Marcelo Saracchi

Uruguayan internationalist, Marcelo Saracchi, joined Celtic on a season-long loan from Boca Juniors on 29 August 2025.

The 27-year-old defender, who joined Boca in 2023, has been capped nine times by his country, and he actually replaced former Celt, Diego Laxalt, when he made his international debut.

Marcelo Saracchi also has previous experience of playing against Celtic, having been in the RB Leipzig side that faced the Hoops in the UEFA Europa League back in 2018. Celtic won the home match 2-1, while they lost 2-0 in Germany.

Saracchi was an RB Leipzig player from 2018-2021, spending time on loan at Galatasaray for a season and a half, before moving to Levante in February 2022.

Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers said: “He is someone who has great ability, a very solid defender but also, as an attacking full back, he can make a real impact for us going forward.