Global InformationOsvaldo Ardiles information
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 Ardiles with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Osvaldo César Ardiles[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1952[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) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1985 | → St 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) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1982 | Argentina | 51 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Osvaldo César Ardiles (born 3 August 1952), often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles,[2] is an Argentine football manager, pundit and former midfielder who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as part of the Argentina national team.
A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur. He left England for a period on loan as a result of the outbreak of the Falklands War in 1982, thus missing most of the 1982–83 English season.
After retirement, Ardiles began his management career in England, coaching Swindon Town, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion, before returning to Tottenham to become the first Premier League manager from Argentina.[3] As manager of Spurs in the mid-1990s, he played several matches utilizing a formation that had five forwards,[citation needed] a formation that had not been used in English football since the 1960s. During his career, Ardiles has also coached in Mexico, Croatia, Japan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Israel, Paraguay and his native Argentina. In Ireland, he is a pundit for RTÉ Sport.[4]
- ^ a b c "Ardiles: Osvaldo César Ardiles: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Bandini, Paolo (13 February 2009). "Ossie Ardiles". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "The rise and fall of British or Irish managers in the Premier League". Eurosport. 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Ardiles joins Bill and the Boys". The Irish Times. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.