Facundo Sava is an Argentine

Argentina

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 former footballer. He played 17 years of professional football, mainly in Argentina, but also with spells in Spain and England. Outside his country, Sava is best known for his goal celebration

Goal celebration

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 where he donned a mask

Mask

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 which was stored in one of his socks.

Career

Sava started his career in Ferro Carril Oeste

Ferro Carril Oeste

Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...

 in 1993. In 1996, he moved to Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

. It wasn't long after his move to Boca, that he was sold on to Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. In 2002, Sava was sold to Fulham

Fulham F.C.

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 for £

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2 million. From there, he enjoyed a loan spell to Celta de Vigo

Celta de Vigo

Real Club Celta de Vigo , simply referred to as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, currently playing in the Segunda División. It was founded on March 28, 1923 following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club.Nicknamed Los Celestes ,...

. After a permanent move to Celta, he helped them secure promotion to the Spanish first division

La Liga

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. He then moved to another Spanish second division team; Lorca Deportiva

Lorca Deportiva

Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. was a Spanish football club based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of Murcia. Founded in 2002, it was dissolved eight years later, and held home matches at Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco, which seats 8,000....

, but returned to Argentina in the middle of 2006 to play for Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

.

In 2008 he joined Arsenal de Sarandí

Arsenal de Sarandí

Arsenal Fútbol Club, usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí, is a football club from the Sarandí neighbourhood in the city of Avellaneda, Argentina, which was founded in 1957 by the Grondona brothers. Arsenal currently plays in the top tier of Argentine football, the Primera División Argentina....

 and, the following season, he helped Quilmes

Quilmes Atlético Club

Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....

 achieve promotion to the Argentine Primera División. However, he did not stay with Quilmes in the Primera, instead returning to his first club, Ferro Carril Oeste, after 14 years. With Ferro, he played 6 games in the 2010–11 season

2010–11 in Argentine football

2010–11 season of Argentine football is the 120th season of competitive football in Argentina.-Primera División:*Apertura champion: Estudiantes de La Plata **Top scorer: Santiago Silva, Denis Stracqualursi...

 of the Primera B Nacional, before deciding to retire. He played his last game in an away draw against Belgrano on September 11, 2010.

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
• Guardian statistics
• Statistics at ESPN Soccernet