Javier Saviola
Argentine footballer (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Born
- 11 December 1981
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1998–2016
Clubs Club Atlético River Plate · FC Barcelona · AS Monaco FC · Sevilla FC · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · S.L. Benfica · Málaga CF · Olympiacos F.C. · Hellas Verona FC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
434
Club league goals
159
International caps
39
International goals
11
League goals / match
0.37
International goals / cap
0.28
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Atlético River PlateClub | 1998–2016 | League | 99 | 45 |
| Argentina national football teamNational team | 2000–2007 | Full caps | 39 | 11 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 2001–2007 | League | 123 | 49 |
| AS Monaco FCClub | 2004–2005 | League | 29 | 7 |
| Sevilla FCClub | 2005–2006 | League | 29 | 9 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 2007–2009 | League | 17 | 4 |
| S.L. BenficaClub | 2009–2012 | League | 69 | 24 |
| Málaga CFClub | 2012–2013 | League | 27 | 8 |
| Olympiacos F.C.Club | 2013–2014 | League | 26 | 12 |
| Hellas Verona FCClub | 2014–2015 | League | 15 | 1 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
La Liga
Domestic
- 2004–05 · FC Barcelona
- 2005–06 · FC Barcelona
- 2007–08 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Argentine Primera División
Domestic
- 1999 · Club Atlético River Plate
- ×1
Copa Libertadores
Continental club
- 2015 · Club Atlético River Plate
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 2005–06 · FC Barcelona
- ×1
Primeira Liga
Domestic
- 2009–10 · S.L. Benfica
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1998
- Joins Club Atlético River Plate — Until 2001
1999
- Argentine Primera División winner — 1999 · Club Atlético River Plate(provisional)
2000
- Senior international debut: Argentina national football team — Until 2007
2001
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 2007
2004
- Joins AS Monaco FC (loan) — Until 2005
2005
- La Liga winner — 2004–05 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- Joins Sevilla FC (loan) — Until 2006
2006
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2005–06 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 2005–06 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
2007
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 2009
2008
- La Liga winner — 2007–08 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
2009
- Joins S.L. Benfica — Until 2012
2010
- Primeira Liga winner — 2009–10 · S.L. Benfica(provisional)
2012
- Joins Málaga CF — Until 2013
2013
- Joins Olympiacos F.C. — Until 2014
2014
- Joins Hellas Verona FC — Until 2015
2015
- Copa Libertadores winner — 2015 · Club Atlético River Plate(provisional)
- Joins Club Atlético River Plate — Until 2016
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
29.4
Rank #120
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence19.8+5.95 points
- Best window
- 2004–2008
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.99
- Team honor points in window
- 17
- Peak index
- 8.5
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence37.7+9.42 points
- League goals per match
- 0.366 → 29.94
- International goals per cap
- 0.282 → 23.77
- International caps per year
- 4.88 → 56.67
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.98
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence49.4+7.41 points
- Team honor points
- 27
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- Copa Libertadores (2015)
- 6
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2005–06)
- 8
- Argentine Primera División (1999)
- 2
- La Liga (2004–05)
- 3
- La Liga (2005–06)
- 3
- La Liga (2007–08)
- 3
- Primeira Liga (2009–10)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence65.8+6.58 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 19 → 92.5
- Documented elite seasons
- 6 → 52
- International career length (years)
- 8 → 50
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Javier Saviola (Q186071)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Javier Saviola - S.L. Benfica player.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026