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Hernán Crespo

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Hernán Crespo
Personal information
Full name Hernán Jorge Crespo
Date of birth July 5, 1975 (1975-07-05) (age 34)
Place of birth Florida, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Genoa
Number 9
Senior career1
Years Club Apps (Gls)2
1993–1996 River Plate 082 (36)
1996–2000 Parma 141 (80)
2000–2002 Lazio 070 (47)
2002–2003 Internazionale 018 0(7)
2003–2008 Chelsea 064 (25)
2004–2005 → Milan (loan) 038 (18)
2006–2008 → Internazionale (loan) 068 (27)
2008–2009 Internazionale 014 0(2)
2009– Genoa 000 0(0)
National team3
1995–2007 Argentina 066 (35)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 1, 2009.

2 Appearances (Goals)

3 National team caps and goals correct as of March 1, 2009.

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born July 5, 1975 in Florida, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who is currently playing for Genoa C.F.C. of the Italian Serie A and for the Argentine national team.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] River Plate

Crespo made his debut with Club Atlético River Plate during the 1993-94 season, scoring thirteen goals in 25 league appearances as River Plate won the Apertura league title. In 1996, Crespo helped River win the Copa Libertadores, scoring twice in the home leg of the final in Buenos Aires.

[edit] Serie A

Crespo left River Plate for Parma F.C. in August 1996 after he won the silver medal with Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics and finished as the top scorer with six goals. In May 1997, coached by Carlo Ancelotti, Crespo scored twelve goals in 27 matches as Parma finished runners-up to Juventus. He won the 1998-99 Italian Cup, and scored the opening goal in Parma's 3-0 UEFA Cup final victory over Olympique de Marseille.

In 2000, S.S. Lazio broke the then-world transfer record by paying £35 million (by paid £16 million in cash and Matias Almeyda and Sérgio Conceição) to acquire Crespo,[2] who in turn finished as Serie A's top scorer with twenty-six goals.

On 31 August 2002, Crespo signed with Internazionale as replacement for the departed Ronaldo for €20 million and Bernardo Corradi.[3] In his only season at the club, he scored seven goals in eighteen appearances, along with nine goals in twelve Champions League matches until he was shelved four months by injury in early 2003.

[edit] Chelsea

Crespo was transferred to Premier League club Chelsea on 26 August 2003, for £16.8 million. He made only 31 appearances (including nineteen league starts) in all competitions, and scored twelve goals. After José Mourinho took over as Chelsea manager for the 2004-05 season, Crespo became surplus to Chelsea's plans and was loaned to A.C. Milan, as requested by former coach Carlo Ancelotti. He scored a total of ten league goals, and netted twice in the 2005 Champions League final defeat to Liverpool.

After Chelsea's failed attempts to land a big-name striker during the summer of 2005, Mourinho needed competition for striker Didier Drogba and decided to recall Crespo from Milan, convincing him that he had a future in England. Crespo made his first return appearance in a 2-1 FA Community Shield victory over Arsenal. He scored his first league goal of 2005 against Wigan Athletic in Chelsea's season opener in a 1-0 win. The 2005-06 league title was Crespo's first league title victory in European football.

[edit] Internazionale

Crespo in an Inter shirt.

Though he scored 26 goals in all competitions and won the 2005-06 Premiership, Crespo requested a return to Italy in order to rejoin Milan, but Chelsea refused and announced that Crespo would remain a Chelsea player until the club accepted a suitable offer for him. On 7 August 2006, Crespo joined Inter on a two-year loan. He scored his 125th Serie A goal against Siena on 2 December 2006, and his 200th career European goal on 2 April 2007. On 13 May, Crespo scored a hat-trick to help Inter defeat Lazio 4-3 and win the Scudetto. Two days earlier, he had appeared in training without his customary long hair, which he had kept grown out for over five years.[4]

He has scored at least one Champions League goal with each of the five European teams he has played for since moving from River Plate in 1996; he is the only player in Champions League history to accomplish this feat.

Crespo was officially released from Chelsea on 3 July 2008, following the expiration of his contract.[5][6]

In the 2008-09 season, under José Mourinho, his former manager in Chelsea, Crespo only made 13 Serie A appearances, including two starts. He was excluded from UEFA Champions League roster.

[edit] Genoa

On 8 June 2009, Crespo was having a medical check to formalized his transfer.[7]

[edit] International career

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Argentina
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Pan American Games
Gold 1995 Mar del Plata Team Competition

Crespo has 66 caps and 35 goals with Argentina. He won his first cap in a friendly match against Bulgaria in February 1995, but then had to wait sixteen months for his second cap and more than two years for his first goal. He was called up to the final roster for the 1998, 2002, and 2006 FIFA World Cups. In June 2005, Crespo scored twice in Argentina's 3-1 World Cup qualifying win over archrivals Brazil in Buenos Aires, which made him Argentina's career scoring leader in World Cup qualifiers. He finished the 2006 competition as the Silver Shoe Award winner.

On June 28, 2007, he scored twice in Argentina's 4-1 victory over the United States in their 2007 Copa América Group C opener, tying Diego Maradona's team scoring record.[8] He finished with a total of three goals.

[edit] Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup South America Total
1993-94 River Plate Primera División 25 13 - 3 0 28 13
1994-95 18 5 - 4 2 22 7
1995-96 19 6 - 13 10 32 16
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1996-97 Parma Serie A 27 12 - - 27 12
1997-98 25 12 1 0 8 2 34 14
1998-99 30 16 - 8 6 38 22
1999-00 34 21 4 3 4 0 42 24
2000-01 Lazio Serie A 32 26 7 6 6 2 45 34
2001-02 22 13 5 2 7 3 34 18
2002-03 Internazionale Serie A 18 7 - 12 9 30 16
England League FA Cup Europe Total
2003-04 Chelsea Premier League 19 10 - 10 2 29 12
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
2004-05 Milan Serie A 28 10 - 10 6 38 16
England League FA Cup Europe Total
2005-06 Chelsea Premier League 30 10 1 5 2 35 13
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
2006-07 Internazionale Serie A 29 14 5 5 6 1 35 20
2007-08 19 4 5 2 5 1 22 7
2008-09 13 2
Total Argentina 62 24 - 20 12 82 36
Italy 276 136 17 11 68 30 324 176
England 49 20 - 15 4 64 24
Career Total 373 179 17 11 93 46 493 306

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

[edit] Country

Runner-up: FIFA Confederations Cup, 1995

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

  1. ^ bbc stats
  2. ^ "Lazio's £40m Crespo deal". BBC. 2000-07-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/829225.stm. Retrieved on 2009-03-01. 
  3. ^ UEFA.com (31 August 2002). "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=32107.html. 
  4. ^ Hernan Crespo photo - inter.it
  5. ^ Crespo No Longer a Blue - chelseafc.com
  6. ^ Chelsea let Crespo leave - Football Italia
  7. ^ "CRESPO: "PROFESSIONALITA' E VOGLIA"" (in Italian). genoacfc.it. 2009-06-08. http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7340&Itemid=31. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. 
  8. ^ "Crespo matches Maradona tally". Inter.it. 2007-06-29. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26786&L=en&IDINI=26788. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. 

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