Ariel Ortega
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Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (The Little Donkey), thus he is called Burrito Ortega.
Ariel Ortega first played for River Plate on 14 December 1991 and until 1996 and returned in 2000–02, 2006–08 and 2009–11.[1] Ortega also played for Spanish club Valencia, Turkish club Fenerbahçe and Italian clubs Parma and Sampdoria. A former Argentina international, Ortega played for his country in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Beginnings in Argentina
Ortega began his professional football career in 1991 with Argentine club River Plate. With the club, he won the Primera División in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1996, as well as the Copa Libertadores in 1996. He lost out on the 1996 Intercontinental Cup final to Juventus.
Europe
Ortega left Argentina in 1996. He played <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄2 seasons for Valencia before being signed by Sampdoria in 1998 for 23 billion Italian lire (£8 million),[2] replacing Juan Sebastián Verón. After the club was relegated to Serie B, Ortega joined Parma, rejoining national and former club teammate Hernán Crespo, replacing Verón again who left for Lazio. Parma paid Sampdoria 28 billion lire (£9.4 million).[3] However, in the following season he returned to Argentina with River Plate, to compensate the unpaid 12 billion lire transfer fees of Crespo (the 10% of the transfer fees to Lazio). Claudio Husaín also joined the club.[4] River Plate acquired 50% registration rights of Ortega for a reported 5.5 million dollars.[5] While, in Parma annual filing to Italian government, Ortega was sold for eleven billion lire.[6]
Fenerbahçe and ban
In May 2002, Fenerbahçe signed Ortega from River Plate for a fee of US$7,500,000 (US$2,500,000 of which was paid to Parma). Fenerbahçe also bought his image rights for a further US$1,500,000. Ortega signed a 4-year contract.[7] He was one of the key players of the team, scoring 5 goals in 14 matches.
Fenerbahçe were forced to file a complaint to FIFA in April 2003 as Ortega had failed to return from international duty since 12 February 2003.[7] In June 2003 the FIFA Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) ordered Ortega to pay Fenerbahçe USD 11,000,000 as compensation for breach of an employment contract and suspended him until 30 December 2003.[7] Ortega appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in July 2003 but the case was dismissed on 5 November.[7] Ortega served a 4-month suspension from that day.[7] After the ban he was without a club.
Return to Argentina
In 2004, when he could finally come back to football, he joined Newell's Old Boys after he was called by his friend Américo Gallego, who at the time was Newell's' coach. Newell paid an unknown sum to Fenerbahçe as part compensation for what Ortega owed the club. They won the Apertura 2004.
In June 2006, he went back to his first team River Plate, where he played for about half of the Apertura 2006,[8] before he stopped to begin treatment for alcoholism. In January 2007, during River's pre-season in Mar del Plata, and one day after playing an excellent game in which he scored, he surprised everyone with another alcoholic episode, after which River Plate's doctors suggested to the coach that Ortega should go back to Buenos Aires to resume treatment for his problem.
Coach Daniel Passarella later brought Ortega back, stating he was ready for a comeback. On 15 March 2007, in a Copa Libertadores 2007 match against LDU Quito, Ortega formed part of River's bench but was not given a chance to play. However, three days later, in a league match versus Quilmes, he came on during the second half to help break the opposing team's defense in a tight 0–0 up to that point. Ortega scored a controversial goal with his hand, in the 93rd minute, to give River the victory and himself a great comeback.
Upon the arrival of Diego Simeone as head coach of River, Ortega allegedly lost some "protections" he was rumoured to have and, despite being an important part of the team that achieved the Clausura 2008 title, Simeone left him out of the squad for the upcoming season, reasoning his decision on Ortega having several times not come to train as well as some episodes of alcoholism.[9][10][11] After some controversy[12] and rumours[13][14] in the winter window of Argentine market, he was loaned to Nacional B side Independiente Rivadavia,[15] signing a one-year contract where a twice a week trip to a Chilean Special Treatment Center for alcoholics[16] is one of the clauses. On 1 May 2009 he was let go by Independiente officials. The club decided to terminate his contract in advance. Ortega was on loan from River Plate. On his first game back in River Plate, 25 July 2009, he scored an outstanding chip shot goal to give River a 1–0 victory over Everton of England in Edmonton, Canada during the pre-season. In the 2009 Apertura, Ortega scored a wonder lobbed goal against Chacarita Juniors to give River Plate a 4–3 victory. Later in the tournament, he scored a last minute equalizer against Estudiantes.
