Esteban Fuertes
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Esteban Óscar Fuertes | ||
Date of birth | 26 December 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
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 | Lens | 26 | (7) |
2001–2002 | Tenerife | 26 | (5) |
2002–2003 | River Plate | 34 | (12) |
2003–2006 | Colón | 81 | (35) |
2007 | Universidad Católica | 35 | (19) |
2008–2012 | Colón | 122 | (63) |
2013 | Sport Boys | 11 | (3) |
Total | 577 | (250) | |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:03, 16 October 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC) |
Esteban Óscar Fuertes (born 26 December 1972) is an Argentine former footballer.
Club career
In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by
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]
Fuertes retired from professional football on 25 June 2012 in a match against
Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.[5] He officially retired on 6 December 2013 after eleven appearances and three goals scored for the club.[6]
International career
On 20 May 2009, Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against
Primera División Argentina
won the game 3–1.
References
- ^ Andrews, Phil (28 August 1999). "Fuertes arrives with perfect timing". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ "Sport: Football Everton slain by Oxford". BBC. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ News of the World 8 December 2002 The bung busters demanded to see every letter, fax and document involving Derby's foreign transfers
- Diario Olé(in Spanish)
- ^ El Bichi Fuertes retorna al fútbol en el recién ascendido Sport Boys at bolivia.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Se acaba la era 'Bichi' Fuertes en Sport Boys at elsol.com.bo (in Spanish)
- ^ El "Bichi" Fuertes se convirtió en el jugador "más viejo" en debutar en la Selección Archived 16 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at El Argento (in Spanish)
External links
- Statistics at Irish Times at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 July 2011)
- Esteban Fuertes at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Esteban Fuertes – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 April 2009)
- Esteban Fuertes at Soccerway
- Esteban Fuertes at Soccerbase