Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles

Osvaldo Cesar Ardiles

Position

Centre Midfielder

Date of birth

03 August 1952

Place of birth

Bell Ville, 

Córdoba Province, 

Argentina

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)

Club Statistics 

Season	Club	M	G	R
1965-72	Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba	-	-	-
1973	Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba	14	3	17
1974	Club Atlético Belgrano (Córdoba)	16	2	18
1975	Club Atlético Huracán (Buenos Aires)	16	0	2
1976	Club Atlético Huracán (Buenos Aires)	41	7	2
1977	Club Atlético Huracán (Buenos Aires)	52	4	8
1978	Club Atlético Huracán (Buenos Aires)	-	-	15
1978-79	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	38	3	11
1979-80	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	40	3	14
1980-81	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	36	5	10
1981-82	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	26	2	4
1982-83	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	2	0	4
1982-83	Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Paris)	14	1	3
1983-84	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	9	0	8
1984-85	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	11	2	3
1985	St George F.C. (Sydney)	1	0	5
1985-86	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	23	1	10
1986-87	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	25	0	3
1987-88	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (London)	28	0	13
1987-88	Blackburn Rovers F.C. (Blackburn)	5	0	5(II)
1988-89	Queens Park Rangers F.C. (London)	8	0	9
1989	Fort Lauderdale Strikers (Florida)	5	1	1
1989-90	Swindon Town F.C. (Swindon)	2	0	4(II)

Transferred July 1978 from Huracan, Argentina

Spurs:     

1978-1979      Played   38     Scored   3    goals      (Division 1)

1979-1980      Played   40     Scored   3    goals      (Division 1)

1980-1981      Played   36     Scored   5    goals      (Division 1)

1981-1982      Played   26     Scored   2    goals      (Division 1)

1982-1983      Played   2      Scored   0    goals      (Division 1)

1983-1984      Played   9      Scored   0    goals      (Division 1)

1984-1985      Played   11     Scored   2    goals      (Division 1)

1985-1986      Played   23     Scored   1    goal       (Division 1)

1986-1987      Played   25     Scored   0    goals      (Division 1)

1987-1988      Played   28     Scored   0    goals      (Division 1)

Blackburn:   

1987-1988      Played   5      Scored   0    goals      (Division 2)    (on loan)

Transferred to Queens Park Rangers in August 1988

CLUBS

Club Atlético Huracán

CLUB CAREER DATES

1975-1978

LEAGUE DEBUT

Sunday, 21th September 1975 in a 0-1 loss to San Lorenzo de Almagro (Aged: 23)

CLUB CAREER

113 League apps, 11 goals

Tottenham Hotspur FC

CLUB CAREER DATES

1978-1988

LEAGUE DEBUT

Saturday, 19th August 1978 in a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest (Aged: 26)

FIRST GOAL

Saturday, 3rd March 1979 in a 2–0 win over Derby County

CLUB CAREER

221 League apps (+16 as sub), 16 goals

Blackburn Rovers FC

CLUB CAREER DATES

1988

LEAGUE DEBUT

Saturday, 26th March 1988 in a 3-0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle (Aged: 35)

CLUB CAREER

(During loan spell)

5 League apps

Queens Park Rangers FC

CLUB CAREER DATES

1988-1989

LEAGUE DEBUT

Saturday, 27th August 1988 in a 0-0 draw at Manchester United (Aged: 36)

CLUB CAREER

4 League apps (+4 as sub)

International Statistics

Argentina
Year	Apps	Goals
1975	8	4
1976	10	1
1977	11	0
1978	11	2
1979	2	0
1980	0	0
1981	2	0
1982	8	1
Total	52	8