In the 2010 Clausura, Ortega started River's first two matches, but suffered another alcoholic relapse and missed the next ten games before returning against Newell's Old Boys in the 13th round of matches.
In 2011, he was loaned to Defensores de Belgrano.
On 8 April 2012, Fox Sports Argentina journalist Juan José Buscalia, confirmed that Ortega would join Chilean Primera División club Unión San Felipe in June 2012.
International career
Ortega was included in the squad for the 1994 World Cup. His debut in the starting eleven occurred on 3 July 1994 when Argentina was knocked out of the competition by Romania. He also reached the final of the 1995 King Fahd Cup with Argentina, and he won a Silver Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Ortega was handed the number 10 shirt for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he was expected to carry the mantle of the team's playmaker, and it was his first World Cup as an established star. Despite impressing in the early rounds to be considered a favorite as player of the tournament, Ortega was most notable for his sending-off in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands. Ortega received a second yellow card for head-butting Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar when van der Sar confronted him after a dive in the penalty area, for which Ortega was just getting his first yellow card. Shortly after Ortega's sending-off, Dennis Bergkamp scored the winning goal to make it 2–1, eliminating Argentina.
Ortega was also a member of the squad for the 2002 World Cup. Ortega missed a penalty in the last match against Sweden, which was then followed up and converted into the back of the net by Hernan Crespo, nonetheless the result meant that Argentina was knocked out in the first round.
On 24 September 2009, he was recalled to the Argentina national first-team squad,[17] but had to miss the friendly match against Ghana due to an injury he picked up during the weekend in the Argentine Domestic League.[18]
In April 2010, 17 years after his Argentina debut, Ortega received a call-up again, this time against Haiti.[19] All the players in Diego Maradona's squad were from the Primera División Argentina. He played the match as starting XI on 5 May.[20]
Style of play
A highly creative player with excellent technical ability, Ortega was well known for his pace, mobility, dribbling, and skills from dead ball situations, as well as his ball trickery, clever body feints, and lobbed shots. At his prime he was regarded as one of the best dribblers in the world; primarily deployed as an attacking midfielder, Ortega was an effective playmaker due to his vision and passing ability, which earned him comparisons with Maradona as a youth. Along with his skills, Ortega was infamously temperamental, and he was criticised throughout his career for not living up to his potential.[21]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cupTemplate:Efn | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 1991–92 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| 1992–93 | 27 | 5 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 34 | 6 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 4 | – | 4 | 0 | 7Template:Efn | 3Template:Efn | 40 | 8 | |||
| 1994–95 | 25 | 7 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 33 | 8 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 23 | 7 | – | 22 | 3 | – | 45 | 10 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 16 | 6 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 134 | 30 | — | 44 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 185 | 39 | |||
| Valencia | 1996–97[22] | La Liga | 12 | 7 | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | |||
| 1997–98[22] | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 9 | ||||
| Sampdoria | 1998–99 | Serie A | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 9 | ||
| Parma | 1999–2000 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7Template:Efn | 0 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| River Plate | 2000–01 | Primera División | 27 | 9 | – | 12 | 3 | – | 39 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 | 29 | 14 | – | 10 | 2 | – | 39 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 23 | — | 22 | 5 | – | 78 | 28 | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 2002–03[23] | Süper Lig | 14 | 5 | – | 6Template:Efn | 0 | – | 20 | 5 | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2004–05 | Primera División | 24 | 5 | — | – | – | 24 | 5 | |||
| 2005–06 | 29 | 6 | — | 7[24] | 0 | – | 36 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 11 | — | 7 | 0 | – | 60 | 11 | ||||
| River Plate | 2006–07 | Primera División | 18 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | – | 21 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | – | 35 | 6 | ||||
| Independiente Rivadavia (loan) | 2008–09 | Primera B Nacional | 25 | 4 | — | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| River Plate | 2009–10 | Primera División | 22 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 1 | — | – | — | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 12 | — | 14 | 2 | – | 96 | 14 | ||||
| All Boys (loan) | 2010–11 | Primera División | 12 | 0 | — | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Def. Belgrano (loan) | 2011–12 | Primera B Metropolitana | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 480 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 100 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 597 | 126 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10Template:Efn | 1 | |
| 1995 | 16Template:Efn | 2 | |
| 1996 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 13Template:Efn | 5 | |
| 1999 | 8Template:Efn | 2 | |
| 2000 | 11 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4Template:Efn | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 88 | 17 | |
