Fernando Gago
Fernando Gago (born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Real Madrid and Argentina national team. [3]
![]() Gago with Real Madrid in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Rubén Gago[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1986 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of birth | Ciudadela, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2004 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Boca Juniors | 61 | (1) |
| 2007–2012 | Real Madrid | 92 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Roma (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Valencia | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Vélez Sársfield (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2019 | Boca Juniors | 85 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Vélez Sarsfield | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 298 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Argentina U20 | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | Argentina U23 | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2017 | Argentina | 61 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2021 | Aldosivi | ||
| 2021–2023 | Racing Club | ||
| 2023– | Club Deportivo Guadalajara | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2004–05[4] | Argentine Primera División | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2005–06[4] | 34 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07[4] | 20 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 1 | — | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 1 | |||
| Real Madrid | 2006–07[5] | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2007–08[5] | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09[5] | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10[5] | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11[5] | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 92 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 1 | ||
| Roma (loan) | 2011–12[4] | Serie A | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |
| Valencia | 2012–13[5] | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Vélez Sársfield (loan) | 2012–13 | Argentine Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| Boca Juniors | 2013–14[4] | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2014[4] | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2015[4] | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2016[4] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17[4] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18[4] | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19[4] | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 85 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 8 | ||
| Vélez Sársfield | 2019–20[4] | Argentine Primera División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2020–21[4] | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Boca Juniors total | 146 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 9 | ||
| Vélez Sársfield total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 298 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 388 | 12 | ||
International
| Argentina[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 61 | 0 |
Managerial
- As of 30 September 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Aldosivi | 17 January 2021 | 25 September 2021 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 26.92 | |
| Racing Club | 21 October 2021 | 30 September 2023 | 109 | 53 | 30 | 26 | 170 | 119 | +51 | 48.62 | |
| Total | 135 | 60 | 33 | 42 | 200 | 164 | +36 | 44.44 | |||
Honours
Player
Boca Juniors
- Argentine Primera División: 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Copa Sudamericana: 2005
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2005, 2006
- Copa Argentina: 2015
Real Madrid
Vélez Sarsfield
Argentina U20
Argentina U23
Argentina
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014
- Copa América runner-up: 2007, 2015
Individual
- South American Team of the Year: 2005, 2006[7]
Manager
Racing Club
Fernando Gago Media
Gago (right) playing for Real Madrid in September 2009
Gago challenging for the ball against Ricardo Quaresma of Portugal in a 2011 friendly
References
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ "Fernando Gago". bocajuniors.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Fernando Gago". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 "Fernando Gago » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Fernando Gago at BDFutbol
- ↑ Fernando Gago at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ South American Team of the Year. 16 January 2009. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in español). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
