Esteban Fuertes
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| Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Esteban Fuertes | |
| Date of birth | 26 December 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Colón de Santa Fe | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Independiente | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999 2000 2000 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2007 2008- |
Independiente El Porvenir Los Andes Platense Racing Club Colón de Santa Fe Derby County Colón de Santa Fe RC Lens Tenerife River Plate Colón de Santa Fe Universidad Católica Colón de Santa Fe |
1 (0) 26 (17) 68 (32) 29 (9) 36 (8) 75 (27) 8 (1) 18 (17) 26 (7) 28 (5) 34 (12) 71 (37) 36 (21) 28 (19) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2009- | Argentina | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Oscar Esteban Fuertes (born 26 December, 1972 Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club
Fuertes has been used as a winger and as a striker in his career, he is a classic journeyman footballer, having played for 10 different teams in Argentina, France, England and Spain.
Fuertes began his career at Primera División club Independiente in 1991, but he was soon released. He went to play for El Porvenir and then Los Andes in the Argentine second division.
He made his return to the Primera with Platense in 1995, but he only stayed there for one year before moving on to Independiente's fiercest rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda. Again he only spent one season with the club before he found his way to the club that has become his spiritual home; Colón de Santa Fe.
It was at Colón where he became the Primera's top scorer in 2000, he was Goleador with 17 goals in the Clausura tournament, this feat earned him a lucrative transfer to Europe.
In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by Jim Smith, manager of Derby County in England. However, weeks later, he was refused entry back into Britain when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged. Derby were able to sell him on to Lens in France for £2.8m. [1] His final European club was Tenerife in Spain.
Fuertes returned to Argentina in 2002 to join River Plate, but again he only stayed for one season before returning to Colón. He has now become the club's all time top goalscorer with 101 goals for the club (as of June 11, 2009).
[edit] International
On 20 May 2009 Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama aged 36, making him the oldest player ever to make his debut for the Argentina national team.[2] The Argentina team made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina won the game 3-1.
[edit] References
- ^ News of the World 8 December 2002 The bung busters demanded to see every letter, fax and document involving Derby's foreign transfers
- ^ El "Bichi" Fuertes se convirtió en el jugador "más viejo" en debutar en la Selección at El Argento (Spanish)
[edit] External links
- Statistics at Irish Times
- (Spanish) BDFA profile
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Esteban Fuertes career stats at Soccerbase
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