HERNáN CRESPO BIOGRAPHY

Name: Hernán Crespo
Nickname: Valdanito,El Polaco
Born: 5 July 1975
Birth Place :Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stature: 184 cm
Weight: 81 kg
Nationality: Argentina
Spouse: Alessia Andra Rossi

Club career

In 1993–94 season Crespo made his debut with River Plate.In 1996, he helped River win the Copa Libertadores.14 August 1996 he joined Parma. Parma won the 1998–99 Coppa Italia and Crespo scored the opening goal for Parma's 3–0 UEFA Cup final victory over Marseille. He had scored 80 goals in four seasons. In 2000 he joined Lazio with a world record of £35-million transfer then.

On 31 August 2002, Crespo joined Inter Milan.Crespo was transferred to Premier League club Chelsea on 26 August 2003 for a fee of reported £16.8 million. On 2004–05 season, Crespo was loaned to A.C. Milan.In 2009 Crespo joined Genoa.On 13 September, Crespo scored his first goal of the 2009 season against Napoli.In January 2010, Crespo returned to Parma. He declared that his career as a footballer had finished in November 2012.

International career

In February 1995, Crespo won his first cap for Argentina national team, in a friendly against Bulgaria in Mendoza. He played for his country in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

He has 64 caps for Argentina, and has scored 35 goals.Crespo's final appearances for Argentina came at 2007 Copa América, then he retired.

Coaching career

On 12 November 2012, Crespo make a formal public statement that he would On 12 November 2012, Crespo make a formal public statement that he would go after a career in coaching and would begin toil in July 2013 at the earliest.

Individual Achivements

Argentine Primera División top scorer: 1993–94
Football at the Summer Olympics top scorer: 1996 (shared)
UEFA Cup man of the match: 1999
Coppa Italia top scorer: 1998–99, 2006–07 (shared)
Serie A top scorer: 2000–01
ESM Team of the Year: 2000–01
FIFA 100[65]
FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe: 2006
FIFA World Cup All-star team: 2006
FIFPro World XI nominee: 2005, 2006

List of international goals scored by Hernán Crespo
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 April 1997	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	2–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 June 1997	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	1–0	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	20 July 1997	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	1–0	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	24 February 1998	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina	FR Yugoslavia	1–0	3–1	Friendly
5				2–1
6				3–1
7	4 September 1999	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–0	2–0	Friendly
8	26 April 2000	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Venezuela	4–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	29 June 2000	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	3–1	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	19 July 2000	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	3 September 2000	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Peru	1–0	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	28 February 2001	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Italy	2–1	2–1	Friendly
13	28 March 2001	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	1–0	5–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	28 April 2001	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	1–1	3–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	28 April 2001	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	2–3	3–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
16	3 June 2001	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	15 August 2001	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	2–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	12 June 2002	Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi, Rifu, Miyagi, Japan	Sweden	1–1	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup
19	20 November 2002	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	Japan	2–0	2–0	Friendly
20	9 September 2003	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	15 November 2003	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	19 November 2003	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	30 March 2004	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
24	9 February 2005	LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Germany	1–1	2–2	Friendly
25	9 February 2005	LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Germany	2–2	2–2	Friendly
26	30 March 2005	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Colombia	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
27	8 June 2005	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	1–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	8 June 2005	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	3–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	12 November 2005	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	England	1–0	2–3	Friendly
30	10 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany	Ivory Coast	1–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
31	16 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	4–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
32	24 June 2006	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Mexico	1–1	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
33	28 June 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	United States	1–1	4–1	2007 Copa América
34	28 June 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	United States	2–1	4–1	2007 Copa América
35	2 July 2007	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Colombia	1–1	4–2	2007 Copa América