Christian Cepeda

Christian Cepeda

Personal information
Full name	Christian Enrique Cepeda
Date of birth	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position	Defender
Team information
Current team	Deportes Recoleta
Youth career
	Progreso Rowing
2006–2011	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Arsenal de Sarandí	0	(0)
2012–2013	→ Deportivo Merlo (loan)	16	(0)
2013–2014	Once Tigres  ( es )	25	(2)
2014–2018	UAI Urquiza	123	(4)
2018–2019	Guillermo Brown	19	(2)
2019-2020	Ferro General Pico  ( es )	4	(0)
2020–2021	Los Andes	32	(1)
2022	Cumbayá	15	(2)
2022	Royal Pari	11	(1)
2023	Unión San Felipe	28	(1)
2024–	Deportes Recoleta	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 December 2023

Christian Enrique Cepeda (born 5 February 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chilean club Deportes Recoleta . ^[1]

Career

Club

Cepeda had youth stints with Club Progreso Rowing and Arsenal de Sarandí. ^[2] He failed to appear in Arsenal's first-team, though was an unused substitute in August 2011 for a Primera División fixture with Atlético de Rafaela. ^{[1] [3]} July 2012 saw Cepeda join Deportivo Merlo of Primera B Nacional on loan. ^[1] Sixteen appearances followed as they were relegated to Primera B Metropolitana. ^[1] Cepeda subsequently moved Torneo Argentino B on 30 June 2013 by agreeing to sign for Once Tigres  ( es ). ^[3] In June 2014, Cepeda joined UAI Urquiza. ^[1] He remained for five seasons, featuring in one hundred and twenty-nine games whilst netting four. ^[1]

Primera B Nacional side Guillermo Brown became Cepeda's fifth career club in 2018. ^{[4] [5]} He scored goals against Atlético de Rafaela and Villa Dálmine in his opening eleven fixtures for them. ^[1]

For the 2024 season, he joined Deportes Recoleta from Unión San Felipe in the Primera B de Chile. ^[6]

International

Whilst with Arsenal de Sarandí, Cepeda received a call-up to the Argentina U20s. ^[2]

Career statistics

As of 20 January 2019. ^{[1] [3]}

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal de Sarandí	2010–11	Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Deportivo Merlo (loan)	2012–13	Primera B Nacional	16	0	0	0	—		0	0	16	0
Once Tigres  ( es )	2013–14	Torneo Argentino B	25	2	0	0	—		0	0	25	2
UAI Urquiza	2014	Primera B Metropolitana	15	0	0	0	—		0	0	15	0
	2015		33	1	1	0	—		0	0	34	1
	2016		17	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	0
	2016–17		34	3	0	0	—		0	0	34	3
	2017–18		24	0	0	0	—		5 [a]	0	29	0
	Total		123	4	1	0	—		5	0	129	4
Guillermo Brown	2018–19	Primera B Nacional	12	2	1	0	—		0	0	13	2
Career total			176	8	2	0	0	0	5	0	183	8

1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs

References

1. "Argentina - C. Cepeda". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
2. "Cristian Cepeda sería un refuerzo para Brown". Deportes Misiones. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
3. "Ficha Estadistica de CHRISTIAN CEPEDA". BDFA. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
4. "El primero". Solo Ascenso. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
5. "El primero para la Banda". Interior Futbolero. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
6. Romero, Jorge (26 December 2023). "Va por el ascenso: el equipo de Primera B que sorprende y mete miedo con sus refuerzos". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2023.

External links

• Christian Cepeda at Soccerway
• Christian Cepeda at BDFA (in Spanish)