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Full name | Sergio Omar Almirón | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 November 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1986 | Newell's Old Boys | (total) 283 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Tours FC | 29 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Newell's Old Boys | (see above) | |||||||||||||||
1991 | Tigres | 73 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Estudiantes | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Central Córdoba | 62 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
1994 | Talleres | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 462 | (109) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Argentina | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sergio Omar Almirón (born 18 November 1958) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Argentine national football team.
During his career (1978–1993), he played for Newell's Old Boys, Tours FC (France), UANL Tigres (Mexico), Estudiantes, Central Córdoba, and Talleres de Córdoba.
Almirón was in the Argentina squad that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, though he did not play any games during that tournament. Despite playing as a striker, Almirón was allocated the number 1 shirt for the 1986 tournament, traditionally reserved for goalkeepers.[1] This was due to Argentina's policy of the time of numbering their squad alphabetically. He is the father of former footballer Sergio Bernardo Almirón.
Honours
Club
Newell's Old Boys
International
Argentina
References
- ^ rsssf: World Cup winning squads Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Media related to Sergio Omar Almirón at Wikimedia Commons
- Sergio Almirón – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sergio Almirón at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup–winning players
- Men's association football forwards
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Tours FC players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ligue 2 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football forward stubs