Pablo Aimar
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| Pablo Cesar Aimar | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Cesar Aimar | |
| Date of birth | November 3, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Rio Cuarto, Argentina | |
| Height | 170 cm (5'7") | |
| Nickname | Payaso (Clown) Cai |
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| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Real Zaragoza | |
| Number | 8 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ? | Club Atlético River Plate | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-2001 2001-2006 2006- |
Club Atlético River Plate Valencia CF Real Zaragoza |
82 (21) 162 (30) 18 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999- | Argentina | 44 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pablo Cesar Aimar (born November 3, 1979 in Rio Cuarto) is an Argentine football player, who currently plays attacking midfielder for Real Zaragoza of the Spanish La Liga.
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[edit] Career
Aimar began his ascent to stardom with River Plate, whose first team he joined for the 1997/8 season after rejecting a place at medical school, and with whom he quickly established himself as one of the best young players in Argentina.
Valencia signed Aimar in 2001, at a price of 24 million euros. The purchase proved justified, however, as Aimar helped lead the team to a first-place finish in the 2001-02 Spanish season as well as finishing runners-up in the 2001 UEFA Champions League final, in which they were defeated by Bayern Munich. Aimar also has won the UEFA Cup with Valencia, defeating Olympique Marseille in 2004.
Aimar played for Argentina in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Diego Maradona later said that Aimar was "his legitimate successor as the world's best player" and that he would pay to watch Aimar play (although it is worth noting that Maradona has said that about all players touted as his successor, including Andres D'Alessandro - also with Real Zaragoza - and Lionel Messi).
On 12 April 2006, he was hospitalized after being diagnosed with acute viral meningitis, but made a quick recovery and has returned to play for his team.
On 12 June 2006, it was reported in the British media that Aimar's former coach Rafael Benitez is interested in signing him for Liverpool F.C.. But on July 29 2006, he joined Real Zaragoza in 4 years-deal for €11 million[1], and will receive €1.5 million per year. La Liga and Europe are his objective, again.
On February 12, 2007 he was awarded as the best Ibero-American La Liga player of the 2005/2006 season by news agency EFE [2]
[edit] Trivia
- He is nicknamed El Payaso ("The Clown"). Other nicknames include El Cai, El Pibe and El Mago.
- He had the distinction of scoring the last goal of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, during Argentina's 4-1 loss in the final to champions Brazil.
[edit] Honors and awards
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Argentina national football team
[edit] River Plate
- Apertura 1996/97
- Copa Libertadores 1996
- Clausura 1996/97
- Supercopa Sudamericana 1997
- Apertura 1997/98
- Apertura 1999/00
- Clausura 1999/00
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Valencia
[edit] References
- ^ "ZARAGOZA SEAL AIMAR DEAL", Sky Sports, July 29, 2006. Retrieved on July 29, 2006.
- ^ FÚTBOL-TROFEO EFE
Pablo Aimar fue premiado en España
[edit] External links
- Pablo Aimar Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com
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Argentina squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Burgos | 2 Ayala | 3 Sorín | 4 Pochettino | 5 Almeyda | 6 Samuel | 7 C. López | 8 Zanetti | 9 Batistuta | 10 Ortega | 11 Verón | 12 Cavallero | 13 Placente | 14 Simeone | 15 Husaín | 16 Aimar | 17 G. López | 18 González | 19 Crespo | 20 Gallardo | 21 Caniggia | 22 Chamot | 23 Bonano | Coach: Bielsa |
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Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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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 |
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| Real Zaragoza - Current Squad |
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1 César | 2 Diogo | 3 Aranzábal | 4 Cuartero | 5 Oscar | 6 G. Milito | 7 Movilla | 8 Aimar | 9 García | 10 D'Alessandro | 11 Juanfran | 13 Martínez | 14 Gustavo Nery | 15 Lafita | 16 Celades | 17 Éwerthon | 18 Piqué | 19 César | 20 Longás | 21 Zapater | 22 D. Milito | 23 Sergio | 24 Chus | Manager: Fernández |
Categories: Argentine footballers | Spanish-Argentines | River Plate footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | People from Río Cuarto | La Liga footballers | Valencia CF footballers | Real Zaragoza footballers | FIFA World Cup 2006 players | 1979 births | Living people | FIFA World Cup 2002 players | Argentina international footballers
