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Esteban Fuertes
Personal information
Fuertes in 2008
Full name	Esteban Óscar Fuertes
Date of birth	(1972-12-26) 26 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992	Independiente	1	(0)
1992–1993	El Porvenir	26	(17)
1993–1995	Los Andes	68	(31)
1995–1996	Platense	29	(9)
1996–1997	Racing Club	33	(8)
1997–1999	Colón	62	(23)
1999	Derby County	8	(1)
2000	Colón	18	(17)
2000	Lens	26	(7)
2001–2002	Tenerife	26	(5)
2002–2003	River Plate	34	(12)
2003–2006	Colón	81	(35)
2007	Universidad Católica	35	(19)
2008–2012	Colón	122	(63)
2013	Sport Boys	11	(3)
Total		577	(250)
International career
2009	Argentina	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:03, 16 October 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Esteban Óscar Fuertes (born 26 December 1972) is an Argentine former footballer.

Club career

In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by Jim Smith, manager of Derby County in England. He scored two early goals, including the winner against Everton in the league. and another against Swansea City in the League Cup. However, weeks later, he was refused entry back into Britain when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged. Derby were able to sell him on to Lens in France for £2.8m.

Fuertes retired from professional football on 25 June 2012 in a match against Banfield, scoring two goals. A year following his retirement, Fuertes signed a six-month contract for Bolivian side Sport Boys which had been recently promoted to the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He officially retired on 6 December 2013 after eleven appearances and three goals scored for the club.

International career

On 20 May 2009, Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama aged 36, making him the oldest player ever to make his debut for the Argentina national team. The Argentina team made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina won the game 3–1.

References

Andrews, Phil (28 August 1999). "Fuertes arrives with perfect timing". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
"Sport: Football Everton slain by Oxford". BBC. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
News of the World 8 December 2002 The bung busters demanded to see every letter, fax and document involving Derby's foreign transfers
Fuertes' last professional match. Archived 30 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Diario Olé (in Spanish)
El Bichi Fuertes retorna al fútbol en el recién ascendido Sport Boys at bolivia.com (in Spanish)
Se acaba la era 'Bichi' Fuertes en Sport Boys at elsol.com.bo (in Spanish)
El "Bichi" Fuertes se convirtió en el jugador "más viejo" en debutar en la Selección Archived 16 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine at El Argento (in Spanish)

External links

Statistics at Irish Times at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 July 2011)
Esteban Fuertes at BDFA (in Spanish)
Esteban Fuertes – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 April 2009)
Esteban Fuertes at Soccerway
Esteban Fuertes at Soccerbase

