Ronald Raldes
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Raldes Balcázar
Date of birth	April 20, 1981 (1981-04-20) (age 28)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Central Defender
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number	16
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 2000-2003 2003-2008 2008-2009 2009 2009-	Destroyers Oriente Petrolero Rosario Central Al-Hilal Cruz Azul Maccabi Tel Aviv	064 (2) 131 (9) 136 (3) 002 (0) 002 (0) 007 (0)
National team2
2001 2001-present	Bolivia U-20 Bolivia	004 (0) 049 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 17, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 12, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Ronald Raldes Balcázar (born April 20, 1981 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football defender who currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.

[edit] 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 Bolivian national team, Raldes was signed by Argentine club Rosario Central in 2003.

In 2008, 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, went officially to Mexican team Cruz Azul. ^[1] He made his debut on April 22, 2009 against Atlante, in the first of two games corresponding to 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 the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv in September 2009^[2].

[edit] Club title

Season	Club	Title
2001	Oriente Petrolero	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

[edit] International

He also played as the captain for Bolivia during Copa América 2007. Raldes has played regularly for the Bolivia national football team since 2001.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Ronald Raldes at Football Lineups
• Career details at National Football Teams
• IFA Profile

Ronald Raldes international tournaments v • d • e Bolivia squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Arias • 2 Loayza • 3 Sandy • 4 Colque • 5 Carballo • 6 Justiniano • 7 Ribeiro • 8 Calustro • 9 Botero • 10 Baldivieso • 11 Paz • 12 Barrientos • 13 Escalante • 14 García • 15 Álvarez • 16 Raldes • 17 Jiguchi • 18 Gutiérrez • 19 Coimbra • 20 Galindo • 21 Rojas • 22 Suárez • Coach: Aragonés v • d • e Bolivia squad – 2004 Copa América 1 J.C. Fernández • 2 Hoyos • 3 Jáuregui • 4 Álvarez • 5 Arana • 6 Rojas • 7 Cristaldo • 8 Tufiño • 9 Mercado • 10 Gutiérrez • 11 Suárez • 12 Flores • 13 Galarza • 14 Solíz • 15 Pizarro • 16 Raldes • 17 Arce • 18 Vaca Diez • 19 Galindo • 20 Botero • 21 L. Fernández • 22 Sánchez • Coach: Blacut v • d • e Bolivia squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Suárez • 2 Peña • 3 Méndez • 4 Álvarez • 5 Reyes • 6 García • 7 Sossa • 8 Mojica • 9 Moreno • 10 Vaca • 11 Cabrera • 12 Galarza • 13 Rodríguez • 14 Hoyos • 15 Ortíz • 16 Raldes • 17 Arce • 18 Galindo • 19 Andaveris • 20 Lima • 21 Campos • 22 Peña • Coach: Sánchez