Personal information | |||
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Full name | Facundo Sava | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Ituzaingó, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Tucumán (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 80 | (9) |
1996–1997 | Boca Juniors | 7 | (0) |
1997–2002 | Gimnasia LP | 182 | (67) |
2002–2006 | Fulham | 27 | (6) |
2004–2005 | → Celta (loan) | 26 | (3) |
2005–2006 | → Lorca Deportiva (loan) | 38 | (7) |
2006–2008 | Racing Club | 66 | (29) |
2008–2009 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 21 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Quilmes | 21 | (4) |
2010 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 6 | (2) |
Total | 474 | (130) | |
Managerial career | |||
2012 | San Martín SJ | ||
2013 | Unión de Santa Fe | ||
2014–2015 | O'Higgins | ||
2015 | Quilmes | ||
2016 | Racing Club | ||
2017 | Tigre | ||
2018 | Gimnasia LP | ||
2019–2021 | Quilmes | ||
2022 | Patronato | ||
2023 | Cerro Porteño | ||
2023 | Sarmiento | ||
2024 | Huracán | ||
2024– | Atlético Tucumán | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Facundo Sava (born 7 March 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a centre forward. As of 2024[update] he is the manager of Atlético Tucumán.
Sava played 17 years of professional football, mainly representing Gimnasia and Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División. Abroad, he had brief spells at Fulham in the Premier League, and Celta Vigo and Lorca Deportiva in Spain's Segunda División in the early 2000s.
In 2012, Sava began managing, leading several clubs in his country's top flight including Racing and Gimnasia, as well as O'Higgins in the Chilean Primera División and Cerro Porteño in Paraguay. He won the Copa Argentina with Patronato in 2022.