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1890s	1891: Archer 1892 1893: Leslie 1894: Gifford 1895: (No records) 1896: Allen / Anderson 1897: Stirling 1898: Allen 1899: Hooton
1900s	1900: Leonard 1901: Dorning 1902: J. Brown 1903: J. Brown 1904: A. Brown 1905: T. González / C. Lett 1906: E. Brown / Hooton / Lawrie / Whalley 1907: E. Brown 1908: E. Brown 1909: E. Brown
1910s	1910: Watson Hutton 1911: Malbrán / E. Lett / Piaggio 1912: Ohaco 1912 FAF: Colla 1913: Ohaco 1913 FAF: Dannaher 1914: Ohaco 1914 FAF: Carabelli 1915: Ohaco 1916: Hiller 1917: Marcovecchio 1918: Zabaleta 1919: Garasino / Martín 1919 AAmF: Marcovecchio
1920s	1920: Lucarelli 1920 AAmF: Carreras 1921: Dannaher 1921 AAmF: Zabaleta 1922: Clarke / Tarasconi 1922 AAmF: Seoane 1923: Tarasconi 1923 AAmF: Barceló 1924: Tarasconi 1924 AAmF: Lucarelli / Ravaschino 1925: Gaslini 1925 AAmF: Bellomo 1926: Cherro 1926 AAmF: Seoane 1927: Tarasconi 1928: Cherro 1929: Cortese / Seoane
1930s	1930: Cherro 1931: Zozaya 1932: B. Ferreyra 1933: Varallo 1934: Barrera 1935: Cosso 1936: Barrera 1937: Erico 1938: Erico 1939: Erico
1940s	1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara 1941: Canteli 1942: Martino 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos 1944: Mellone 1945: Labruna 1946: Boyé 1947: Di Stéfano 1948: Santos 1949: Simes / Pizzuti
1950s	1950: Papa 1951: Vernazza 1952: Ricagni 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello 1955: Massei 1956: Castro / Grillo 1957: Rob. Zárate 1958: Sanfilippo 1959: Sanfilippo
1960s	1960: Sanfilippo 1961: Sanfilippo 1962: Artime 1963: Artime 1964: Veira 1965: Carone 1966: Artime 1967 Met: Acosta 1967 Nac: Artime 1968 Met: Obberti 1968 Nac: Wehbe 1969 Met: Machado 1969 Nac: Fischer / Bulla
1970s	1970 Met: Más 1970 Nac: Bianchi 1971 Met: Bianchi 1971 Nac: Obberti / Luñiz 1972 Met: Brindisi 1972 Nac: Morete 1973 Met: Más / Curioni / Peña 1973 Nac: Gómez Voglino 1974 Met: Morete 1974 Nac: Kempes 1975 Met: Scotta 1975 Nac: Scotta 1976 Met: Kempes 1976 Nac: Eresuma / L. Ludueña / Marchetti 1977 Met: C. Álvarez 1977 Nac: Letanú 1978 Met: Maradona / Andreucci 1978 Nac: Reinaldi 1979 Met: Maradona / Fortunato 1979 Nac: Maradona
1980s	1980 Met: Maradona 1980 Nac: Maradona 1981 Met: Chaparro 1981 Nac: Bianchi 1982 Nac: M. Juárez 1982 Met: Morete 1983 Nac: Husillos 1983 Met: Ramos 1984 Nac: Pasculli 1984 Met: Francescoli 1985 Nac: Comas 1985–86: Francescoli 1986–87: Palma 1987–88: J. L. Rodríguez 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito 1989–90: Cozzoni
1990s	1990–91: E. González 1991 Ap: Díaz Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre 1992 Ap: Acosta 1993 Cl: Da Silva 1993 Ap: Martínez 1994 Cl: Espina / Crespo 1994 Ap: Francescoli 1995 Cl: Flores 1995 Ap: Calderón 1996 Cl: A. López 1996 Ap: Reggi 1997 Cl: Martínez 1997 Ap: Da Silva 1998 Cl: Sosa 1998 Ap: Palermo 1999 Cl: Calderón 1999 Ap: Saviola
2000s	2000 Cl: Fuertes 2000 Ap: Ángel 2001 Cl: Romeo 2001 Ap: Cardetti 2002 Cl: Cavenaghi 2002 Ap: Silvera 2003 Cl: Figueroa 2003 Ap: Farías 2004 Cl: Rol. Zárate 2004 Ap: L. López 2005 Cl: Pavone 2005 Ap: Cámpora 2006 Cl: Vargas 2006 Ap: M. Zárate / Palacio 2007 Cl: Palermo 2007 Ap: Denis 2008 Cl: Cvitanich 2008 Ap: Sand 2009 Cl: Sand 2009 Ap: Silva
2010s	2010 Cl: Boselli 2010 Ap: Stracqualursi / Silva 2011 Cl: Cámpora / Gutiérrez 2011 Ap: Ramírez 2012 Cl: Luna 2012 In: F. Ferreyra / Scocco 2013 Fi: Gigliotti / Scocco 2013 In: Pereyra 2014 Fi: M. Zárate 2014 Tr: Pratto / M. Rodríguez / Romero 2015: Ruben 2016: Sand 2016–17: Benedetto 2017–18: García 2018–19: L. López
2020s	2020: Borré / Romero 2021: J. Álvarez 2022: Retegui 2023: Santos / Vegetti 2024: Jara

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Arturo Fernández Vial – managers

