| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Emanuel Ledesma | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1992 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | San Jorge Tucumán | ||
| 2012–2013 | Atlético Concepción | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | Argentinos 25 de Mayo | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Instituto Deportivo Santiago | 15 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Sportivo Guzmán (loan) | ||
| 2014 | → Central 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]
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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Concepción | 2012–13 | Torneo Argentino B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Instituto Deportivo Santiago | 2013–14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | Torneo Federal B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Central Córdoba (loan) | 2014 | Torneo Federal A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mitre | 2015 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Sportivo Patria | 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Mitre | 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Primera B Nacional | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Independiente Rivadavia | 2019–20 | Primera B Nacional | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Alvarado | 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 83 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 93 | 1 | ||||