 He never appeared in any La Liga games with the club, and moved to CD Numancia in the 2003–04 season; the Sorians promoted from the second division, but he did not feature one single minute during the half campaign, also being sparingly used by the reserves.In January 2004, Saavedra moved to the Netherlands, signing a deal with Eredivisie participants ADO Den Haag and quickly becoming a first-team regular.He returned to his homeland in 2007, first with UD Vecindario then Ontinyent CF (both in the third level).