Facundo Julián Callejo (born 2 July 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Primera División side Cusco FC.Facundo Callejo en Euro RivalsCallejo en Yahoo! DeportesFacundo Callejo en ESPN
Career 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. During his time with Colón, Callejo spent time out on loan on four occasions. In January 2014, Callejo joined Gimnasia y Esgrima in Primera B Nacional. 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.
After returning to Colón in June 2014, Callejo joined Liga de Loja of the Ecuadorian Serie A in January 2015. He scored on his Liga de Loja debut on 31 January, scoring in a 1–1 vs. Barcelona. Four more goals in a total of seventeen games followed. 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. For the rest of 2016–17, Callejo signed for Santamarina of Primera B Nacional. He played twenty-five games and netted two goals vs. Independiente Rivadavia and Juventud Unida respectively.
On 16 January 2018, Callejo joined Venezuelan Primera División side Carabobo on a contract until December 2018. However, six months later, following one goal in eight Carabobo appearances, Callejo returned to Argentina to rejoin former loan club Gimnasia y Esgrima.
Career statistics . + Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupIncludes the Copa Argentina and Copa VenezuelaLeague CupContinentalIncludes the Copa Libertadores and Copa SudamericanaOtherIncludes the Argentine Primera División play-offsTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsColón2012–13Argentine Primera División1000—0000102013–141000——00102014Primera B Nacional7121——00922015Argentine Primera División3000——3Three appearances in 2015 Argentine Primera División play-offs1One goal in 2015 Argentine Primera División play-offs6120160000——00002016–170000——00002017–180000—000000Total12121—0031173Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan)2013–14Primera B Nacional21900——00219Liga de Loja (loan)2015Serie A175——0000175Patronato (loan)2016Argentine Primera División1000——00102016–170010——0010Total1010——0020Santamarina (loan)2016–17Primera B Nacional25210——00262Carabobo2018Venezuelan Primera División8100—000081Gimnasia y Esgrima2018–19Primera B Nacional0000—000000Career total841841—00319120
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