César Delgado

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César Fabián "Chelito" Delgado Godoy (born August 18, 1981 in Rosario) is an Argentine footballer. He plays for Lyon. His nickname is derived from that of Marcelo Delgado (known as "El Chelo") because of their same last names.

[edit] Career

Delgado started his career in Rosario Central.

Delgado joined Cruz Azul for the 2003 Apertura, where he finished with 16 appearances and eight goals. Delgado made 21 appearances in the subsequent Apertura, again notching eight goals. In the 2004 Apertura, Delgado scored another six goals in 15 games. On 8 January 2008 he was sold to French giants Lyon for 11,000,000 euros.^[1] Delgado made his Ligue 1 debut on January 20, 2008 against RC Lens. Delgado came on as a 85th minute substitute for Lyon teamate Lisandro Lopez on October 21, 2009 against Liverpool FC in the UEFA Champions League group stage week 3 match and scored an important 90th minute winner after only being on the pitch for 5 minutes to help his team comeback from a goal down and settle the score at 2-1 to Lyon. This is an important moment for him and his team because this was Lyon's first win in the UEFA Champions League against English opposition.

[edit] International career

Delgado played several matches for the Argentina national football team during its 2006 World Cup Qualifying campaign. However, due to injury Delgado did not make the 23-man roster for the 2006 World Cup. "El Chelito" also played for the team in the Copa América 2004, scoring one goal, and was part of the gold medal winning Argentinian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Career Stats

Season	Club	Country	Competition	Matches	Goals
2007/2008	Lyon	France	Ligue 1	27	2
2006/2007	Cruz Azul	Mexico	Primera División de México	27	7
2005/2006	Cruz Azul	Mexico	Primera División de México	38	18
2004/2005	Cruz Azul	Mexico	Primera División de México	33	16
2003/2004	Cruz Azul	Mexico	Primera División de México	37	16
2002/2003	Rosario Central	Argentina	Primera División Argentina	38	11
2001/2002	Rosario Central	Argentina	Primera División Argentina	27	3
			Total	210	73

[edit] Honours

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Argentina
Men's Football
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

• Olympic Games: 2004
• Ligue 1 Winner : 2007/08 with Olympique Lyonnais.
• Copa Panamericana 2007 : with Cruz Azul.
• Coupe de France 2007-2008: with Olympique Lyonnais.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• César Delgado at National-Football-Teams.com
• Career details at Irish Times
• Profile at goal.com
• Video compilation at Recontra Golazo
• César Delgado stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)

v • d • e Argentina squad – Copa América 2004 Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Quiroga • 5 Mascherano • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Zanetti • 9 Figueroa • 10 D'Alessandro • 11 Tévez • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Rodriguez • 15 Fernández • 16 L.González • 17 M.González • 18 K.González • 19 Delgado • 20 Medina • 21 Rosales • 22 Coloccini • Coach: Bielsa

v • d • e Argentina squad – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists 1 Caballero • 2 Ayala • 3 Heinze • 4 Fernández • 5 K. Gonzalez • 6 Coloccini • 7 Saviola • 8 Mascherano • 9 Figueroa • 10 Tévez • 11 Delgado • 12 Rosales • 13 Rodríguez • 14 Medina • 15 D'Alessandro • 16 L. González • 17 M. González • 18 Lux • Coach: Bielsa

v • d • e Argentina squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Franco • 2 Samuel • 3 Sorín • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cambiasso • 6 Heinze • 7 Tévez • 8 Riquelme • 9 Saviola • 10 Aimar • 11 Delgado • 12 Lux • 13 G.J. Rodríguez • 14 Milito • 15 Placente • 16 Coloccini • 17 Bernardi • 18 Santana • 19 Maxi Rodríguez • 20 Demichelis • 21 Figueroa • 22 Galletti • 23 Caballero • Coach: Pekerman