Ricardo Giusti

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Ricardo Giusti
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Omar Giusti
Date of birth (1956-12-11) December 11, 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Arroyo Seco, Argentina
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Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Newell's Old Boys 108 (10)
1979–1980 Argentinos Juniors 32 (2)
1980–1991 Independiente 295 (34)
1991–1992 Unión de Santa Fe 31 (3)
Total 466 (49)
International career
1983–1990 Argentina 53 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Omar Giusti (born 11 December 1956 in Arroyo Seco) is a former Argentine footballer. A solid midfield player, he played most of his career at Independiente.

Career

He won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 1986, where he played in every game for the eventual champions. He also played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup where, after missing the first two group matches, he went on to figure in every game up till the semi-finals where Argentina knocked out Italy. Giusti was sent off in that match after a second bookable offence where he elbowed Italian forward Roberto Baggio.

Giusti is currently 22nd in the appearance records for Argentina with 53 caps. Giusti played a part in 5 major tournaments for Argentina.

During his career Giusti also played for Unión de Santa Fe, Argentinos Juniors and Newell's Old Boys, but he had most of his success with Independiente where he captained the team in their most successful era. He was named as the club's best midfielder during Independiente's 90th anniversary.

He won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was also a runner-up in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. With 53 caps Giusti is currently 22nd in the appearance records for Argentina. he played a part in 5 major tournaments.

During his career Giusti also played for Unión de Santa Fe, Argentinos Juniors and Newell's Old Boys, but he had most of his success with Independiente where he was part of the teams that won the Primera Division Argentina titles in Metropolitano 1983 and in the 1988-1989 season.

Career statistics

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International

Argentina national team
Year Apps Goals
1983 3 0
1984 11 0
1985 8 0
1986 10 0
1987 5 0
1988 6 0
1989 3 0
1990 7 0
Total 53 0

Honours

Independiente
Argentina

References

  1. Ricardo Giusti at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

External links

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