Marco Saravia Explained

Marco Saravia
Fullname:Marco Antonio Saravia Antinori
Birth Date:6 February 1999
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Height:1.87m
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Universitario
Clubnumber:2
Youthclubs1:Lima Cricket
Youthclubs2:Cantolao
Youthyears3:2017–2020
Youthclubs3:Deportivo Municipal
Youthyears4:2018
Youthclubs4:Grêmio (loan)
Years1:2017–2022
Clubs1:Deportivo Municipal
Caps1:49
Goals1:2
Years2:2018
Clubs2:Unión Comercio (loan)
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:2019
Clubs3:Unión Huaral (loan)
Caps3:16
Goals3:1
Years4:2020
Clubs4:Cusco (loan)
Caps4:18
Goals4:1
Years5:2023–
Clubs5:Universitario
Caps5:21
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:2014
Nationalteam1:Peru U15
Nationalyears2:2015
Nationalteam2:Peru U17
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2017
Nationalteam3:Peru U18
Nationalyears4:2019
Nationalteam4:Peru U20
Nationalcaps4:1
Nationalgoals4:0
Pcupdate:11:00, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Marco Antonio Saravia Antinori (born 6 February 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Peruvian Liga 1 side Universitario de Deportes.

Club career

Early years

Saravia started playing football at the age of five, after his parents took him to a sports school.[1] He then went to Lima Cricket and later to Academia Cantolao, where he played for 7–8 years.

Deportivo Municipal

He joined Deportivo Municipal in 2017, starting on the club's reserve team. After six months, Saravia was promoted to the first team. He made his official first team debut on 21 October 2017 against Sport Huancayo.[2] He started on the bench but replaced José Guidino in the half time. He played one further game for Municipal in the 2017 season.[1]

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.[3] However, he revealed in mid-August that he was considering returning to Municipal, because there were no more official games left for him until the end of the year, after Grêmio's U20 team was eliminated from the U20 tournament.[4] Later on the same day, Saravia announced on Instagram that he had returned to Peru.[5] After returning, he was loaned out to Unión Comercio for the rest of the year, where he made two appearances in the Peruvian Liga 1.

In the 2019 season, he was loaned out to Peruvian Liga 2 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. He scored his first goal with the club in a 1–1 draw against Deportivo Municipal.[6]

Back to Municipal

In December 2020, Municipal confirmed that he would return to the club and be a part of its squad.[7] Saravia got the shirt number 23 after his return. At the end of November 2021, after a good season with 17 games and 1310 minutes played in the league, he signed a new contract with Municipal until the end of 2023.[8] Afterwards, Saravia became an undisputed starter for la Academia in the 2022 season.

Universitario de Deportes

In November 2022, after the departure of Nelinho Quina, Universitario de Deportes was searching for a national centre-back and became interested in signing Saravia. Despite having an existing contract with Municipal, he managed to rescind it in order to arrive as a free agent to Universitario, with a contract for the 2023 season.

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]

Honours

Club

Universitario de Deportes

2023

2024

Notes and References

  1. https://www.futbolperuano.com/seleccion/convocatoria/marco-saravia-el-convocado-sub-23-que-estuvo-en-gremio-de-brasil-230029 Marco Saravia: Conoce al convocado sub 23 que estuvo en Gremio de Brasil
  2. https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/10/21/peru/primera-division/club-deportivo-sport-huancayo/deportivo-municipal/2575436/ SPORT HUANCAYO VS. DEPORTIVO MUNICIPAL 3 - 0
  3. https://loslocosdesiempre.com/2017/12/07/marco-saravia-se-va-al-gremio-brasil/ Marco Saravia se va al Gremio de Brasil
  4. https://elbocon.pe/futbol-peruano/descentralizado/sparring-de-seleccion-peruana-en-rusia-2018-un-paso-de-municipal-marco-saravia-172371/ Sparring de selección peruana en Rusia 2018 a un paso de Municipal
  5. http://golperu.pe/ligas-internacionales/otras-ligas-america/marco-saravia-se-despidio-de-gremio-y-podria-volver-a-municipal-11369 Marco Saravia se despidió de Gremio y podría volver a Municipal
  6. Web site: Medina . Diego . 13 October 2020 . Cusco FC igualó 1-1 con Deportivo Municipal por la fecha 18 de la Liga 1 del fútbol peruano . Cusco FC tied 1-1 with Deportivo Municipal on matchday 18 of the Liga 1 of Peruvian football . 7 December 2023 . Fútbol Peruano . Spanish.
  7. https://twitter.com/ccdmunicipal/status/1340051558927659009 Club Centro Deportivo Municipal on Twitter: " El Club ...
  8. https://ovacion.pe/noticias/deportivo-municipal/faraon-edil-marco-saravia-continuara-dos-anos-mas-deportivo-municipal ¡El Faraón edil! Marco Saravia continuará dos años más con Deportivo Municipal
  9. https://www.futbolperuano.com/sudamericano-sub-20-chile-2019/noticias/marco-saravia-el-defensor-central-de-la-seleccion-peruana-sub-20-216681 Marco Saravia defensor central de la Selección Peruana Sub 20
  10. https://depor.com/futbol-peruano/descentralizado/universitario-de-deportes-yordi-vilchez-y-marco-saravia-en-la-mira-de-los-cremas-fichajes-2020-noticia/ Universitario de Deportes: Yordi Vílchez y Marco Saravia en la mira de los cremas