Franco Ledesma

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Franco Ledesma
Personal information
Full name Franco Emanuel Ledesma
Date of birth (1992-10-03) 3 October 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position Centre-back [2]
Team information
Current team
Deportes Iquique
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 San Jorge Tucumán
2012–2013 Atlético Concepción  ( es ) 9 (0)
2013 Argentinos 25 de Mayo 6 (0)
2013–2014 Instituto Deportivo Santiago 15 (0)
2014Sportivo Guzmán  ( es ) (loan)
2014Central Córdoba SdE (loan) 2 (0)
2015 Mitre 14 (1)
2016 Sportivo Patria 5 (0)
2016–2019 Mitre 26 (0)
2019–2020 Independiente Rivadavia 16 (0)
2020–2022 Alvarado 51 (0)
2023 Deportes Iquique 27 (0)
2024 Agropecuario 18 (0)
2025 San Marcos 25 (1)
2026– Deportes Iquique 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 December 2025

Franco Emanuel Ledesma (born 3 October 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean club Deportes Iquique. [1]

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Career

Ledesma started in Torneo Argentino C with San Jorge. [3] In 2012, Ledesma joined Atlético Concepción of Torneo Argentino B, featuring nine times in two years. [3] Moves to Argentinos and Instituto Deportivo Santiago followed, along with twenty-one appearances in 2013 and 2014. [3] Instituto loaned Ledesma to Sportivo Guzmán in 2014. [4] [5] He returned midway through, subsequently joining Torneo Federal A's Central Córdoba on loan. [4] [5] Appearance two ended drawn with San Martín, though San Martín were later awarded the win due to him being ineligible as his Sportivo Guzmán loan hadn't officially ended. [4] [5]

He departed Instituto permanently in January 2015 to join Mitre, with Ledesma scoring his first goal versus Vélez Sarsfield in the following March. [1] [6] Ledesma spent seven months with Sportivo Patria from January 2016, prior to rejoining Mitre in July. [1] Twenty appearances followed in his first campaign back in 2016–17, a season that ended with promotion to Primera B Nacional. [1] He subsequently made his professional football debut, playing the full duration of a 2–0 defeat to Agropecuario on 18 November 2017. [1] [7] After a 2019–20 stint with Independiente Rivadavia, Ledesma joined Alvarado in July 2020. [8] [9]

In 2023, he moved to Chile and played for Deportes Iquique. In 2024, he returned to Argentina and joined Agropuecuario. [10]

After playing for San Marcos de Arica during 2025, Ledesma returned to Deportes Iquique for the 2026 season. [11]

Career statistics

As of 29 August 2020. [1] [3]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Concepción 2012–13 Torneo Argentino B 90000090
Instituto Deportivo Santiago 2013–141500000150
2014 Torneo Federal B 00000000
Total1500000150
Central Córdoba (loan) 2014 Torneo Federal A 20000020
Mitre 2015 141002 [a] 0161
Sportivo Patria 2016 50000050
Mitre 2016–17 1501040200
2017–18 Primera B Nacional 40200060
2018–19 30000030
Total2203040290
Independiente Rivadavia 2019–20 Primera B Nacional 1601000170
Alvarado 2020–21 00000000
Career total8314060931
  1. Appearance(s) in Torneo Federal A play-offs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Argentina - F. Ledesma". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. Franco Ledesma at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ficha Estadistica de FRANCO LEDESMA". BDFA. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "San Martín busca puntos en el Consejo". La Gaceta. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Vengan 2 puntos más". Mundo Ascenso. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. "Franco, Ledesma y Paglioni se suman a Mitre". Interior Futbolero. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. "Franco Ledesma, otro que renovó su vínculo con Mitre". Nuevo Diario Web. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. "El defensor Franco Ledesma, otro refuerzo para Alvarado". La Capital. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. "Alvarado sumó un nuevo refuerzo: el defensor Franco Ledesma". Qué Digital. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  10. "Llegaron tres jugadores al Sojero". www.mundoascenso.com.ar (in Spanish). 14 January 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. Choque, Álex (22 December 2025). "Deportes Iquique confirma renovación de Matías Blázquez y el regreso de Franco Ledesma para la temporada 2026". Radio Paulina (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.