Hernán Crespo

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Hernán Crespo
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Hernán Crespo (2018)
Personnel
Surname Hernán Jorge Crespo
birthday 5th July 1975
place of birth Florida ,  Argentina
size 184 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1991-1993 River Plate
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1996 River Plate 62 (24)
1996-2000 AC Parma 116 (62)
2000-2002 Lazio Rome 54 (39)
2002-2003 Inter Milan 18 0(7)
2003-2006 Chelsea FC 49 (20)
2004-2005 →  AC Milan  (loan) 28 (11)
2006-2009 Inter Milan 63 (21)
2009 CFC genoa 16 0(5)
2010–2012 Parma FC 46 (10)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1995-2007 Argentina 64 (35)
1 Only league games are given.

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born July 5, 1975 in Florida , Argentina ) is a former Italian- Argentinian football player . The Argentine fans call Crespo "Valdanito" after the former Argentine striker Jorge Valdano .

In 2004 he was selected by Pele in the list of top 125 world footballer added. Crespo was a fast, technically skilled, assertive penalty area striker.

Career

In the club

1993–1996: Beginnings in Argentina

Hernán Crespo began his footballing career with the Argentine club River Plate , for whom he scored 13 goals in 25 appearances in his first season in 1993/94 and was the top scorer of the Torneo Apertura . With River he won the Apertura championship twice (1993 and 1994) and once (1996) the most important South American club competition - the Copa Libertadores . In the first leg of the final in Buenos Aires , he scored two goals. Next to him were u. a. the later stars Ariel Ortega and Juan Pablo Sorín to the team.

1996–2003: move to Italy

In the summer of 1996 he moved to Italy and signed a contract with AC Parma . In his very first season, the Italian championship was just missed. Two years later, the best time for Crespo in the yellow-blue dress followed. First the Italian Cup was won and then in the final of the UEFA Cup Olympique Marseille 3-0 defeated, he scored the first goal of the game. With Gianluigi Buffon , Fabio Cannavaro , Juan Sebastián Verón and Lilian Thuram , Crespo formed the basis for the success of the ACP. Also in the same year they won the Italian Supercup . The final breakthrough came in his fourth year at AC Parma, when he established himself as one of the most sought-after strikers in Serie A with 21 league goals in 34 league games.

In 2000, Crespo moved from AC Parma to Lazio for the then record transfer fee of the equivalent of 55 million euros . This was the eighth most expensive transfer in football history until 2011 after the transfers of Cristiano Ronaldo , Zlatan Ibrahimović , Zinédine Zidane , Kaká , Luis Figo , Fernando Torres and Hulk . He finished his first season in Rome as the top scorer in Serie A with 26 goals. In 2002/03, massive debts forced the club to sell key players, including Crespo.

In September 2002 he signed a contract with the traditional Italian club Inter Milan , which bought him as a replacement for Ronaldo for the impressive sum of € 36,000,000. His involvement with Inter Milan was marked by a strong start with eight goals in nine CL games and a severe thigh injury that put him out of action for three months in early 2003. He ended the season with seven league goals in 18 league games.

2003–2006: Between Milan and London

On August 26, 2003, Crespo signed a contract with the English club FC Chelsea for a transfer fee of € 26,000,000. However, he could never get used to life in England and after a relatively weak season with 31 appearances and 12 hits, he was first put on the bench by new coach José Mourinho in 2004 and later loaned back to Italy to AC Milan . There he found his top form again under coach Carlo Ancelotti and scored 10 goals for the rest of the season. He scored two goals in the 2004/05 Champions League final against Liverpool FC , but AC Milan lost the final on penalties .

Then his ex-club Chelsea became aware of him again and they brought him back to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won 2-1 on his first appearance against Arsenal and scored his first goal on his return in the league game against Wigan Athletic . He also cut a fine figure in the group stage of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League , scoring one goal each against Betis Sevilla and RSC Anderlecht .

Before the 2006/07 season, Crespo moved back to Italy for Inter Milan for personal reasons - he is married to an Italian. He agreed on a two-year contract with the club. The Londoners, however, reserved the option to bring Crespo back to Stamford Bridge after a season.

2006–2009: move to Inter and Genoa

Crespo in the 2007/08 Inter Milan jersey

In his first year at Inter, Crespo fought for a regular place through good performances and formed with his strike partner Zlatan Ibrahimović one of the strongest striker duos in Serie A (29 goals in total). At the end of the season he was able to celebrate winning the championship with the club. In addition, he was one of the top scorers of the Coppa Italia with a total of four goals , three of the goals he scored in the final against AS Roma , which was lost. At the end of May 2007, London decided against a return of the Argentine and gave him completely to Inter.

In the 2007/08 season , Crespo had under Roberto Mancini no more regular place, as this preferred the other two strikers Julio Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimović, even the young Mario Balotelli was preferred to him. Hernán often only came off the bench as a substitute and scored four goals in 19 games during the season. At the end of the season, Crespo defended the Italian championship title with Inter. In the summer of 2008, Crespo's expiring contract with Chelsea was no longer extended; he was no longer a Chelsea player.

