Esteban Cambiasso

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Esteban Cambiasso

Full name	Esteban Matías Cambiasso
Date of birth	August 18, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nickname	El Cuchu
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-present	Independiente River Plate Real Madrid Inter Milan	74 (9) 37 (12) 40 (0) 76 (10)
National team²
2000-present	Argentina	27 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 march, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 22, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Esteban Matías Cambiasso (born 18 August 1980 in Buenos Aires) is a professional Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.

[edit] Career

Cambiasso started his professional career with Argentinos Juniors in 1995, moving to Real Madrid B in 1996.

In 1998, he moved back to Argentina where he played for three years with Sport Club do Recife and one with River Plate. During this time he earned his nickname El Cuchu. With some good experience under his belt, he returned to Real Madrid in 2001. He helped Los Galacticos win the UEFA Super Cup in 2002, La Liga and the Intercontinental Cup in 2003, and the Supercopa de España in 2004.

In 2005, Cambiasso signed with Internazionale after his contract with Real Madrid expired in June 2004. He helped Inter Milan win the Italian Cup in his first season with the club, playing regularly as a defensive midfielder, partnered in the middle of Inter's midfield with fellow Argentinian Juan Sebastián Verón.

In Italy he became known as one of the outstanding players of the 2004-05 season, along with A.C. Milan's Kaká. Inter coach Roberto Mancini and chairman Massimo Moratti have already mentioned that the team of the future revolves around certain players. Cambiasso was one, along with Verón, Adriano, Martins and others.^{[citation needed]}

During the return match for the final of the 2006 Coppa Italia, Cambiasso scored an impressive goal, the first of the match, for the 3-1 victory over A.S. Roma.

On May 15, 2006, Cambiasso was named in the Argentinian national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and on June 16, he capped a twenty-six pass move with a finish to score the second in a 6-0 victory over Serbia and Montenegro ( YouTube video )

On June 30, 2006, Cambiasso had a penalty kick saved in the quarterfinals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which guaranteed the Germans' win.

On September 30, 2006, he scored twice in the opening game of the season, with Inter Milan defeating Fiorentina 3-2.

[edit] Honors and awards

Argentina:

River Plate:

2002 Primera División Argentina Clausura

Real Madrid:

Inter Milan:

2005 Coppa Italia
2005 Italian Super Cup
2005 Inter Milan's best player of the year (Pirata d'oro)^[1]
2006 Italian Serie A
2006 Coppa Italia
2006 Italian Super Cup

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Official site of Esteban Cambiasso
Esteban Cambiasso Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com

Preceded by Adriano Leite Ribeiro	Internazionale Player Of The Year 2005,2006	Succeeded by incumbent

	Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Abbondanzieri \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Coloccini \| 5 Cambiasso \| 6 Heinze \| 7 Saviola \| 8 Mascherano \| 9 Crespo \| 10 Riquelme \| 11 Tévez \| 12 Franco \| 13 Scaloni \| 14 Palacio \| 15 Milito \| 16 Aimar \| 17 Cufré \| 18 Rodríguez \| 19 Messi \| 20 Cruz \| 21 Burdisso \| 22 González \| 23 Ustari \| Coach: Pekerman