Osvaldo Ardiles
Osvaldo César Ardiles (Ossie) (born August 3, 1952, in Córdoba, Argentina,) was a football (soccer) midfielder and is now a football coach. A competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a cult hero, along with compatriot Ricky Villa and Glenn Hoddle, in England as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.
As a player, he spent his career in the following teams:
- 1969/1973 (National) Instituto (Cba)
- 1974 (National) Belgrano (Cba)
- 1975/78 Huracán
- 1978/82 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
- 1982/83 Paris Saint Germain (France)
- 1983/88 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
- 1988/89 Blackburn Rovers (England)
- 1989/91 Swindon Town F.C(England) (as player manager).
Whilst player-manager at Swindon Town, Ardiles was implicated in the financial irregularities that saw the team relegated.
- 1991/92 Newcastle United (England) as a manager.
- 1992/93 West Bromwich Albion F.C (England) as manager during their promotion from the Second Division
- 1993/? Tottenham Hotspur as manager
- ?/? Dinamo Zagreb
- ?/? Japanese J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse
- 2000/20001 J-League team Yokohama F. Marinos as manager, leading the team to the J-League first-stage title
- 2002/? Racing Club (Argentina)
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