Hernán Crespo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (Redirected from Hernan Crespo)
Jump to: navigation, search
Hernán Crespo
Hernan.png
Personal information
Full name Hernán Jorge Crespo
Date of birth July 5, 1975 (1975-07-05) (age 36)
Place of birth Florida, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1993–1996 River Plate 62 (24)
1996–2000 Parma 116 (62)
2000–2002 Lazio 54 (39)
2002–2003 Internazionale 17 (7)
2003–2008 Chelsea 49 (20)
2004–2005 → Milan (loan) 28 (11)
2006–2008 → Internazionale (loan) 49 (18)
2008–2009 Internazionale 14 (2)
2009–2010 Genoa 16 (5)
2010–2012 Parma 46 (10)
National team‡
1996 Argentina U23 6 (6)
1995–2007 Argentina 64 (35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2009

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine footballer who is currently out of contract. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in the 2000-01 Serie A with 26 goals, while playing for Lazio. Crespo once held the world record in transfer fee, when he was bought by Lazio from Parma in July 2000.

Contents

[edit] Club career

[edit] River Plate

Crespo made his debut with River Plate during the 1993–94 season, scoring 13 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] Parma

Crespo left River Plate for Parma on 14 August 1996 after he won the silver medal with Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics and finished as the top scorer with six goals.[2] He failed to score in his first six months at the club and was routinely booed with head coach Carlo Ancelotti coming in for much criticism for keeping faith with the selection of Crespo. His faith was, however, vindicated: the young Argentine went on to score 12 times in 27 matches in his first Serie A season and Parma finished runners-up to Juventus. The turning point was the standing applause he received for his brace against Calcio in March 1997.[3] Parma won the 1998–99 Italian Cup and he scored the opening goal in Parma's 3–0 UEFA Cup final victory over Olympique de Marseille. He had scored 80 goals in four seasons.

[edit] Lazio

In 2000, Lazio broke the then-world transfer record by paying £35 million (they paid £16m in cash and transferred Matías Almeyda and Sérgio Conceição) to acquire Crespo,[4] who in turn finished as Serie A's top scorer with 26 goals. Lazio, however, failed to defend its league title in 2001, and the following season, Crespo suffered from some injuries, while new signings Jaap Stam and Gaizka Mendieta failed to live up their reputations, following the departures of playmakers Juan Sebastián Verón and Pavel Nedvěd. Crespo was left without the tremendous support he had enjoyed in 2001, but still scored a respectable haul of goals. Lazio's financial problems, however, forced the club to sell several players, and following Alessandro Nesta's transfer to AC Milan, speculation over Crespo's future intensified.

[edit] Internazionale

On 31 August 2002, Crespo, expected to shine again after suffering from injuries, signed with Internazionale as replacement for the departed Ronaldo for a reported €20 million and Bernardo Corradi.[5] Internazionale was short of strikers after the highly rated Mohamed Kallon was injured in August[6] and only Álvaro Recoba and Christian Vieri together with reserves Bernardo Corradi and Nicola Ventola, were available.

He scored seven goals in three appearances, along with nine goals in 12 Champions League matches until he was shelved for four months by injury in early 2003.

[edit] Chelsea

[edit] 2003–04 season

Crespo was transferred to Premier League club Chelsea on 26 August 2003 for a fee of £16.8 million.[7] He made his league debut on 30 August 2003 as a substitute for Adrian Mutu in a 2–2 home draw against Blackburn Rovers.[8] On 16 September 2003, Crespo made his European debut, replacing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in the 2003–04 Champions League group stage, which ended in a 1–0 away win after a late goal from William Gallas against Sparta Prague.[9] Four days later, he scored his first goals, a double, in a 5–0 away victory against Wolves.[10] Crespo only made 31 appearances (including 19 in the league) in all competitions, scoring 12 goals.

