Cristian Ledesma (footballer, born 1978)

Cristian Raúl Ledesma (born 29 December 1978 in San Isidro) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. He is nicknamed Lobo ("Wolf"). He is currently the assistant coach for MLS Next Pro club Inter Miami II.

Club
Ledesma began his professional footballing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1997. He then played for River Plate, Hamburger SV in Germany, Monterrey in Mexico, Colón and Racing Club.

After winning the Argentinian league with San Lorenzo, Ledesma was signed by the Greek champions Olympiacos, for roughly €1,800,000 giving him an opportunity to play in the Greek league and the UEFA Champions League. After one year with Olympiacos, he was loaned back to San Lorenzo for one season in August 2008.

On 13 July 2010, Ledesma returned to Colón on a free transfer.

International
He made his national team debut against Chile, 18 April 2007. He was called up to a friendly against Norway on 22 August 2007. He made his third appearance for Argentina against Australia on 11 September.

Tigre
On 18 December 2017, Ledesma was appointed as the head coach of Club Atlético Tigre.

Club

 * River Plate
 * Argentine Primera División: Apertura 1999, Clausura 2000, Clausura 2002, Final 2013–14


 * Hamburger SV
 * DFB-Ligapokal: 2003


 * San Lorenzo
 * Argentine Primera División: Clausura 2007


 * Olympiacos
 * Greek Super Cup: 2007
 * Super League Greece: 2007–08
 * Greek Football Cup: 2007–08