| Rafael Delgado | |
| Fullname: | Rafael Marcelo Delgado |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Reconquista, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Belgrano |
| Clubnumber: | 33 |
| Youthclubs1: | Rosario Central |
| Years1: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Rosario Central |
| Caps1: | 96 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps3: | 104 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | → Atlético Nacional (loan) |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Colón |
| Caps5: | 90 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC) |
Rafael Marcelo Delgado (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgrano.[1]
Delgado began with Rosario Central in 2011.[1] [2] 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.[1] 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.[1] He went onto score twice in forty-four games in the top-flight.[1] In January 2015, Delgado joined Estudiantes.[3] He made his debut on 9 March versus San Lorenzo, prior to making three further appearances during the 2015 Argentine Primera División campaign.[1]
On 1 July 2015, seven months after arriving, Delgado departed Estudiantes to sign for Defensa y Justicia.[4] [5] He scored his first goal for Defensa in April 2016 during a 3–1 defeat to Atlético Tucumán.[1] 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.[6] 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.[1]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup[7] | League Cup | Continental[8] | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rosario Central | 2010–11 | Primera B Nacional | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2013–14 | Primera División | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 96 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 4 | ||||
| Estudiantes | 2015 | Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2015 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | ||||
| Atlético Nacional (loan) | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[12] | 0 | 2[13] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 176 | 5 | 12 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5 | ||||