Luciano Saavedra

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luciano Saavedra

| fullname = Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|9|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Romeral, Chile

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = 21 de Mayo

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Curicó Unido

| youthyears3 = 1991 | youthclubs3 = Universidad Católica

| years1 = 1990–1991 | clubs1 = Curicó Unido | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1991–1992 | clubs2 = Universidad Católica | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1993–1994 | clubs3 = Santiago Wanderers | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1994 | clubs4 = Curicó Unido | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1995–1997 | clubs5 = Unión Española | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1997–1998 | clubs6 = Real Zacatecas | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 1999–2000 | clubs7 = Deportes Linares | caps7 = | goals7 =

| totalcaps =

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| manageryears1 = 1999 | managerclubs1 =

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Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín (born 15 September 1972) is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Romeral, Chile,(Municipalidad de Romeral) [https://www.facebook.com/MuniRomeral/posts/2440183412931960/ Este jueves la dirección de la Escuela Tres Esquinas de la comuna firmó el convenio "Escuela Activa y Saludable" con la Seremía del Deporte Maule] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2023. Saavedra was with both 21 de Mayo and Curicó Unido in Curicó, before joining Universidad Católica in 1991,{{cite web |title=Luciano SAAVEDRA |url=https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/luciano-saavedra/ |website=Memoria Wanderers |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}} where coincided with players such as Jaime Lo Presti, Marcelo Caro, among others.{{cite web |title=Lopresti cuenta cómo se convirtió en empresario inmobiliario en Canadá |url=https://www.flanlate.com/2022/12/lopresti-cuenta-como-se-convirtio-en.html |website=FLANLATE |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es |date=8 December 2022}}

In his homeland, he after played for Santiago Wanderers,{{cite web |title=Campeonato Nacional 1993 Segunda División |url=https://www.eseaene.cl/sitio/primer-equipo/campeonato-nacional-1993-segunda-division/ |website=eseaene.cl |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Copa Chile 1993 |url=https://www.eseaene.cl/sitio/primer-equipo/copa-chile-1993/ |website=eseaene.cl |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Wanderers en Copa Chile 1994 |url=https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/wanderers-en-copa-chile-1994/ |website=Memoria Wanderers |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}} Curicó Unido again,{{cite instagram|user=cuenelcorazon|postid=CuR2jVFOmwZ|title=¿El Curi con Cristal?|date=4 July 2023|access-date=5 December 2023|language=es}} Unión Española{{cite web |title=Union Española 1995 - Campeonato Nacional |url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/futbol%20chileno/Campeonatos%20Nacionales/equipos/Union%20Espanola/Union%20Espanola%201995%20nacional.htm |website=www.solofutbol.cl |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}}{{Youtube|id=Y73vnIlk-Y|title=union española 1996}} {{inlang|es}}. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2023.{{cite journal |title=Las colonias se remozan |journal=Revista Don Balón |date=17 June 1997 |url=https://palestinohistorico.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1997-06-17-don.balon-Nº263.pdf |access-date=5 December 2023 |publisher=Palestino Histórico |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |format=PDF}} and Deportes Linares,(Futbol y más Futbol.) [https://www.facebook.com/102533444609645/posts/256554739207514/ Deportes Linares 1999 termino en la posición número 13 del campeonato] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023. his last club.(Futbol y más Futbol.) [https://www.facebook.com/102533444609645/photos/a.102543237941999/198934491636206/ Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguin] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

Abroad, he played for Mexican side Real Sociedad de Zacatecas in 1997–98.{{cite web |title=Jugadores - Chilenos en el Mundo |url=https://www.oocities.org/colosseum/arena/7731/jugadores.htm |website=www.oocities.org |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}}

Post-retirement

Saavedra graduated as a PE teacher at the Major University.{{LinkedIn URL|url=https://cl.linkedin.com/in/luciano-andrés-saavedra-28949562|name=Luciano Andrés Saavedra}}

Saavedra has been in charge of football academies affiliated to Universidad Católica in both Curicó and Macul, Santiago,{{cite web |title=Escuelas Filiales UC |url=https://tienda.cruzados.cl/events/escuelas-filiales-uc |website=tienda.cruzados.cl |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es}} just like another former players such as Juan José Ribera, René Valenzuela, Carlos Verdugo, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.{{cite journal |title=ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC |journal=Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 |date=2016 |page=41 |url=https://cruzados.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Memoria-Cruzados-SADP-2016.pdf |access-date=5 December 2023 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |format=PDF}}

He has served as coordinator at national level for the Ministry of Sports and chief of staff for the Metropolitan Superintendence of Education.{{cite web |title=Visita Director Regional Metropolitano |url=https://bicentenariosantamaria.cl/index.php/tag/visita-director-regional-metropolitano/ |website=Bicentenario Santa María de Las Condes |access-date=5 December 2023 |language=es |date=2020}}

His brother, Julio, is a former footballer of Curicó Unido and current politician who has served as councillor for the Municipality of Romeral.{{cite instagram|user=ccnnoticias|postid=B7v4HVKhaOt|title=Panorama deportivo para hoy|date=25 January 2020|access-date=5 December 2023|language=es}}