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ortega goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 December 1994 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | shortname alias = Yugoslavia | flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg | flag alias-shs = Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg | flag alias-army = Yugoslavia Infantry flag.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | link alias-military = Yugoslav People's Army | link alias-army = Yugoslav Ground Forces | link alias-naval = Yugoslav Navy | link alias-air force = Yugoslav Air Force | link alias-navy = Yugoslav Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 ||Friendly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 January 1995 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Japan | flag alias = Flag of Japan.svg | flag alias-1870 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | link alias-1870 = Empire of Japan | flag alias-1945 = Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg | border-1945 = | flag alias-1947 = Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | flag alias-ryukyu = Civil ensign of the Ryukyu Islands (1952–1967).svg | border-ryukyu = | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg | link alias-coast guard = Japan Coast Guard | link alias-naval = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | flag alias-army = Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-army = Japan Ground Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg | link alias-air force = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1955 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1955-1957).png | link alias-air force-1955 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1957 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1957-1972).png | link alias-air force-1957 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-air force-1972 = Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (1972-2001).png | link alias-air force-1972 = Japan Air Self-Defense Force | flag alias-military=Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg | link alias-military=Japan Self-Defense Forces | flag alias-marines=Flag of JSDF.svg | link alias-marines=Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Japan.svg | link alias-navy = Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | empty = Junior Japan | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|5–1 ||1995 King Fahd Cup | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 20 September 1995 | Madrid, Spain | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Spain | flag alias = Flag of Spain.svg | flag alias-1506 = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg | flag alias-1701 = Bandera de España 1701-1748.svg | flag alias-1748 = Bandera de España 1748-1785.svg | flag alias-1760 = Bandera de España 1760-1785.svg | flag alias-1785 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg | flag alias-1873 = Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg | flag alias-1874 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg | flag alias-1931 = Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg | flag alias-civil-1931 = Flag of the Second Spanish Republic (plain).svg | flag alias-1936 = Flag of the Bando Nacional (1936–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Spain (1938–1945).svg | flag alias-1945 = Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg | flag alias-1977 = Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg | flag alias-civil = Flag of Spain (civil).svg | flag alias-civil-1785 = BandMercante1785.svg | flag alias-navy = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-navy = Spanish Navy | flag alias-marines = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-marines = Spanish Marine Infantry | flag alias-army = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-army = Spanish Army | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Spain.svg | link alias-naval = Spanish Navy | flag alias-air force = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-air force = Spanish Air and Space Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|1–2 ||Friendly | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 24 April 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Bolivia | flag alias = Flag of Bolivia.svg | flag alias-state = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg | flag alias-football = Flag of Bolivia.svg | flag alias-spain = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg | flag alias-1825 = State flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg | flag alias-1825a = Civil flag of Bolivia (1825-1826).svg | flag alias-1831 = Flag of Bolivia (state, 1826-1851).svg | flag alias-1831a = Flag of Bolivia (1826-1851).svg | flag alias-confederation = Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg | flag alias-wiphala = Banner of the Qulla Suyu (1979).svg | flag alias-patuju = Flag of the Patujú flower.svg | flag alias-army=Flag of Bolivia (military).svg | link alias-army=Bolivian Army | flag alias-air force=Flag of Bolivia (military).svg | link alias-air force=Bolivian Air Force | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Bolivia.svg | link alias-naval = Bolivian Navy | flag alias-naval old = Naval Ensign of Bolivia (1966-2013).svg | flag alias-naval jack = Naval Jack of Bolivia.svg | flag alias-military = Flag of Bolivia (military).svg | link alias-military = Bolivian Armed Forces | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Bolivia.svg | link alias-navy = Bolivian Navy | flag alias-civil = Flag of Bolivia.svg | size = | name = | altvar = football | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 9 October 1996 | San Cristóbal, Venezuela | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Venezuela | flag alias = Flag of Venezuela.svg | flag alias-1810 = Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela.svg | flag alias-1813 = Bandera de la Guerra a Muerte.svg | flag alias-1817 = Bandera de Angostura (20 de noviembre de 1817).svg | flag alias-1830 = Flag of Venezuela (1830-1836).svg | flag alias-1836 = Flag of