Fabián Basualdo

Fabián Basualdo

Personal information
Full name	Fabián Armando Basualdo
Date of birth	(1964-02-26) 26 February 1964
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Position(s)	Right Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Newell's Old Boys	300 (total)	(4)
1988–1993	River Plate	160	(1)
1993–1996	Newell's Old Boys	(see above)
1997–1998	Godoy Cruz
1998–1999	Almirante Brown
1999–2000	Platense
International career
1983	Argentina U20	6	(0)
1991–1993	Argentina	29	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing Argentina Copa América Winner 1991 Chile Winner 1993 Ecuador FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 2007

Fabián Basualdo (born 26 February 1964 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine football defender who played for a number of clubs in Argentina and the Argentina national football team.

Basualdo started his career with Newell's Old Boys in 1982 and remains 5th on the all-time appearances list for the club with 300 appearances. He also helped the team to win the 1987–88 league title.

After the successful league campaign of 1987–88 he was signed by Argentine giants River Plate where he won a further 3 league titles.

In 1991 Basualdo was part of the triumphant Argentina squad that won the Copa América.

In 1993 Basualdo rejoined Newell's where he played until 1996. He then moved down a division where he played for Godoy Cruz, Almirante Brown and Club Atlético Platense before he retired in 2000.

Honours

Club

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera Division Argentina: 1987–88

River Plate

• Primera Division Argentina: 1989–90, Apertura 1991, Apertura 1993

International

Argentina

• Copa América: 1991, 1993
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1992

External links

• Fabián Basualdo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Official Twitter