Veloso (1981)
Ruiz (1982)
Vargas (1982)
Godoy (1983)
Vargas (1984)
Cruz (1983)
Acosta (1984–88)
Rodríguez Vega (1988–89)
Vargas (1989)
Ruiz (1990)
Farrán (1990)
G. Cornejo (1990)
Cortázar (1991–92)
Gutiérrez (1993)
G. Cornejo (1994)
Olivera (1995)
Farrán (1996)
Cortázar (1996–97)
Avilés (1998–99)
Ortiz (2000)
Olivera (2001–02)
J. Rodríguez (2003)
Cortázar (2003)
Avilés (2004)
Cisternas (2004)
Santibáñez (2005)
Ceballos (2005)
G. Cornejo (2006)
Páez (2006)
Vinés (2006–07)
Ortiz (2007–08)
Toledo (2008)
González (2008)
Apablaza (2009)
Hidalgo (2009)
Toledo (2009)
de la Barra (2010)
Fernández (2010)
J. Rodríguez (2011)
Abraham (2012)
Rubio (2012)
Durán (2013)
Toledo (2016)
Climent (2016)
Abdala (2016)
F. Cornejo (2017–2018)
Fuertes (2018)
Molins (2018)
Muñoz (2018)
Durán (2019)
Garcés (2019–20)
Rojas (2020–22)
Lira (2022)
Rojas (2022)
Orellana (2023)
Cataldo (2024–)

Colón de Santa Fe – managers

Rota (1948)
Chividini (1950)
Menutti (1956–57)
Fernández Roca (1959)
Etchegoyen (1965)
Aráuz (1965–66)
Allegri (1966)
Etchegoyen (1966–67)
Campos (1967)
Díaz (1967)
Etchegoyen (1968)
J. López (1968)
Viera (1969)
Morales (1969)
Acosta (1970)
J. López (1970)
Urriolabeitía (1971–72)
Chevés (1972)
Silvero (1972–73)
Pizzuti (1973)
Chevés (1973)
Urriolabeitía (1974)
Chevés (1974)
M. Juárez (1975)
Chevés (1975)
Yudica (1976)
Chevés (1976)
Pizzuti (1976–77)
Urriolabeitía (1977–78)
M. Juárez (1980)
Hurtado (1980)
Rossi (1980)
Iglesias (1981)
Fernández (1981)
R. Juárez (1981)
Etchegoyen (1982)
Veiga (1983)
Sosa (1984)
Trigilli (1986–87)
Cocco (1987)
Aguirre (1987)
Medina (1989)
Trigilli (1989)
Cabrero (1990–91)
García (1992–93)
Ginarte (1993)
Chabay (1993–95)
Medina (1995)
Trossero (1995–96)
Medina (1996)
Rezza (1996)
Ferraro (1996–97)
Olguín (1997)
Medina (1997)
Córdoba (1998)
Ferraro (1998–99)
Mantaras (1999)
Russo (1999)
Piazza (1999–2000)
Mantaras (2000)
Gareca (2001)
Fossati (2001–02)
Bauza (2002–03)
Morant (2003)
Maturana (2004)
Basile (2004)
Pizzi & del Solar (2005)
Sciacqua (2005)
Martino (2005)
Sciacqua (2005)
Bauza (2005–06)
Sciacqua (2006)
Toresani (2006)
Mantaras (2006)
Falcioni (2006–07)
Mantaras (2007)
Astrada (2007–08)
Mantaras (2008)
Mohamed (2008–10)
Gamboa (2010–11)
Sciacqua (2011–12)
Sensini (2012–13)
Morant (2013)
Forestello (2013)
Sciacqua (2013)
Osella (2014)
Merlo (2014–15)
J.O. López (2015)
Franco (2015–16)
Johansen (2016)
Montero (2016)
Domínguez (2017–18)
Fuertes (2018)
Comesaña (2019)
Goux (2019)
Lavallén (2019)
Osella (2020)
Domínguez (2020–21)
Falcioni (2022)
Marini (2022)
Rondina (2022)
Marini (2022)
Saralegui (2022–23)
Gorosito (2023)
Damonte (2023)
Delfino (2024–)

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