[edit] Loan to Milan

After José Mourinho took over as Chelsea manager for the 2004–05 season, Crespo became surplus to Chelsea's plans and was loaned to Milan, as requested by then manager Carlo Ancelotti. He scored a total of ten league goals, and netted twice in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final defeat to Liverpool.[11]

[edit] Return to Chelsea

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 win over Arsenal.[12] He scored his first league goal of 2005 against Wigan Athletic in Chelsea's season opener in a 1–0 win.[13] The 2005–06 league title was Crespo's first league title victory in European football.

[edit] Internazionale

Though he scored 26 goals in all competitions and won the 2005–06 Premiership, Crespo requested a return to Italy in order to rejoin AC 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 AC 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.[14]

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;[15] 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.[16][17] and was signed by Inter on a one-year contract for free. 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 the UEFA Champions League roster.

[edit] Genoa

Following the expiration of his contract at Inter, Crespo was quickly snapped up by Genoa, taking Diego Milito's place, who moved in the opposite direction. On 8 June 2009, it was reported that Crespo had a medical check to formalize his transfer. Crespo cited his ambition to make the Argentina World Cup squad as one of his key reasons for making the move to Genoa.[18] On 13 September, Crespo scored his first goal of the 2009 season against Napoli.[19]

[edit] Parma

In January 2010, Crespo returned to Parma after the club agreed the deal with Atalanta and Genoa. Crespo replaced Nicola Amoruso who left for Atalanta, while Atalanta's Robert Acquafresca moved to Genoa to replace Crespo. The Argentinian striker returned after ten years to Parma. While he scored just once before the season's end, the striker did enjoy a more successful 2010–11 season, scoring 11 goals, including 9 in the league, becoming Parma's top scorer for a fourth time in the process, which remains a post-war club record. Despite mounting speculation of his departure, Crespo signed a one-year contract extension on 30 June 2011.[20] However, a lack of first-team opportunities saw Crespo and Parma mutually agree to terminate his contract on 2 February 2012, although he did vow to return to the city he had fallen in love with.[21]

[edit] International career

Crespo has 64 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 16 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 arch-rivals 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 28 June 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.[22] He finished with a total of three goals.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

Last update: 13 February 2012.[23]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
1993–94 River Plate Primera División 25 16 — — 3 0 28 16
1994–95 18 4 — — 4 2 22 6
1995–96 21 4 — — 13 10 34 14
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1996–97 Parma Serie A 27 12 1 0 — — 28 12
1997–98 25 12 2 0 — 8 2 35 14
1998–99 30 16 7 6 — 8 6 45 28
1999–00 34 22 2 0 — 5 3 43[nb 1][nb 2] 26
2000–01 Lazio 32 26 1 0 — 6 2 40[nb 3] 28
2001–02 22 13 4 4 — 7 3 33 20
2002–03 Internazionale 18 7 0 0 — 12 9 30 16
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2003–04 Chelsea Premier League 19 10 0 0 2 0 10 2 31 12
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2004–05 Milan Serie A 28 11 1 1 — 10 6 40[nb 4] 18
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Chelsea Premier League 30 10 5 1 1 0 5 2 42[nb 5] 13
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2006–07 Internazionale Serie A 29 14 4 4 — 6 1 40[nb 6] 20
2007–08 19 4 5 2 — 5 1 29 7
2008–09 14 2 3 0 — 0 0 17 2
2009–10 Genoa 16 5 1 0 — 4 2 21 7
Parma 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
2010–11 29 9 2 2 — — 31 11
2011–12 4 0 2 2 — — 6 2
Total Argentina 64 24 — — 20 12 84 36
Italy 340 154 35 21 — 71 35 451 212
England 49 20 5 1 3 0 15 4 73 25
Career total 453 198 40 22 3 0 106 51 608 273
  1. ^ Includes 1 appearance in the 1999–2000 Serie A play-off for 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Includes 1 appearance and 1 goal in the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana
  3. ^ Includes 1 appearance in the 2000 Supercoppa Italiana
  4. ^ Includes 1 appearance in the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana
  5. ^ Includes 1 appearance in the 2005 FA Community Shield
  6. ^ Includes 1 appearance and 1 goal in the 2006 Supercoppa Italiana

[edit] International

[24]

Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
1995 1 0
1996 2 0
1997 9 3
1998 3 3
1999 4 1
2000 8 4
2001 6 6
2002 4 2
2003 5 3
2004 4 1
2005 7 6
2006 6 3
2007 5 3
Total 64 35

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Club Atlético River Plate

Parma F.C.

