile". Soccerway. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rafael Delgado profile". BDFA. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rafael Delgado dijo adiós". Vavel. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Delgado rescindió su vínculo". Estudiantes de La Plata. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Delgado seguirá su carrera en Defensa y Justicia". El Dia. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rafael Delgado se va al Atlético Nacional". TyC Sports. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Deportes La Serena confirmó a Rafael Delgado como refuerzo en defensa". Mi Radio LS (in Spanish). 29 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.


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