Osvaldo Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles (born 3 August 1952) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for Argentina national team.

Osvaldo Ardiles
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Ardiles with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981
Personal information
Full nameOsvaldo César Ardiles[1]
Date of birth (1952-08-03) 3 August 1952 (age 72)[1]
Place of birthCórdoba, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing positionCentral midfielder
Youth career
Instituto de Córdoba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973Instituto de Córdoba14(3)
1974Belgrano16(2)
1975–1978Huracán109(11)
1978–1988Tottenham Hotspur238(16)
1982–1983Paris Saint-Germain (loan)14(1)
1985St George FC (loan)1(0)
1988Blackburn Rovers5(0)
1988–1989Queens Park Rangers8(0)
1989Fort Lauderdale Strikers5(1)
1989–1991Swindon Town2(0)
Total412(34)
National team
1975–1982Argentina51(8)
Teams managed
1989–1991Swindon Town
1991–1992Newcastle United
1992–1993West Bromwich Albion
1993–1994Tottenham Hotspur
1995Guadalajara
1996–1998Shimizu S-Pulse
1999Croatia Zagreb
2000–2001Yokohama F. Marinos
2001Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
2002–2003Racing Club
2003–2005Tokyo Verdy
2006Beitar Jerusalem
2007Huracán
2008Cerro Porteño
2012FC Machida Zelvia
2013Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

 
Ardiles with teammate Ricardo Villa posing with the FA Cup trophy, May 1981
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Instituto 1973 Argentine Primera División 14 3
Belgrano 1974 Argentine Primera División 16 2
Huracán 1975 Argentine Primera División 16 0
1976 41 7
1977 52 4
1978
Total 109 11
Tottenham Hotspur 1978–79 First Division 38 3
1979–80 40 3
1980–81 36 5
1981–82 26 2
1982–83 2 0
1983–84 9 0
1984–85 11 2
1985–86 23 1
1986–87 25 0
1987–88 28 0
Total 238 16
Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 1982–83 Division 1 14 1 3
St George FC (loan) 1985 National Soccer League 1 0
Blackburn Rovers 1987–88 Second Division 5 0
Queens Park Rangers 1988–89 First Division 8 0
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1989 American Soccer League 5 1
Swindon Town 1989–90 Second Division 2 0
1990–91 0 0
Total 2 0
Career total 412 34

International

 
Ardiles (center) with Daniel Bertoni (left) and Mario Kempes (right) in 1981
Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 1975 8 4
1976 9 1
1977 11 0
1978 12 2
1979 1 0
1980 0 0
1981 2 0
1982 8 1
Total 51 8

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Swindon Town   1989 1991 95 32 33 30 33.68
Newcastle United   1991 1992 52 12 18 22 23.08
West Bromwich Albion   1992 1993 55 30 11 14 54.55
Tottenham Hotspur   1993 1994 56 17 14 25 30.36
Guadalajara   1995 1995 19 7 7 5 36.84
Shimizu S-Pulse   1996 1998 124 72 7 45 58.06
Croatia Zagreb   1999 1999 19 9 5 5 47.37
Yokohama F. Marinos   2000 2001 40 21 2 17 52.50
Racing Club   2002 2003 59 25 16 18 42.37
Tokyo Verdy   2003 2005 67 22 20 25 32.84
Beitar Jerusalem   2006 2006 7 3 2 2 42.86
Huracán   2007 2007 12 5 4 3 41.67
FC Machida Zelvia   2012 2012 42 7 11 24 16.67
Total 642 257 150 235 40.03

Honours

Player

Huracán

Tottenham Hotspur

Argentina

Individual

Manager

Swindon Town

West Bromwich Albion

Shimizu S-Pulse

  • Nabisco Cup: 1996

Yokohama F. Marinos

Tokyo Verdy

Individual

Osvaldo Ardiles Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ardiles: Osvaldo César Ardiles: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Osvaldo Ardiles at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  4. "1981/82 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. "Golden Foot – Osvaldo Ardiles". Goldenfoot.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021.