Víctor Aristizábal
| Víctor Aristizábal | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Víctor Hugo Aristizábal | |
| birthday | December 9, 1971 | |
| place of birth | Medellin , Colombia | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1990-1996 | Atlético Nacional | ?? (84) |
| 1994 | → Valencia CF (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 1997-1998 | Sao Paulo FC | 25 (9) |
| 1998-1999 | FC Santos | 11 (2) |
| 2000-2001 | Deportivo Cali | 28 (14) |
| 2002 | EC Vitória | 21 (10) |
| 2003 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | 36 (21) |
| 2004 | Coritiba FC | 25 (6) |
| 2005-2007 | Atlético Nacional | 85 (49) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1992 | Colombia (Olympic team) | 3 (0) |
| 1993-2003 | Colombia | 66 (15) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Víctor Aristizábal (born December 9, 1971 in Medellín ) is a former Colombian football player . The striker was most recently under contract with Atlético Nacional in the top Colombian division Copa Mustang . However, due to a knee injury that he sustained in November 2007, he announced his retirement from professional football.
Career
society
Aristizábal's professional career began in 1990 at Atlético Nacional in Colombia. He moved abroad for the first time in four years and was loaned to the traditional Spanish club Valencia CF in 1994 for a six-month guest appearance . There he could not assert himself and soon returned to the Copa Mustang . He stayed 2 more seasons with Atlético Nacional, with whom he won the championship twice.
He then moved to Brazil to São Paulo FC for two years . In 1998 he signed a contract with league rivals FC Santos . After he was not happy there, he moved back to his home country in 1999 and hired at Deportivo Cali , but couldn't convince there either and decided to move to Brazil for the second time.
His new employer in 2002 was the EC Vitória . But he remained loyal to this club for only one year and in the next two years he moved twice within the Brazilian league: 2003 to Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte and 2004 to Coritiba FC .
After 3 years in Brazil, Aristizábal moved to Colombia again; he signed with his home club, Atlético Nacional, and was able to win the Copa Mustang for the third time .
After knee problems, he finally ended his active career in November 2007. He gave his farewell game on July 12 of the same year. (see below)
In his final year for Nacional, he won his fourth league title with the Greens .
National team
In 1992, Aristizábel played with an Olympic selection at the 1992 Summer Games . The striker failed to win with his team, so they were eliminated after the preliminary round. Between 1993 and 2006 Aristizábel was a key player in the Colombian national soccer team . During this time he completed 66 international matches and scored 15 goals. He played his first tournament with Colombia in 1993 when he was nominated for the 1993 Copa America . There they reached third place in the tournament. A year later, the striker was in the Colombian squad for the 1994 World Cup in the USA, but only sat on the bench and traveled as a spectator. At the 1998 World Cup in France he played his way into the starting line-up and was used in all of his team's games, but none for the full playing time. The striker was already in the team of coach Hernán Darío Gómez at the 1997 Copa America last year .
At the Copa América 2001 in his home country, he was able to celebrate his first international title win with the Colombian selection. He was also the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals. Aristizábal were substituted on five times in his team's six games and only appeared once over the full ninety minutes. In the 1-0 final win against Mexico , the attacker had to be replaced by Jairo Castillo on the 32nd minute . As a Copa winner, you traveled to the Confederations Cup in 2003 . There Colombia moved into the third place match, which it against Turkey with 1: 2 lost. Aristizábal never missed a minute of the tournament but couldn't score a goal for his team.
When there was a dispute between Aristizábel and his national coach Francisco Maturana during qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he announced his resignation from the national team. The reason for this was that Maturana let the striker sit on the bench against the Brazilian national soccer team .
farewell
On July 12, 2008, the top Colombian striker gave a farewell game for his fans. More than 45,000 spectators came to the match between the national team and Atlético Nacional , in which Aristizábal scored another two goals. The game was played at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot , in Medellín . Carlos Valderrama , Enzo Francescoli , Álex Aguinaga , Iván Hurtado , René Higuita , Juan Pablo Angel , Faryd Mondragón , Jorge Bermudez , Leonel Álvarez , Freddy Grisales , Sergio Galván Rey , Mario Yepes , John Jairo Tréllez , Mauricio Serna , Gerardo Bedoya and many other famous active and former footballers came to this event. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.
successes
society
- Copa Mustang winner (Colombian championship) with Atlético Nacional : 1991, 1994, 2005, 2007
- Copa Interamericana with Atlético Nacional : 1990, 1995
- Campeonato Mineiro with Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte : 2003
- Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup) with Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte : 2003
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol : 2003
National team
- 3rd place at the Copa America with Colombia : 1993
- Copa América winner with Colombia : 2001
Individually
- Colombian League Top Scorer: 2005
- Copa America top scorer : 2001
Others
- Aristizábal was named the best football player without a ball in the world by his former coach Francisco Maturana .
- In 2010, at René Higuita's farewell game , Aristizábal was appointed to his squad. Alongside him were actors such as Carlos Valderrama , Faustino Asprilla , Leonel Alvarez , Óscar Córdoba and Mauricio Serna .
- With a total of 15 goals for the Colombian national team, Aristizábal is currently fourth in the list of the best shooters in the country's selection. Only Arnoldo Iguarán (25 goals), Faustino Asprilla (20 goals) and Freddy Rincón (17 goals) are better. In the list of players with the most appearances for Colombia, the attacker is not in the top ten.
Web links
- Víctor Aristizábal in the database of atlnacional.com.co
- Víctor Aristizábal in the database of footballdata.de
- Víctor Aristizábal in the database of weltfussball.de
- Víctor Aristizábal in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Víctor Aristizábal se retira por lesión ( Memento of May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - Spanish article on the end of a career on adnmundo.com
- ↑ Víctor Aristizábal in the database of FIFA (English)
- ↑ Copa America 1993 (Ecuador, June 15-July 4) - Full details on rsssf.com
- ^ Colombia: Appearances World Cup 1994 on weltfussball.de
- ^ Colombia: Appearances World Cup 1998 on weltfussball.de
- ^ Colombia: Copa America squad 1997 in Bolivia on weltfussball.de
- ↑ Colombia: Copa America 2001 squad in Colombia on weltfussball.de
- ^ Copa America 2001 in Colombia: list of goalscorers on weltfussball.de
- ^ Colombia: Copa America 2001 appearances on weltfussball.de
- ^ Copa America 2001 in Colombia: Final on weltfussball.de
- ^ Colombia: Squad Confederations Cup 2003 in France on weltfussball.de
- ^ Colombia: Confederations Cup 2003 stakes on weltfussball.de
- ↑ 10 Heroes of the Copa America on midflieddynamo.com (English)
- ↑ Víctor Hugo Aristizábal se despidió del futbol en Colombia on mediotiempo.com (Spanish)
- ↑ Adios El Loco (or: Goodbye Rene Higuita) ( Memento from January 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from January 25, 2010 on theoffside.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aristizábal, Víctor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Medellin , Colombia |