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Osvaldo Ardiles
Osvaldo César Ardiles (Ossie) (born August 3, 1952 in Córdoba, Argentina) was a football midfielder and is now a football coach for Tokyo Verdy 1969 of the J. League. 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
- 1993/94 Tottenham Hotspur as manager
- 1999 Dinamo Zagreb
- 1999/2000 Japanese J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse
- 2000/2001 J-League team Yokohama F. Marinos as manager, leading the team to the J-League first-stage title
- 2002/2003 Racing Club (Argentina)
- 2003/- J-League team Tokyo Verdy 1969
Honours
- Osvaldo Ardilles won the FA Cup in 1981.
- He won 42 caps for Argentina's national team, including the victorious World Cup winning squad of 1978.
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