Víctor Aristizábal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1994 | Atlético Nacional | 142 | (70) |
1994 | Valencia | 7 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Atlético Nacional | 38 | (17) |
1997–1998 | São Paulo | 25 | (9) |
1998–1999 | Santos | 11 | (2) |
1999–2000 | Atlético Nacional | 25 | (13) |
2000–2001 | Deportivo Cali | 28 | (14) |
2001–2002 | Vitória | 21 | (10) |
2002–2003 | Cruzeiro | 36 | (21) |
2003–2004 | Coritiba | 25 | (6) |
2004–2007 | Atlético Nacional | 85 | (49) |
Total | 443 | (211) | |
National team | |||
1993–2003 | Colombia | 66 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 February 1971 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian retired football striker. Aristizábal scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.
Club career[]
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He started his career in Atlético Nacional, and played there from 1990 to 1996 only interrupted by a short spell with Valencia CF in 1994. Winning the Colombian league twice with Nacional, he eventually moved to play in Brazil. He played for São Paulo and Santos before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002, he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória, Cruzeiro and Coritiba. Aristizábal is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Brazilian league. He is also the all-time Colombian goalscorer with 348 goals, of which about 200 goals were scored with Atlético Nacional, club which he is also the top goalscorer. He is the only player that has won 6 championship with Atlético Nacional. He announced his retirement from football on November 2007 after suffering an awkward knee injury.[1]
International career[]
Between 1993 and 2003, Aristizábal played 66 international matches and scored 15 goals for the Colombia national team. He was an unused substitute for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but played all three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Aristizábal finished as top scorer with six goals in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, as Los Cafeteros won the title for the first time. He was also a member of the nation's squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in fourth place.
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Aristizábal announced he was retiring from international soccer after being dropped for a match against Brazil.
International goals[]
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.[2]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 30 May 1993 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile | ![]() |
Friendly | ||
2. | 16 July 1993 | Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador | ![]() |
1993 Copa América | ||
3. | 9 February 1994 | Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | ![]() |
Friendly | ||
4. | 26 February 1994 | Weingart Stadium, Monterey Park, United States | ![]() |
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5. | 2 June 1996 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Perú | ![]() |
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
6. | 16 June 1997 | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia | ![]() |
1997 Copa América | ||
7. | 11 July 2001 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() |
2001 Copa América | ||
8. | 14 July 2001 | ![]() |
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9. | 17 July 2001 | ![]() |
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10. | 23 July 2001 | Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia | ![]() |
3–0 | ||
11. | ||||||
12. | 26 July 2001 | Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia | ![]() |
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13. | 14 November 2001 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | ![]() |
4–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
14. | ||||||
15. |
Club statistics[]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 23 | |||
Spain | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
1993–94 | Valencia | La Liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | |
12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 9 | |||
Brazil | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
1996 | São Paulo | Série A | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+ | 2 | 15 | 7 |
1997 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+ | 4 | 17 | 8 | ||
1998 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
1999 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
2000 | Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 14 |
2001 | Deportivo Cali | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | |
Brazil | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
2002 | Vitória | Série A | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 |
2003 | Cruzeiro | 36 | 21 | 2+ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 26 | |
2004 | Coritiba | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 8 | |
Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
2005 | Atlético Nacional | Categoría Primera A | 31 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 27 |
2006 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 21 | ||
2007 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | ||
Total | Brazil | 118 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 132 | 61 | |
Colombia | 209 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 258 | 128 | ||
Spain | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Career total | 334 | 161 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 397 | 189 |
Source:[3]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Atlético Nacional
- Fútbol Profesional Colombiano: 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005-I, 2007-I, 2007-II
- Copa Interamericana: 1990, 1995
- Copa Merconorte: 2000
- Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2003
- Copa do Brasil: 2003
- Campeonato Mineiro:
- Coritiba
- Campeonato Paranaense:
International[]
- Colombia
- Copa América: 2001
Individual[]
- Copa América 2001: top scorer
- Colombian League Top Scorer: 2005-I
References[]
- ^ Víctor Aristizábal se retira por lesión Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 December 2007
- ^ "Víctor Aristizábal International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 8 August 2014
- ^ "Victor Aristizábal".
External links[]
- Víctor Aristizábal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Víctor Aristizábal listed in the top 10
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Olympic footballers of Colombia
- Colombia international footballers
- Colombian people of Basque descent
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Santos FC players
- São Paulo FC players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- La Liga players
- Valencia CF players
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Copa América-winning players
- Footballers from Medellín
- Association football forwards