Facundo Hernán Quiroga

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Facundo Quiroga
Personal information
Full name Facundo Hernán Quiroga
Date of birth January 10, 1978 (1978-01-10) (age 30)
Place of birth    San Luis, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club VfL Wolfsburg
Number 2
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–1998
1998–2004
2000–2001
2004–present		 Newell's Old Boys
Sporting CP
→ SSC Napoli (loan)
VfL Wolfsburg		 022 (1)
134 (6)
013 (0)
090 (1)   
National team
2002–2004 Argentina 016 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Facundo Hernán Quiroga (born January 10, 1978 in San Luis) is an Argentine football defender currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga. He is still related to Juan Facundo Quiroga, Argentine caudillo.

Quiroga began his footballing career at Newell's Old Boys in the Primera Division Argentina in 1997. In 1998 he was signed by Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon, playing for them between 1998 and 2004, with a season long loan at Italian side Napoli in 2000-01.

In 2004 he was signed by VfL Wolfsburg, a team that signed a number of Argentine players in that timeframe (Klimowicz, D'Alessandro, Menseguez and Ahumada).

Quiroga has also made 16 appearances for the Argentina national football team.

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Argentina squad - 2004 Copa América
1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa
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VfL Wolfsburg – current squad

1 Jentzsch • 2 Quiroga • 3 Van der Heyden • 4 Schäfer • 5 R. Costa • 6 Simunek • 7 Josué • 8 Baier • 9 Džeko • 10 Krzynówek • 11 Laas • 12 Lenz • 13 Hasebe • 14 Santana • 15 Lamprecht • 16 Benaglio • 17 Madlung • 18 Makiadi • 20 Riether • 21 Platins • 22 Alex • 23 Grafite • 24 Dejagah • 25 Gentner • 26 Evljuskin • 27 Thiam • 28 Hill • 30 Rama • 31 Öztürk • 32 Marcelinho • 33 Reiche • 34 Deumeland • 36 Niang • 37 Karimov • 40 Ljuboja • Manager: Magath