Iván Helguera

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Helguera

Full name	Iván Helguera Bujía
Date of birth	March 28, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname	Helguera
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	21
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-present	Manchego CR Albacete Balompié AS Roma RCD Espanyol Real Madrid	13 (2) 14 (2) 8 (0) 37 (2) 206 (17)
National team²
1998-present	Spain	47 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Iván Helguera Bujía (born March 28, 1975 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for Real Madrid of La Liga.

On the club level, Helguera has played for Manchego CR (1996), Albacete Balompié (1997), AS Roma (1997-98), RCD Espanyol (1998-99), and Real Madrid (1999-). He won the Champions League twice with Real. For Spain, Helguera has been capped over 30 times (as of 2005). He played for his country at Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2004, missing the 2006 World Cup after being omitted from the squad in the months before the tournament by national team coach Luis Aragonés.

His younger brother, Luis Helguera is also a professional footballer. Iván is married to his longtime girlfriend Lorena. They welcomed their first baby, a little boy named Luca on November 30, 2005.

[edit] Honours

Spanish La Liga: 2001 and 2003
Spanish Super Cup: 2001 and 2003
UEFA Champions League: 2000 and 2002
European Supercup: 2002
Intercontinental Cup: 2002

[edit] External links

Real Madrid profile

	Spain squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Casillas \| 2 Torres \| 3 Juanfran \| 4 Helguera \| 5 Puyol \| 6 Hierro \| 7 Raúl \| 8 Baraja \| 9 Morientes \| 10 Tristán \| 11 de Pedro \| 12 Luque \| 13 Ricardo \| 14 Albelda \| 15 Romero \| 16 Mendieta \| 17 Valerón \| 18 Sergio \| 19 Xavi \| 20 Nadal \| 21 Luis Enrique \| 22 Joaquín \| 23 Contreras \| Coach: Camacho

Real Madrid - Current Squad
1 Casillas \| 2 Salgado \| 3 Roberto Carlos \| 4 Ramos \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Diarra \| 7 Raúl \| 8 Emerson \| 10 Robinho \| 11 Cicinho \| 12 Marcelo \| 13 López \| 14 Guti \| 15 Bravo \| 16 Gago \| 17 van Nistelrooy \| 18 Cassano \| 19 Reyes \| 20 Higuaín \| 21 Helguera \| 22 Pavón \| 23 Beckham \| 24 Mejía \| 25 Miñambres \| 26 Javi García \| 27 De la Red \| 36 Nieto \| 38 Torres \| 39 Valero \| Coach Capello