The 2008/09 season did not go well for Crespo. After some disagreements with José Mourinho , he made only 17 appearances for Inter , including 14 each for Serie A and three in Coppa Italia. He was not nominated for the Champions League by the coach for the first time. He was then linked with a move to Real Madrid . The Madrilenians needed a representative for the injured Ruud van Nistelrooy . They offered Crespo a six-month contract, but Crespo wanted a long-term contract until 2010. For this reason, the negotiations failed.

In the summer break of 2009, Crespo moved to league rival CFC Genoa on a free transfer . The Argentine received a contract with the Genoese that ran until June 30, 2011. He made his debut for Genoa on August 23, 2009 against AS Roma on the starting line-up. In his second competitive game for Genoa at SSC Napoli , he scored a goal to win 4-1.

2010: return to Parma

After half a year in Genoa, Crespo moved to FC Parma ( AC Parma until 2004 ) during the winter break of the 2009/10 season . The change came about through a deal with the clubs CFC Genoa , FC Parma and Atalanta Bergamo . Hernán Crespo moved to Parma to replace Nicola Amoruso , who went to Bergamo. In return, Robert Acquafresca moved from Bergamo to Genoa to replace Crespo. At Parma he received a contract until the end of the season with the option of another year. After an extension for another year, the club and Crespo terminated the contract at the end of the transfer window in winter 2012. Crespo declared his career in Europe over. He moved to the Barasat Euro Musketeers of the Bengali Premier League in India on February 2, 2012 . At the end of February 2012, however, it was announced that the league would be postponed (it was canceled in January 2013). At the end of the 2012 season, Crespo finally ended his career.

In the national team

1995–1998: Silver in Atlanta

His first appearance for the Argentine national team was Crespo in February 1995 in a friendly against Bulgaria (2-1). However, his next assignment was a long time coming and only took place 16 months later. He scored his first goal two years after his debut. However, he had more success with the Olympic team of Argentina at the 1996 Olympic Games and won the silver medal, with six goals in six games next to Bebeto top scorer of the tournament.

Most of the time, Crespo had a difficult time in the national team, as Daniel Passarella as well as Marcelo Bielsa , Gabriel Batistuta were repeatedly preferred to him. For the 1998 World Cup in France he only traveled as a substitute player and came only once, in the round of 16 against England , as a substitute.

1998–2006: regular player and goal getter

In the qualifying games for the 2002 World Cup , Crespo was the most accurate player in the South American zone with nine goals. At the tournament itself, Hernán Crespo faced the same problems as in 1998. Due to the similar style of play, a duo with Batistuta and Crespo was out of the question for Bielsa , as the two strikers were simply too similar and would hardly match. Therefore, one of the two top stars had to sit on the bench as a consequence. Although the past season was very unfortunate for Batistuta, and his participation in the World Cup was in jeopardy after protracted knee problems, Crespo was again only in the second row. The national coach preferred to rely on the half-fit Batistuta at the tournament. Finally, the Albiceleste could not meet the high expectations and failed in the preliminary round. Nevertheless, Hernán was used in all three games and scored a goal against Sweden .

He was also very accurate in the qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup . His two goals in the 3-1 win against Brazil in June 2005 not only meant Argentina qualify early, but since then, with 19 goals in 33 games, Crespo has also scored the most goals for Argentina in World Cup qualifiers.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he and his team failed in the quarter-finals against hosts Germany with 3-5 on penalties . Crespo was used four times and scored three goals, winning the Silver Shoe. Because of his excellent performance, Hernán was elected to the World Cup All-Star Team .

2007: Copa America in Venezuela

On June 21, 2007 Hernán Crespo was nominated by the Argentine national coach Alfio Basile for the Copa América 2007 in Venezuela. This was his first participation in this tournament in his twelve-year national team career.

On June 28, 2007, he scored two goals in the first group game in a 4-1 win over the USA . In the second group game he also scored a goal with a penalty kick. This was his 35th goal for the national team, and since then he has been the top scorer in his country, ahead of Diego Maradona (34 goals) and behind Gabriel Batistuta (55 goals). However, his goal was a Pyrrhic success: The center forward pulled a muscle strain in his thigh when converting the penalty kick. Crespo had immediately by Diego Milito will be replaced and was quoted as saying "It probably needs a medical miracle, so I can play in this tournament again." Quoted. After all, playmaker Juan Román Riquelme was still able to shoot Argentina to victory. For the final, which was lost 3-0 to Brazil, Crespo was ready to play again, but Alfio Basile did not use him in the current game.

Career as a coach

After Crespo worked as a youth coach at FC Parma in 2014 , he became a coach at the Italian Serie B club FC Modena in July 2015 . In March 2016, Crespo had to leave the club, which was threatened with relegation. In December 2018 he became a coach at the Argentine first division club CA Banfield .

