Rafael Marcelo Delgado (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chilean club Deportes La Serena.
Career Delgado began with Rosario Central in 2011. He scored on his professional career debut on 4 April, netting the opening goal in a 3–0 win over Ferro Carril Oeste in Primera B Nacional. In his first three seasons, Delgado scored two goals in fifty-two matches including twenty-eight appearances during 2012–13 which ended with promotion to the Argentine Primera División. He went onto score twice in forty-four games in the top-flight. In January 2015, Delgado joined Estudiantes. He made his debut on 9 March versus San Lorenzo, prior to making three further appearances during the 2015 Argentine Primera División campaign.
On 1 July 2015, seven months after arriving, Delgado departed Estudiantes to sign for Defensa y Justicia. He scored his first goal for Defensa in April 2016 during a 3–1 defeat to Atlético Tucumán. After sixty-six appearances and one goal in his first four seasons with Defensa y Justicia, Delgado left the club on loan in February 2018 to join Categoría Primera A side Atlético Nacional. Fourteen appearances in all competitions later, Delgado returned to Defensa y Justicia and subsequently made his 200th career appearance in the Primera División against Independiente on 24 August.
In January 2026, Delgado moved to Chile and signed with Deportes La Serena.
Career statistics .
+ Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupIncludes the Copa Argentina and Copa ColombiaLeague CupContinentalIncludes the Copa Libertadores and Copa SudamericanaOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRosario Central2010–11Primera B Nacional11200——001122011–1213000——001302012–1328010——002902013–14Primera División30000——00300201414250—2Two appearances in 2014 Copa Sudamericana000212Total96460—20001044Estudiantes2015Primera División4000—000040Defensa y Justicia201514010——00150201615110——001612016–1724010—3Three appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana0002802017–1813020—1One appearances in 2017 Copa Sudamericana0001602018–191010—000020Total67160—4000681Atlético Nacional (loan)2018Categoría Primera A9000—4Four appearances in 2018 Copa Libertadores02Two appearances in 2018 Categoría Primera A play-offs0150Career total1765120—100202005
Honours Rosario Central Primera B Nacional: 2012–13
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