Società Sportiva Lazio

Chelsea F.C.

A.C. Milan

Runner-up:

F.C. Internazionale Milano

[edit] Country

[edit] Individual

[edit] Nicknames

Whilst commonly known as Hernán, Crespo was christened Hernando Jorge Crespo, after his grandfather of the same name. His nickname is "Valdanito" after striker Jorge Valdano, due to the fact that they look similar. He is also called, although less often, "El Polaco" (or "The Pollack") because his grandmother was Polish.[34]

[edit] References

  1. ^ bbc stats
  2. ^ http://www.sportsbook24.net/?action=read&idnotizia=41328
  3. ^ Labbate, Antonio (3 February 2012). "Arrivederci Crespo". Football Italia. http://www.football-italia.net/node/15332. Retrieved 4 February 2012. 
  4. ^ "Lazio's £40m Crespo deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 11 July 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/829225.stm. Retrieved 1 March 2009. 
  5. ^ "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). 31 August 2002. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=32107.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  6. ^ "SECOND DEGREE TENDON INJURY FOR KALLON". Internazionale. 2002-08-19. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=4364. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  7. ^ "Chelsea sign Crespo". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 26 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/3183431.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  8. ^ "Cole checks Chelsea charge". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 30 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3172813.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  9. ^ "Chelsea leave it late". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 16 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/champions_league/3110452.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  10. ^ "Chelsea crush Wolves". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 20 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3084346.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  11. ^ "AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 25 May 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm. Retrieved 15 May 2011. 
  12. ^ "Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 7 August 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4747797.stm. Retrieved 16 May 2011. 
  13. ^ "Wigan 0–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 14 August 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4127068.stm. Retrieved 16 May 2011. 
  14. ^ Hernan Crespo photo – inter.it
  15. ^ Scoring Record in Champions League – euro.futbal.org
  16. ^ Crespo No Longer a Blue – chelseafc.com
  17. ^ Chelsea let Crespo leave – Football Italia
  18. ^ . tribalfootball.com. 2009-12-03. http://www.tribalfootball.com/crespo-genoa-move-will-get-me-world-cup-248741: "Crespo: Genoa move will get me to World Cup". Retrieved 2009-12-03. [dead link]
  19. ^ "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 2009-06-09. 
  20. ^ "UFFICIALE: CRESPO, UN ALTRO ANNO A PARMA" (in Italian). Parma FC. 30 June 2011. http://www.fcparma.com/stagione/archivio-primo-piano/8985-ufficiale-crespo-un-altro-anno-a-parma.html. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  21. ^ "Tearful Crespo quits Parma". Football Italia (football-italia.net). 2 February 2012. http://www.football-italia.net/node/15304. 
  22. ^ "Crespo matches Maradona tally". Inter.it. 2007-06-29. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26786&L=en&IDINI=26788. Retrieved 2007-07-03. 
  23. ^ http://sport.sky.it/sport/statistiche/calcio/2011_2012/serie_a/giocatori/parma/hernan_jorge_crespo.html#calciatori
  24. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/crespo-intlg.html
  25. ^ "International Matches 1995 – Intercontinental, January–March". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/1995ic1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  26. ^ Match Report 28 December 1996
  27. ^ [1]
  28. ^ Match Report 24 February 1998
  29. ^ a b International Matches 1999 – Intercontinental
  30. ^ [2]
  31. ^ [3]
  32. ^ Match Report 23 February 2000
  33. ^ [4]
  34. ^ abc-directory.com Biography of Hernan Crespo

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hern%C3%A1n_Crespo&oldid=478588320"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages