Fernando Gago

Argentine association football player and manager

Fernando Gago (born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Real Madrid and Argentina national team. [3]

Fernando Gago
Gago with Real Madrid in 2010
Personal information
Full name Fernando Rubén Gago[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Ciudadela, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) 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)
2011–2012Roma (loan) 30 (1)
2012–2013 Valencia 13 (0)
2013Vélez 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
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile
Runner-up 2007 Venezuela
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Finland
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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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

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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

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As of 30 September 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
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 −15 026.92
Racing Club 21 October 2021 30 September 2023 109 53 30 26 170 119 +51 048.62
Total 135 60 33 42 200 164 +36 044.44

Honours

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Player

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Boca Juniors

Real Madrid

Vélez Sarsfield

Argentina U20

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

  • South American Team of the Year: 2005, 2006[7]

Manager

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Racing Club

References

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  1. "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.
  2. "Fernando Gago". bocajuniors.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Fernando Gago". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. 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. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Fernando Gago at BDFutbol
  6. Fernando Gago at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. "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 Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.