Osvaldo Ardiles

Argentine association football player and manager

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

Osvaldo Ardiles
Ardiles with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo César Ardiles[1]
Date of birth (1952-08-03) 3 August 1952 (age 71)[1]
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Instituto de Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973 Instituto de Córdoba 14 (3)
1974 Belgrano 16 (2)
1975–1978 Huracán 109 (11)
1978–1988 Tottenham Hotspur 238 (16)
1982–1983Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 14 (1)
1985St George FC (loan) 1 (0)
1988 Blackburn Rovers 5 (0)
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers 8 (0)
1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5 (1)
1989–1991 Swindon Town 2 (0)
Total 412 (34)
National team
1975–1982 Argentina 51 (8)
Teams managed
1989–1991 Swindon Town
1991–1992 Newcastle United
1992–1993 West Bromwich Albion
1993–1994 Tottenham Hotspur
1995 Guadalajara
1996–1998 Shimizu S-Pulse
1999 Croatia Zagreb
2000–2001 Yokohama F. Marinos
2001 Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
2002–2003 Racing Club
2003–2005 Tokyo Verdy
2006 Beitar Jerusalem
2007 Huracán
2008 Cerro Porteño
2012 FC Machida Zelvia
2013 Malaysia
Honours
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1978 Argentina Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics change

Club change

 
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 change

 
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 change

[3]

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Swindon Town   1989 1991 95 32 33 30 033.68
Newcastle United   1991 1992 52 12 18 22 023.08
West Bromwich Albion   1992 1993 55 30 11 14 054.55
Tottenham Hotspur   1993 1994 56 17 14 25 030.36
Guadalajara   1995 1995 19 7 7 5 036.84
Shimizu S-Pulse   1996 1998 124 72 7 45 058.06
Croatia Zagreb   1999 1999 19 9 5 5 047.37
Yokohama F. Marinos   2000 2001 40 21 2 17 052.50
Racing Club   2002 2003 59 25 16 18 042.37
Tokyo Verdy   2003 2005 67 22 20 25 032.84
Beitar Jerusalem   2006 2006 7 3 2 2 042.86
Huracán   2007 2007 12 5 4 3 041.67
FC Machida Zelvia   2012 2012 42 7 11 24 016.67
Total 642 257 150 235 040.03

Honours change

Player change

Huracán

Tottenham Hotspur

Argentina

Individual

Manager change

Swindon Town

West Bromwich Albion

Shimizu S-Pulse

  • Nabisco Cup: 1996

Yokohama F. Marinos

Tokyo Verdy

Individual

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ardiles: Osvaldo César Ardiles: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Osvaldo Ardiles". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  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.