José María Basanta
 Basanta playing for Monterrey in 2012 | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | José María Basanta[1] | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tres Sargentos, Argentina | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Estudiantes | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Olimpo | 32 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Estudiantes | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Monterrey | 208 | (7) | ||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Fiorentina | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Monterrey (loan) | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Monterrey | 87 | (3) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Argentina | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:03, 24 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2014 | |||||||||||||
José María Basanta (born 3 April 1984) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender. Basanta holds Mexican citizenship.[3]
He began his career with Estudiantes in Argentina, after a breakout performance at the 2008 Copa Libertadores he was transferred to Monterrey, where he was an important part in the team's Liga MX and CONCACAF Champions League successes under coach Victor Manuel Vucetich and after the departure of Luis Perez in 2012 he became club captain, he was transferred to italian club ACF Fiorentina following the 2014 FIFA World Cup where he represented Argentina as the team finished runners-up to Germany.
After an underwhelming spell in Italy he returned to Monterrey in the summer of 2015 and was once again named club captain under coach Antonio Mohamed, and later Diego Alonso
Career[]
Basanta started his career with Estudiantes in 2003 before joining Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine 2nd Division in 2006. Basanta helped Olimpo to win both the Apertura and Clausura to secure automatic promotion to the Primera Division.
He rejoined Estudiantes in 2007 and stayed a year with them.
In June 2008, he was sold to Monterrey, by a request of the team's manager, Ricardo La Volpe.[4] Since then, Basanta has been a regular in the first team, winning the 2009 Apertura championship and the 2010 Apertura championship.
On 31 August 2015, it was announced that Basanta would be returning to Rayados de Monterrey in a season-long loan deal.[5]
On 5 September 2020, Basanta announced on his official Instagram that he will be retiring from professional football.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Olimpo
- Primera B Nacional (2): Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007
- Monterrey
- Liga MX (3): Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2019
- Copa MX (1): Apertura 2017
- InterLiga (1): 2010
- CONCACAF Champions League (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019
International[]
- Argentina
- FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 2014
Individual[]
- Best Center back of the tournament: Apertura 2010
- Best Center back of the tournament: Clausura 2012
References[]
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 June 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "José María Basanta recibió su carta de naturalización".
- ^ "Contrata CF Monterrey a defensa argentino Basanta" Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine – MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- ^ "Comunicado a nuestra Afición y Medios de Comunicación - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey".
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to José María Basanta. |
- José María Basanta – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Guardian statistics
- Football lineups player profile
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- Living people
- 1984 births
- People from Buenos Aires Province
- Association football defenders
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Olimpo footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Serie A players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Argentina international footballers
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players