Christian Bassedas
Argentine football manager (born 1973)
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| Full name | Christian Gustavo Bassedas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1973-02-16) 16 February 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Sweeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UAI Urquiza (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | 267 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Newcastle United | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Tenerife (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 305 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Argentina Olympic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Argentina | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Boca Unidos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Olimpo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | UAI Urquiza | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christian Gustavo Bassedas (born 16 February 1973) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Bassedas made 267 appearances for Vélez Sársfield, giving him the eleventh most appearances in club history.[citation needed] He is currently the head coach of UAI Urquiza.
Career
Club
Bassedas is a product of Vélez Sársfield youth divisions, club where he debuted professionally on 3 March 1991. He played as a sweeper (libero), and was an important part of Vélez most successful years during the 1990s. He won four national championships with the club, and five international (including the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, where he was a starter in the 2–0 victory over A.C. Milan).
In 2000, he joined English FA Premier League club Newcastle United for £3,500,000. He played for them in the period 2000–2003, though on loan to Tenerife briefly during the 2001–02 season. He scored once in the league for Newcastle in a 3–1 defeat at Chelsea in January 2001.[1]
In 2003, he joined Argentine Newell's Old Boys, but after two months of pre-season training he decided to retire from football at the age of 30.[2]
He later worked for Fox Sports en Latinoamérica as a commentator on FA Premier League matches.[3]
International
Bassedas played for the Argentina national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, but was not part of the squad for the World Cup. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Americans, where he captained the team.
Management
At the end of 2008, Bassedas was appointed as sports consultant of Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera División. His first order of business was to recommend Ricardo Gareca to fill the coaching spot.[4] He was also essential in the negotiations to bring Maximiliano Moralez, Sebastián Domínguez and Joaquín Larrivey to the club. In his first season with the club, Vélez won the Clausura 09.[citation needed]
In November 2015, he was appointed as manager of Vélez Sársfield. He resigned in September 2016, after a 0–3 loss against Racing Club, citing the violent reaction Vélez supporters as his reason for leaving.[5]
He was appointed as the head coach of Club Olimpo on 20 December 2017.[6]
On 6 October 2018, Bassedas was appointed as the head coach of UAI Urquiza.[7]
Honours
Player
Club
Vélez Sársfield
- Primera División Argentina (4): Clausura 93, Apertura 95, Clausura 96, Clausura 98
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1994
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1994
- Copa Interamericana (1): 1994
- Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1996
- Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1997
International
Argentina national team
General manager
Vélez Sársfield
References
- ^ "No capital return for Newcastle". BBC. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ "Perdí el amor por el fútbol" (in Spanish). Página/12. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ Daily Hairdryer
- ^ "Bassedas: "Gareca siempre fue mi candidato"" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ "Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas démissionne de son poste d'entraîneur à cause des violences des supporters" [Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas resigned as coach because of violence supporters]. L'ÉQUIPE (in Spanish). Reuters. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Bassedas fue presentado en Olimpo‚ tycsports.com, 21 December 2017
- ^ Bienvenido Christian, uaiurquiza.com, 6 October 2018
External links
- Christian Bassedas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 December 2014) (in Spanish)
- Cristian Gustavo Bassedas at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (in Spanish)
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Argentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup runners-up
Argentina men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists | ||
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