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Hernán Crespo
Personal information
Full name Hernán Jorge Crespo
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
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Number n/a
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born July 5, 1975 in Florida, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who is currently a free agent. [1].

Club career

River Plate

He made his debut with River Plate during the 1993-94 season, scoring thirteen goals in 25 league appearances. He helped River Plate win the Apertura league title, the second of two championships held in Argentina in that year. He helped River win the Apertura title again in 1994. In 1996, Crespo helped River win the Copa Libertadores, scoring twice in the home leg of the final in Buenos Aires.

Parma

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.

Lazio

In 2000, S.S. Lazio broke the then-world transfer record by paying £35,500,000 to acquire Crespo, who in turn finished as Serie A's top scorer with twenty-six goals. Lazio, with Crespo, began the decade brightly by winning the Italian Super Cup and finishing in 3rd place in the league - but the departure of Sven Goran Eriksson accelerated the decline of the club. And after their 6th place finish in 2001-02 and with money running out they had to sell their best players.

Inter Milan

On 31 August 2002, Crespo signed with Internazionale as replacement for the departed Ronaldo, for €20 million and Bernardo Corradi.[2] 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.

Chelsea

Crespo was transferred to Barclays Premier League club Chelsea F.C. on 26 August 2003 for £16,800,000. He made only 31 appearances (including nineteen league starts) in all competitions, and scored twelve goals. He scored 10 goals in 19 league games.

AC 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 A.C. Milan, as requested by former coach Carlo Ancelotti. He scored ten goals, and netted twice in the Champions League final defeat against Liverpool.

Chelsea Again

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 F.C.. He scored his first league goal of 2005 against Wigan Athletic in Chelsea's season opener.

Crespo in an Inter shirt.

Inter Milan Again

Crespo scored 13 goals in all competitions and although Chelsea retained the Premiership title in 2005-06, 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 August 7, 2006, Crespo joined Inter on a two-year loan. He scored his 125th Serie A goal against A.C. Siena on December 2, 2006, and his 200th career European goal on April 2, 2007.

On May 13, 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.[1]

Chelsea

After his succesful loan spell with Inter Milan Crespo returned to Chelsea but on Thursday 3rd July 2008 his contract expired.

Crespo 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 first and only player in CL history to accomplish this feat.

He was released from the club on July 3rd 2008

International career

Olympic medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 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.[3] He finished with a total of three goals.

Career statistics

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1993-94||rowspan="3"|River Plate||rowspan="3"|Primera División||25||13||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||13 |- |1994-95||18||5||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||18||5 |- |1995-96||19||6||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||6 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1996-97||rowspan="4"|Parma||rowspan="4"|Serie A||27||12||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||12 |- |1997-98||25||12||1||0||8||2||34||14 |- |1998-99||30||16||colspan="2"|-||8||6||38||22 |- |1999-00||34||21||4||3||4||0||42||24 |- |2000-01||rowspan="2"|Lazio||rowspan="2"|Serie A||32||26||7||6||6||2||45||34 |- |2001-02||22||13||5||2||7||3||25||18 |- |2002-03||Internazionale Milano||Serie A||18||7||colspan="2"|-||12||9||30||16 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2003-04||Chelsea||Premier League||19||10||colspan="2"|-||10||2||29||12 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2004-05||Milan||Serie A||28||10||colspan="2"|-||10||6||38||16 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2005-06||Chelsea||Premier League||30||10||colspan="2"|-||5||2||35||12 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2006-07||rowspan="2"|Internazionale Milano||rowspan="2"|Serie A||29||14||colspan="2"|-||6||1||35||15 |- |2007-08||17||4||colspan="2"|-||5||1||22||5 Template:Football player statistics 362||24||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||62||24 Template:Football player statistics 4262||135||17||11||45||22||324||168 Template:Football player statistics 449||20||colspan="2"|-||15||4||64||24 Template:Football player statistics 5373||179||17||11||60||26||450||216 |}

Honours

Club

Country

Runner-up: FIFA Confederations Cup, 1995

Individual

References

  1. ^ http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1338176,00.html
  2. ^ UEFA.com (Saturday, 31 August 2002). "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help).
  3. ^ "Crespo matches Maradona tally". Inter.it. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

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