International matches

Date	Match	Result	Competition
20 Jun 1975	Bolivia v Argentina	1-2	Copa Cornelio Saavedra
03 Aug 1975	Venezuela v Argentina	1-5	Copa America
06 Aug 1975	Brazil v Argentina	2-1	Copa America
10 Aug 1975	Argentina v Venezuela	11-0	Copa America
16 Aug 1975	Argentina v Brazil	0-1	Copa America
21 Aug 1975	Argentina v USA	6-0	Copa de Mexico
28 Aug 1975	Argentina v Costa Rica	2-0	Copa de Mexico
31 Aug 1975	Mexico v Argentina	1-1	Copa de Mexico
20 Mar 1976	USSR v Argentina	0-1	International Friendly
27 Mar 1976	Hungary v Argentina	2-0	International Friendly
08 Apr 1976	Argentina v Uruguay	4-1	Copa del Atlantico
28 Apr 1976	Argentina v Paraguay	2-2	Copa del Atlantico
09 Jun 1976	Uruguay v Argentina	0-3	Copa del Atlantico
13 Oct 1976	Argentina v Chile	2-0	International Friendly
28 Oct 1976	Peru v Argentina	1-3	International Friendly
10 Nov 1976	Argentina v Peru	1-0	International Friendly
28 Nov 1976	Argentina v USSR	0-0	International Friendly
27 Feb 1977	Argentina v Hungary	5-1	International Friendly
22 Mar 1977	Argentina v Iran	1-1 (4-1)	75th Anniversary Real
29 May 1977	Argentina v Poland	3-1	International Friendly
05 Jun 1977	Argentina v West Germany	1-3	International Friendly
12 Jun 1977	Argentina v England	1-1	International Friendly
18 Jun 1977	Argentina v Scotland	1-1	International Friendly
26 Jun 1977	Argentina v France	0-0	International Friendly
03 Jul 1977	Argentina v Yugoslavia	1-0	International Friendly
12 Jul 1977	Argentina v East Germany	2-0	International Friendly
24 Aug 1977	Argentina v Paraguay	2-1	Jose Felix Bogado
31 Aug 1977	Paraguay v Argentina	2-0 (1-3)	Jose Felix Bogado
19 Mar 1978	Argentina v Peru	2-1	Copa Ramon Castilla
23 Mar 1978	Peru v Argentina	1-3	Copa Ramon Castilla
29 Mar 1978	Argentina v Bulgaria	3-1	International Friendly
06 Apr 1978	Argentina v Romania	2-0	International Friendly
20 Apr 1978	Argentina v LEAGUE OF IRELAND	3-1	A v LEAGUE
03 May 1978	Argentina v Uruguay	3-0	International Friendly
02 Jun 1978	Argentina v Hungary	2-1	FIFA World Cup
06 Jun 1978	Argentina v France	2-1	FIFA World Cup
10 Jun 1978	Argentina v Italy	0-1	FIFA World Cup
14 Jun 1978	Argentina v Poland	2-0	FIFA World Cup
18 Jun 1978	Argentina v Brazil	0-0	FIFA World Cup
25 Jun 1978	Argentina v Netherlands	3-1	FIFA World Cup
22 May 1979	Argentina v Netherlands	0-0 (8-7)	WC ANNIVERSARY
25 Jun 1979	Argentina v Rest of the World	1-2	International Friendly
01 Jan 1981	Argentina v West Germany	2-1	GOLD CUP
04 Jan 1981	Argentina v Brazil	1-1	GOLD CUP
04 Apr 1982	Argentina v USSR	1-1	International Friendly
05 May 1982	Argentina v Bulgaria	2-1	International Friendly
12 May 1982	Argentina v Romania	1-0	International Friendly
13 Jun 1982	Argentina v Belgium	0-1	FIFA World Cup
18 Jun 1982	Argentina v Hungary	4-1	FIFA World Cup
23 Jun 1982	Argentina v El Salvador	2-0	FIFA World Cup
29 Jun 1982	Italy v Argentina	2-1	FIFA World Cup
02 Jul 1982	Brazil v Argentina	3-1	FIFA World Cup