Facundo Callejo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Julián Callejo | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tandil, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cusco | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santamarina | |||
| 2010–2013 | Colón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Colón | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) | 21 | (9) |
| 2015 | → Liga de Loja (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 2016 | → Patronato (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Santamarina (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2018 | Carabobo | 8 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | All Boys | 12 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Pannafpliakos | ||
| 2021–2022 | Temperley | 41 | (6) |
| 2023 | C.S.D. Macará | 16 | (6) |
| 2024 | CA Nacional Potosí | 12 | (4) |
| 2024 | S.D. Aucas | 14 | (3) |
| 2025– | Cusco FC | 33 | (25) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2025 | |||
Facundo Julián Callejo (born 2 July 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Primera División side Cusco FC.[1][2][3]
Callejo had youth spells with Santamarina and Colón, he made the step into first-team football with Colón where he scored two goals in fifteen matches for them between 2013 and 2017; his debut came on 27 April 2013 in an Argentine Primera División win at home to Arsenal de Sarandí.[4] During his time with Colón, Callejo spent time out on loan on four occasions.[4] In January 2014, Callejo joined Gimnasia y Esgrima in Primera B Nacional.[5] He played twenty-one times with the club and scored nine goals, including the first of his professional career in March versus Villa San Carlos.[4]
After returning to Colón in June 2014, Callejo joined Liga de Loja of the Ecuadorian Serie A in January 2015.[6] He scored on his Liga de Loja debut on 31 January, scoring in a 1–1 vs. Barcelona.[4] Four more goals in a total of seventeen games followed.[4] 2016 saw Callejo join Argentine Primera División side Patronato on a temporary basis, but he returned to Colón at the start of 2016–17 after only two matches.[4][7] For the rest of 2016–17, Callejo signed for Santamarina of Primera B Nacional.[8] He played twenty-five games and netted two goals vs. Independiente Rivadavia and Juventud Unida respectively.[4][9]
On 16 January 2018, Callejo joined Venezuelan Primera División side Carabobo on a contract until December 2018.[10][11] However, six months later, following one goal in eight Carabobo appearances, Callejo returned to Argentina to rejoin former loan club Gimnasia y Esgrima.[12]