Venezuela (1836–1859).svg | flag alias-1859 = Flag of Venezuela (1859–1863).svg | flag alias-1863 = Flag of Venezuela (1863–1905).svg | flag alias-1905 = Flag of Venezuela (1905–1930).svg | flag alias-1930 = Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg | flag alias-1954 = Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg | flag alias-army=Flag of the Bolivarian Army (Venezuela).svg | link alias-army= Venezuelan Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Venezuelan Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Venezuelan Air Force | flag alias-naval = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | link alias-naval = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela.svg | link alias-navy = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | flag alias-football = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-beach soccer = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-futsal = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–1|| align="center"|5–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 30 April 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Ecuador | flag alias = Flag of Ecuador.svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Flag and Ensign of Ecuador.svg | flag alias-1830 = Flag of Ecuador (1830-1845).gif | flag alias-1845 = Flag of Ecuador (1845-1860).svg | flag alias-1900 = Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg | flag alias-municipal = Municipal Flag_of Ecuador.svg | flag alias-army = Flag of Ecuador Army.svg | link alias-army = Ecuadorian Army | flag alias-naval = Flag of Ecuador.svg | link alias-naval = Ecuadorian Navy | flag alias-marines= Naval Jack of Ecuador.svg | link alias-marines=Ecuadorian Naval Infantry Corps | flag alias-navy = Flag of Ecuador.svg | link alias-navy = Ecuadorian Navy | link alias-air force = Ecuadorian Air Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0|| align="center"|2–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 22 April 1998 | Dublin, Ireland | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Republic of Ireland | shortname alias = Ireland | flag alias = Flag of Ireland.svg | link alias-naval = Irish Naval Service | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg | link alias-air force = Irish Air Corps | flag alias-army = Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg | link alias-army = Irish Army | link alias-navy = Irish Naval Service | link alias-football = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-football = Republic of Ireland | link alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland | link alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland | flag alias-rugby union = Flag placeholder.svg | border-rugby union = | flag alias-cricket = Flag placeholder.svg | border-cricket = | link alias-netball = Republic of Ireland national netball team | name alias-netball = Republic of Ireland | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} ||align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 14 May 1998 | La Plata, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Bosnia and Herzegovina | flag alias = Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg | link alias-army = Bosnian Ground Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|5–0 || Friendly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 25 May 1998 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = South Africa | flag alias = Flag of South Africa.svg | flag alias-1795 = Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg | flag alias-1801 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | flag alias-1857 = Flag of Transvaal.svg | flag alias-1875 = Flag of the Natal Colony (1875–1910).svg | flag alias-1876 = Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg | flag alias-1902 = Flag of Orange River Colony.svg | flag alias-1910 = South Africa Flag 1910-1912.svg | flag alias-1912 = Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg | flag alias-1928 = Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg | flag alias-1982 = Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg | flag alias-naval-1922 = Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | flag alias-naval-1946 = Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946-1951).svg | flag alias-naval-1951 = Naval Ensign of South Africa (1951-1952).svg | flag alias-naval-1952 = Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952-1981).svg | flag alias-naval-1981 = Naval Ensign of South Africa (1981-1994).svg | flag alias-marines=Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg | link alias-marines=South African Maritime Reaction Squadron | link alias-naval = South African Navy | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the South African Air Force.svg | flag alias-air force-1940 = Ensign of the South African Air Force 1940-1951.svg | flag alias-air force-1951 = Ensign of the South African Air Force 1951-1958.svg | flag alias-air force-1958 = Ensign of the South African Air Force (1958-1967, 1970-1981).svg | flag alias-air force-1967 = Ensign of the South African Air Force 1967-1970.svg | flag alias-air force-1981 = Ensign of the South African Air Force 1981-1982.svg | flag alias-air force-1982 = Ensign of the South African Air Force (1982-1994).svg | flag alias-air force-1994 = Ensign of the South African Air Force 1994-2003.svg | link alias-air force = South African Air Force | flag alias-army = Flag of the South African Army.svg | flag alias-army-1951 = Flag of the South African Army (1951–1966).png | flag alias-army-1966 = Flag of the South African Army (1966–1973).png | flag alias-army-1973 = Flag of the South African Army (1973–1994).svg | flag alias-army-1981 = Ensign of the South African Defence Force (1981-1994).svg | flag alias-army-1994 = Flag of the South African Army (1994–2002).svg | flag alias-army-2002 = Flag of the South African Army (2002–2003).svg | link alias-army = South African Army | flag alias-military = Flag of the South African National Defence Force.svg | link alias-military = South African National Defence Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of South Africa.svg | link alias-navy = South African Navy | link alias-football = South Africa national soccer team | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} ||align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly |
