Full name Christian Daniel Ledesma
Date of birth September 24, 1982 (1982-09-24) (age 27)
Place of birth Moron, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Cristian Ledesma (born 24 September 1982 in Puerto Madryn) is an Argentine football midfielder, currently playing for Serie A club S.S. Lazio.
Ledesma is a deep lying central midfielder with a powerful shot with either foot, and occasionally scores goals from long range. His most famous goal from distance, coming in the Derby della Capitale of December 2006, which gave Lazio the lead over Roma.
Ledesma also acquired Italian citizenship in 2008 through marriage to an Italian woman he met during his spell at Lecce; this makes him eligible at international level for both Argentina and the Azzurri.
Career
He spent his childhood in Puerto Madryn, in the province of Chubut, Argentina. He joined the youth system of top Argentine club Boca Juniors.
Lecce
In 2001 he was noticed by Lecce, whose sports director Pantaleo Corvino decided to bring Ledesma to Salento, where he immediately became a regular in the team. At Lecce, despite being young, he was captain until November 2005.
Lazio
In July 2006, Roman club Lazio signed Ledesma, after Lecce were relegated to Serie B. With Lazio, Ledesma signed a contract that worth 450,000 euro per season until 2011.
Ledesma's first year in the capital, the 2006–07 season, saw him establish himself as a key player despite a difficult start. His first moment of magic, came in the Derby, when he scored a rocket of a strike from 25 metres out. He continued this good form until the end of the season, by which time Lazio had qualified for the UEFA Champions League. He successively served as vice-captain, and was a protagonist in Lazio's winning Coppa Italia 2008–09 campaign.
On July 2009, with his contract set to expire on June 2010, Ledesma was excluded from the first team due to disagreements with club chairman Claudio Lotito and did not play any competitive games during the whole first half of the 2009–10 season. This led the player to formally ask the Lega Calcio arbitration committee for a contract termination due to violation of its terms, only a few weeks after teammate Goran Pandev had taken the same exact action. This was however turned down on January 26, 2010 on the grounds that Ledesma was occasionally involved in first team activities. After being linked with a move to Inter, he ultimately stayed at Lazio and, after the replacement of head coach Davide Ballardini with veteran manager Edoardo Reja, he made his 2009–10 season debut on February 14, being featured in the starting lineup in a 2–0 win at Parma. he going to Galatasaray
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