Achievements / titles

As a national player

With his clubs

Individual successes / honors

  • Admission to FIFA 100
  • Inclusion in the All Star List of the 2006 World Cup
  • Top scorer of the Argentine Primera División ( Torneo Apertura ) 1993/94 (11 goals in 19 games)
  • 1996 Summer Olympics top scorer
  • Top scorer in the 2001/02 Italian Serie A (26 goals in 32 games)
  • Top scorer of the Coppa Italia 1998/99 (6 goals) , 2006/07 (4 goals)
  • Second best goalscorer at the 2006 World Cup ("Silver Shoe")
  • Record scorer in the World Cup qualifiers for Argentina in the South America Zone (19 goals in 33 games)

Season statistics

society league season league Nat. Cup Int. Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
CA River Plate Primera División 1993/94 25th 13 - - - - - - 25th 13
1994/95 18th 5 - - 4th 2 - - 22nd 7th
1995/96 19th 6th - - 13 10 - - 32 17th
total 62 24 - - 17th 12 - - 79 36
AC Parma Series A 1996/97 27 12 1 0 - - - - 28 12
1997/98 25th 12 2 0 8th 2 - - 35 14th
1998/99 30th 16 7th 6th 8th 6th - - 45 28
1999/00 34 22nd 2 0 5 3 1 1 42 26th
total 116 62 12 6th 21st 11 1 1 150 80
Lazio Rome Series A 2000/01 32 26th 1 0 6th 2 1 0 40 28
2001/02 22nd 13 4th 4th 7th 3 - - 33 20th
total 54 39 5 4th 13 5 1 0 73 48
Inter Milan Series A 2002/03 18th 7th - - 12 9 - - 30th 16
total 18th 7th - - 12 9 - - 30th 16
Chelsea FC Premier League 2003/04 19th 10 - - 10 2 2 0 31 12
total 19th 10 - - 10 2 2 0 31 12
AC Milan Series A 2004/05 28 11 1 1 10 6th 1 0 40 18th
total 28 11 1 1 10 6th 1 0 40 18th
Chelsea FC Premier League 2005/06 30th 10 5 1 5 2 2 0 42 13
total 30th 10 5 1 5 2 2 0 42 13
Inter Milan Series A 2006/07 30th 14th 5 4th 6th 1 1 1 42 20th
2007/08 19th 4th 5 2 5 1 - - 29 7th
2008/09 14th 2 3 0 - - - - 17th 2
total 63 20th 13 6th 11 2 1 1 88 29
CFC genoa Series A 2009/10 16 5 1 0 4th 2 - - 21st 7th
total 16 5 1 0 4th 2 - - 21st 7th
AC Parma Series A 2009/10 13 1 - - - - - - 13 1
2010/11 29 9 2 2 - - - - 31 11
2011/12 4th 0 2 2 - - - - 6th 2
total 46 10 4th 4th - - - - 50 14th
Career total 452 198 43 22nd 103 51 4th 2 605 273

Source:

Personal

Crespo is married to the former Italian model Alessia Rossi and has three daughters with her.

Web links

Commons : Hernán Crespo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Crespo switches to Inter" article on www.kicker.de from August 7, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Crespo stays with Inter" article on www.kicker.de from May 30, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Crespo no longer a Chelsea professional" Article on www.goal.com from July 3, 2008.
  4. ↑ “Hernán Crespo se aleja del Real Madrid” article on www.sport.es of November 20, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Argentinian Crespo moves to Genoa" Article on fussball24.de from June 8, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Crespo returns to Parma" Article on www.kicker.de from January 30, 2010.
  7. ^ Nadia Carminati: Crespo makes Parma exit. Argentinian striker calls time on European adventure. In: skySports.com. BSkyB , February 2, 2012, accessed February 21, 2012 .
  8. ↑ " End of tournaments for Crespo" article on www.kicker.de from July 4, 2007.
  9. ↑ Sport1.de: Hernan Crespo trains the Italian second division club FC Modena. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ infobae: Revés para Hernán Crespo: la dirigencia de Modena lo echó tras dejar al equipo al borde del descenso. Retrieved July 14, 2019 (European Spanish).
  11. ↑ Hernán Crespo llegó a Banfield y aclaró por qué nunca volvió a jugar en River - TN.com.ar. December 19, 2018, Retrieved July 14, 2019 (Spanish).
  12. ↑ Hernán Crespo. In: footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
predecessor Office successor
Andrij Shevchenko Top scorer of the Serie A
season 2000/01 		David Trezeguet
Andrzej Juskowiak 1996 Summer Olympics top scorer
 		Ivan Zamorano
Sergo Martínez Top scorer of the Primera División (Argentina)
season 1993/94 		Enzo Francescoli
personal data
SURNAME Crespo, Hernan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crespo, Hernán Jorge (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Florida , Argentina