| 11 | 21 June 1998 | Paris, France | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Jamaica | flag alias = Flag of Jamaica.svg | flag alias-1875 = Flag of Jamaica (1875–1906).svg | flag alias-1906 = Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg | flag alias-1957 = Flag of Jamaica (1957–1962).svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Jamaica Defence Force.svg | link alias-army = Jamaica Defence Force | link alias-air force = Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing | flag alias-air force = Ensign of the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing.svg | flag alias-coast guard = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-coast guard = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | flag alias-naval = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-naval = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | flag alias-navy = Naval ensign of Jamaica.svg | link alias-navy = Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|1998 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 7 September 1999 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Brazil | flag alias-1692 = Flag of the Princes of Brazil.svg | flag alias-1816 = Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg | flag alias-1822 = Flag of Brazil (1822-1853).svg | flag alias-1870 = Flag of Brazil (1853-1889).svg | flag alias = Flag of Brazil.svg | flag alias-1889 = Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg | flag alias-1960 = Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg | flag alias-1968 = Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg | flag alias-army = Flag of the Brazilian Army.svg | link alias-army = Brazilian Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Brazilian Air Force Command.svg | link alias-air force = Brazilian Air Force | link alias-naval = Brazilian Navy | flag alias-marines=Flag of the Brazilian Marine Corps.svg | link alias-marines=Brazilian Marine Corps | link alias-military = Brazilian Armed Forces | link alias-navy = Brazilian Navy | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Brazilian Navy.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align="center"|2–4 || align="center"|2–4 || Friendly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 13 October 1999 | La Plata, Argentina | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Colombia | flag alias = Flag of Colombia.svg | flag alias-1861 = Flag of Colombia (WFB 2013).gif | flag alias-2004 = Flag of Colombia (2004 World Factbook).gif | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Colombia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Colombia.svg | link alias-naval = Colombian National Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the Colombian Army.svg | link alias-army = Colombian National Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Colombian Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Colombian Aerospace Force | flag alias-marines=Flag of the Colombian Naval Infantry.svg | link alias-marines=Colombian Naval Infantry | link alias-navy = Colombian National Navy | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Colombian Navy.svg | flag alias-military = Military flag of Colombia.svg | link alias-military = Military Forces of Colombia | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} ||align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 26 April 2000 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Venezuela | flag alias = Flag of Venezuela.svg | flag alias-1810 = Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela.svg | flag alias-1813 = Bandera de la Guerra a Muerte.svg | flag alias-1817 = Bandera de Angostura (20 de noviembre de 1817).svg | flag alias-1830 = Flag of Venezuela (1830-1836).svg | flag alias-1836 = Flag of Venezuela (1836–1859).svg | flag alias-1859 = Flag of Venezuela (1859–1863).svg | flag alias-1863 = Flag of Venezuela (1863–1905).svg | flag alias-1905 = Flag of Venezuela (1905–1930).svg | flag alias-1930 = Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg | flag alias-1954 = Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).svg | flag alias-army=Flag of the Bolivarian Army (Venezuela).svg | link alias-army= Venezuelan Army | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Venezuelan Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Venezuelan Air Force | flag alias-naval = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | link alias-naval = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela.svg | link alias-navy = Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela | flag alias-football = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-beach soccer = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-futsal = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Venezuela (state).svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || align="center"|2–0|| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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}} || align="center"|1–0|| align="center"|2–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
River Plate
- Primera División: 1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura, 1996 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2008 Clausura
- Copa Libertadores: 1996
Parma
Newell's Old Boys
Argentina
- Pan American Games Gold Medal: 1995
- Summer Olympics Silver Medal: 1996
Individual
- South American Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 2001[26]
References
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External links
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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