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{{Short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=August 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ricardo Giusti
| image = Giusti festejo vs racing.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Giusti playing for [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] in 1983
| full_name = Ricardo Omar Giusti
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Albarellos]], Argentina
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1975&ndash;1978
| years2 = 1979&ndash;1980
| years3 = 1980&ndash;1991
| years4 = 1991&ndash;1992
| clubs1 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]
| clubs2 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs4 = [[Unión de Santa Fe]]
| caps1 = 108
| caps2 = 32
| caps3 = 295
| caps4 = 31
| goals1 = 10
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 34
| goals4 = 3
| totalcaps = 466
| totalgoals = 49
| nationalyears1 = 1983&ndash;1990
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 53
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 Mexico]]|}}
{{medal|RU|[[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 Italy]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1989 Copa América|1989 Brazil]]|}}
}}

'''Ricardo Omar [[Giusti (surname)|Giusti]]''' (born 11 December 1956) is an Argentine former [[association football|footballer]]. A [[midfielder]], he played most of his career with Argentine side [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]. At international level, he won the [[FIFA World Cup]] with Argentina in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] and was also a member of the runner-up national squad in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] edition of the tournament. With 53 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] between 1983 and 1990, Giusti is currently 38th in the appearance records for the [[Argentina national football team]]. He played a part in five major tournaments for his nation.

==Club career==
During his career, Giusti played for [[Unión de Santa Fe]], [[Argentinos Juniors]] and [[Newell's Old Boys]], but he had most of his success with [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] where he [[Captain (association football)|captained]] the team in their most successful era, and was part of the sides that won the [[Primera Division Argentina]] titles in the [[1983 Argentine Primera División#Metropolitano Championship)|1983 Metropolitano Championship]] and during the [[1988–89 Argentine Primera División|1988–89 season]]. He was named as the club's best midfielder during Independiente's 90th anniversary.

For much of his Independiente career, Giusti was partnered in midfield with [[Claudio Marangoni]] and [[Ricardo Bochini]], which was widely considered to be one of the best midfields in Argentina in its time.

==International career==
At international level, Giusti played a part in five major tournaments for [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. He won the [[FIFA World Cup]] with Argentina in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], where he played in every game for the eventual champions. He also played in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] [[FIFA World Cup]] where, after missing the first two group matches, he went on to figure in every game up till the semi-finals where Argentina knocked out the hosts [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. Giusti was sent off in that match after a second bookable offence where he elbowed Italian forward [[Roberto Baggio]]. Argentina were defeated 1–0 by [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] of the competition.

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=giustistats>{{NFT player|18569|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|1983||3||0
|-
|1984||11||0
|-
|1985||8||0
|-
|1986||10||0
|-
|1987||5||0
|-
|1988||6||0
|-
|1989||3||0
|-
|1990||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!53!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Argentinos Juniors'''
*[[Argentine Primera División]] runner-up: [[1980 Argentine Primera División|1980 metropolitano]]

'''Independiente'''
*Argentine Primera División: [[1983 Argentine Primera División#Metropolitano Championship)|Metropolitano 1983]], [[1988–89 Argentine Primera División|1988–89]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[Copa Libertadores 1984|1984]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1984 Intercontinental Cup|1984]]
*[[Supercopa Libertadores]] runner-up: [[1989 Supercopa Libertadores Finals|1989]]

'''Argentina'''
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]; runner-up: [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]

'''Individual'''
* South American Team of the Year: 1987

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ricardo Giusti}}
* {{FIFA|174564}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sampoy87.html 10th in South America Player of the Year 1987]

{{1987 South American Team of the Year}}
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{{Argentina Squad 1987 Copa América}}
{{Argentina squad 1989 Copa América}}
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