Esteban Fuertes

Esteban Fuertes
Personal information
Full name	Oscar Esteban Fuertes
Date of birth	26 December 1972 (age 39)
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Colón
Number	20
Youth career
	Independiente
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC).; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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Oscar Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes (born 26 December 1972 Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe

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[edit] Club

Fuertes has been used as a winger and as a striker in his career, he is a classic journeyman footballer, having played for 10 different teams in Argentina, France, England and Spain.

Fuertes began his career at Primera División club Independiente in 1991, but he was soon released. He went to play for El Porvenir and then Los Andes in the Argentine second division.

He made his return to the Primera with Platense in 1995, but he only stayed there for one year before moving on to Independiente's fiercest rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda. Again he only spent one season with the club before he found his way to the club that has become his spiritual home; Colón de Santa Fe.

It was at Colón where he became the Primera's top scorer in 2000, he was Goleador with 17 goals in the Clausura tournament, this feat earned him a lucrative transfer to Europe.

In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by Jim Smith, manager of Derby County in England. He scored two early goals, the winner against Everton in the league^[1] and another against Swansea City in the League Cup.^[2] However, weeks later, he was refused entry back into Britain when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged. Derby were able to sell him on to Lens in France for £2.8m.^[3] His final European club was Tenerife in Spain.

Fuertes returned to Argentina in 2002 to join River Plate, but again he only stayed for one season before returning to Colón. He has now become the club's all time top goalscorer with 104 goals for the club (as of July 23, 2009).

[edit] International

On 20 May 2009 Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama aged 36, making him the oldest player ever to make his debut for the Argentina national team.^[4] The Argentina team made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina won the game 3-1.

[edit] References

^ Andrews, Phil (28 August 1999). "Fuertes arrives with perfect timing". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fuertes-arrives-with-perfect-timing-1116390.html. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
^ "Derby County 3 v 1 Swansea City". scfc.co.uk. 22 September 1999. http://www.scfc.co.uk/99/99derbya.html. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
^ News of the World 8 December 2002 The bung busters demanded to see every letter, fax and document involving Derby's foreign transfers
^ El "Bichi" Fuertes se convirtió en el jugador "más viejo" en debutar en la Selección at El Argento (Spanish)

[edit] External links

Statistics at Irish Times
(Spanish) BDFA profile
(Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
Esteban Fuertes career stats at Soccerbase

[0] Andrews, Phil (28 August 1999). "Fuertes arrives with perfect timing". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fuertes-arrives-with-perfect-timing-1116390.html. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

[1] "Derby County 3 v 1 Swansea City". scfc.co.uk. 22 September 1999. http://www.scfc.co.uk/99/99derbya.html. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

[2] News of the World 8 December 2002 The bung busters demanded to see every letter, fax and document involving Derby's foreign transfers

[3] El "Bichi" Fuertes se convirtió en el jugador "más viejo" en debutar en la Selección at El Argento (Spanish)

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Personal information

Full name	Oscar Esteban Fuertes
Date of birth	26 December 1972 (1972-12-26) (age 39)
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Colón
Number	20
Youth career
	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1992	Independiente	1	(0)
1992–1993	El Porvenir	26	(17)
1993–1995	Los Andes	68	(31)
1995–1996	Platense	29	(9)
1996–1997	Racing Club	33	(8)
1997–1999	Colón	62	(23)
1999	Derby County	8	(1)
2000	Colón	18	(17)
2000	RC Lens	26	(7)
2001–2002	Tenerife	26	(5)
2002–2003	River Plate	34	(12)
2003–2006	Colón	81	(35)
2007	Universidad Católica	35	(19)
2008–	Colón	92	(49)
National team^‡
2009–	Argentina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Persondata
Name	Fuertes, Esteban
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	26 December 1972
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

Esteban Fuertes

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