Iván Córdoba

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Iván Córdoba

Personal information
Full name	Iván Ramiro Córdoba Sepúlveda
Date of birth	August 11, 1976 (1976-08-11) (age 33)
Place of birth	Rionegro, Colombia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Internazionale
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Deportivo Rionegro	42	(1)
1997–1998	Atlético Nacional	69	(1)
1998–1999	San Lorenzo	57	(7)
1999–	Internazionale	280	(15[1])
National team‡
1997–	Colombia	67	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 1 November 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Iván Ramiro Córdoba Sepúlveda (born August 11, 1976 in Rionegro, Antioquia Department) is a Colombian footballer, who currently plays for Internazionale and the Colombia national team.

[edit] Club career

He made his name playing for San Lorenzo in Argentina but signed for Italian side Internazionale in the winter transfer window, January 2000, costing the club 16 million Euros, rejecting another offer from Real Madrid in doing so.

Naturally a central defender and world rated man-marker, he is athletic and relies mostly on his world class pace and reliable timing. Despite being only 173 cm tall, he is a good header of the ball, good jumper and often scores goals with his head. Cordoba is also a versatile defender. He sometimes plays as right back and has even filled the left back position.

[edit] International career

He captained Colombia to win the 2001 Copa América competition, scoring the only goal in the final. Cordoba also played for his country in the 1998 World Cup. Cordoba holds an Italian passport due to his long stay in Italy.

He has his own charity organisation called "Colombia Te Quiere Ver Association".

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Honours

Internazionale

• Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Coppa Italia: 2004–05, 2005–06
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008

International

• Copa America: 2001

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career statistics at National Football Teams
• (Italian) inter.it profile

Colombia squads v • d • e Colombia squad – 1997 Copa América 1 Mondragón • 2 Córdoba • 3 Aspirilla • 4 Santa • 5 Bermúdez • 6 Pérez • 7 Zuleta • 8 Estrada • 9 Aristizábal • 10 Mafla • 11 Asprilla • 12 Calero • 13 Cabrera • 14 Gaviria • 15 Mosquera • 16 Moreno • 17 Ricard • 18 Bonilla • 19 Escobar • 20 Pacheco • 21 Zapata • 22 Morantes • Coach: Gómez v • d • e Colombia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 O. Córdoba • 2 I. Córdoba • 3 Palacios • 4 Santa • 5 Bermúdez • 6 Serna • 7 de Ávila • 8 Lozano • 9 Valencia • 10 Valderrama • 11 Asprilla • 12 Calero • 13 Cabrera • 14 Bolaño • 15 Aristizábal • 16 Moreno • 17 Estrada • 18 Pérez • 19 Rincón • 20 Ricard • 21 Preciado • 22 Mondragón • Coach: Gómez v • d • e Colombia squad – 1999 Copa América 1 O. Córdoba • 2 I. Córdoba • 3 Cortés • 4 Viveros • 5 Bermúdez • 6 Ramírez • 7 Congo • 8 Lozano • 9 Bonilla • 10 Morantes • 11 Zambrano • 12 Higuita • 13 Bolaño • 14 Betancourth • 15 Portocarrero • 16 González • 17 Montaño • 18 Quintana • 19 Ricard • 20 Grisales • 21 Yepes • 22 Julio • Coach: Álvarez v • d • e Colombia squad – 2001 Copa América Winners (1st Title) 1 O. Córdoba • 2 I. Córdoba • 3 Yepes • 4 Cortés • 5 Orozco • 6 Vargas • 7 Becerra • 8 Ferreira • 9 Aristizábal • 10 Hernández • 11 Arriaga • 12 Calero • 13 Restrepo • 14 López • 15 Murillo • 16 González • 17 Ramírez • 18 Castillo • 19 Grisales • 20 Bedoya • 21 Díaz • 23 Molina • Coach: Maturana v • d • e Colombia squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Fourth Place 1 O. Córdoba • 2 I. Córdoba • 3 Yepes • 4 Ramos • 5 Mera • 6 Vallejo • 7 Becerra • 8 Valentierra • 9 Aristizábal • 10 Hernández • 11 Murillo • 12 Henao • 13 Alcazar • 14 Díaz • 15 Velázquez • 16 Arriaga • 17 Arzuaga • 18 Caballero • 19 Mosquera • 20 Bedoya • 21 Patiño • 22 L. Martínez • 23 G. Martínez • Coach: Maturana v • d • e Colombia squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Calero • 2 Córdoba • 3 Yepes • 4 Vallejo • 5 Arizala • 6 Vargas • 7 Edixon Perea • 8 Ferreira • 9 Domínguez • 10 Chitiva • 11 Rodallega • 12 Zapata • 13 Marín • 14 Luis Amaranto Perea • 15 Viáfara • 16 Benítez • 17 Castrillón • 18 Rey • 19 Valoyes • 20 Torres • 21 Banguero • 22 Zúñiga • Coach: Pinto