Ronald Raldes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Raldes and the second or maternal family name is Balcázar.
Ronald Raldes
Ronald Raldes.jpg
Ronald Raldes in 2007
Personal information
Full name Ronald Raldes Balcázar
Date of birth (1981-04-20) April 20, 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Destroyers 64 (2)
2000–2003 Oriente Petrolero 131 (9)
2004–2008 Rosario Central 136 (3)
2008–2009 Al-Hilal 2 (0)
2009 Cruz Azul 2 (0)
2009–2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 24 (0)
2010–2013 Colón 72 (0)
2014–2016 Oriente Petrolero 116 (4)
2017–2018 Bolívar 69 (0)
2019 Oriente Petrolero 25 (0)
National team
2001 Bolivia U-20 4 (0)
2001–2018 Bolivia 102 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:11, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Ronald Raldes Balcázar (born April 20, 1981, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a former Bolivian football defender. He is the first Bolivian player in history to reach 100 international appearances.

Club career[]

Raldes started his career with Club Destroyers in 1998, the following year he joined Oriente Petrolero, where he was part of the Bolivian League Championship winning team in 2001.

Due to his high performance displayed with Oriente Petrolero and the Bolivia national team, Raldes was signed by Argentine club Rosario Central in 2003.

In 2008, and after five great years with the canallas, Raldes announced his imminent departure from the institution once the Torneo Clausura ended in mid June. Not long after, he signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. On March 20, 2009, the former Rosario Central's defender officially joined the Mexican side Cruz Azul.[1] He made his debut on April 22, 2009, against Atlante, in the first-leg match of the CONCACAF Champions League finals. After only making two appearances for the cementeros, Raldes decided to let go the contract with Cruz Azul and signed with Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv in September 2009.[2] In May 2010, Raldes returned to Argentina and joined Colón de Santa Fe on a two-year deal.[3][4] On January 25, 2012, while doing the pre-season with Colón, Raldes fractured his left fibula bone during a friendly match against Patronato causing him to miss the entire Clausura tournament.[5]

In November 2013, Raldes left Colón due to the club's failure to pay his wages.[6] He was signed by Oriente Petrolero, on January 9, 2014.[7]

International career[]

Raldes debuted for the Bolivia national football team in 2001 and has appeared for the nation at five Copa América tournaments.[8]

On 18 November 2014, he scored his first international goal in a 3–2 friendly home win over Venezuela.

Raldes was captain of the Bolivian squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile. On 15 June, he scored in the team's second group match – a 3–2 defeat of Ecuador – to give La Verde its first win at the Copa América since the 1997 tournament.[9]

On September 11, 2015, Raldes announced his retirement from the national team,[10] but returned in 2016 after Guillermo Ángel Hoyos replaced Julio César Baldivieso.[11] He represented his country in 44 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[12]

On May 28, 2018, he reached 100 games with Bolivia, which was defeated 3–0 by the United States in an international friendly.[13]

Career statistics[]

International[]

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.[14]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 November 2014 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Venezuela 1–1 3–2 Friendly
2. 15 June 2015 Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile  Ecuador 1–0 3–2 2015 Copa América
3. 1 September 2016 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Peru 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Oriente Petrolero

Bolívar

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mundial: Escobar es novedad en plantel boliviano (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Everton set to miss out on Bolivian Ronald Raldes
  3. ^ Higuaín y Raldes refuerzan Colón (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Raldes a Colón (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Raldes se fractura el peroné y estará fuera por seis meses (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Raldes no continuará en Colón de Santa Fe lapatriaenlinea.com (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Diario el Día Bolivia - Online".
  8. ^ rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers
  9. ^ "Bolivia withstand heavy pressure to edge Ecuador at Copa América". The Guardian. 16 June 2015.
  10. ^ Raldes: "Me voy triste por no haber jugado un mundial" eldeber.com.bo (in Spanish)
  11. ^ "Bolívia vence Peru na volta de Marcelo Moreno; Guerrero só entra no 2º tempo".
  12. ^ Ronald Raldes – FIFA competition record (archived)
  13. ^ "El primer centenario con La Verde". late.com.bo (in Spanish). 29 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Raldes, Ronald". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""