Erwin Mario Saavedra Flores (born 22 February 1996) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays for División Profesional club Bolívar and the Bolivia national team. Mainly a right midfielder, he can also play as a right-back.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erwin Mario Saavedra Flores | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Oruro, Bolivia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Right midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bolívar | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bolívar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2022 | Bolívar | 253 | (47) |
| 2017 | → Goiás (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 8 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Bolívar (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Bolívar | 21 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Bolivia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Bolivia | 40 | (4) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:11,15 May 2025 (UTC) | |||
International career
editSaavedra was summoned to the Bolivian U-20 team to play in the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.[2]
Career statistics
edit- As of 15 May 2025[3]
Club
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bolívar | 2013–14 | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano | 12 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 38 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | 44 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 41 | 4 | — | 8 | 0 | 49 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | 47 | 17 | — | 2 | 0 | 49 | 17 | |||
| 2020 | 22 | 7 | — | 10 | 2 | 32 | 9 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 10 | — | 10 | 3 | 36 | 13 | |||
| Total | 253 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 302 | 53 | ||
| Goiás (loan) | 2017 | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2021–22 | South African Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Bolívar (loan) | 2024 | Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano | 9 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bolívar | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Career total | 278 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 340 | 55 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Aerosur and Copa Bolivia
- ↑ Includes Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and CAF Champions League.
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2019 | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia |  Haiti | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2–1 | |||||
| 3. | 14 June 2021 | Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia, Brazil |  Paraguay | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2021 Copa América |
| 4. | 28 June 2021 | Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil |  Argentina | 1–3 | 1–4 |
References
edit- ↑ "Erwin Mario Saavedra Flores". soccerpunter. soccerpunter. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Chacior dio la lista de 23 jugadores para el Sudamericano Sub-20 lapatriaenlinea.com (in Spanish)
- ↑ Erwin Saavedra at Soccerway
- ↑ "Erwin Saavedra". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
External links
edit- Erwin Saavedra at National-Football-Teams.com
- Erwin Saavedra at Soccerway
- Erwin Saavedra at BeSoccer
- Erwin Saavedra at BDFA (in Spanish)
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