Ricardo Altamirano
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| Full name | Ricardo Daniel Altamirano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Laguna Paiva, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1986 | Unión de Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Unión de Santa Fe | 63 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | Independiente | 102 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | River Plate | 123 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Unión de Santa Fe | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991–1995 | Argentina | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (born 12 December 1965) is a former Argentina international footballer who played as a defender.
Altamirano signed as a youth player in 1982 at Unión de Santa Fe, he made his breakthrough into the first team in 1986, but left the club shortly after their relegation from the Argentine Primera in 1988.
Altamirano joined Club Atlético Independiente in 1988, he was part of the squad that won the 1988–89 championship.
Altamirano received his first call-up to the Argentina national team in 1991. He played in three Copa Américas, he was part of the winning squad in 1991 and 1993 and part of the team that were eliminated in the Quarter finals by Brazil in 1995. Altamirano also represented Argentina in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992 won by Argentina.
In 1992 Altamirano joined River Plate where he went on to another six major titles, 4 league titles, the Copa Libertadores 1996 and the Supercopa Sudamericana 1997.
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Altamirano goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 16 October 1992 | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Ivory Coast
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3–0 | 4–0 | 1992 King Fahd Cup | [1] |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Primera División Argentina: 1988–89
- Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1993, Apertura 1994, Clausura 1997
- Copa Libertadores: 1996
- Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1996
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997
International
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Argentina vs. Ivory Coast". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Interview with El Litoral
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from La Capital Department, Santa Fe
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1992 King Fahd Cup players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- Copa América–winning players
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- FIFA Confederations Cup–winning players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Footballers from Santa Fe Province
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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