Christian Bassedas

Last updated

Christian Bassedas
Personal information
Full name Christian Gustavo Bassedas
Date of birth (1973-02-16) 16 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 UAI Urquiza (Head coach)
Youth career
Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–2000 Vélez Sársfield 267 (21)
2000–2003 Newcastle United 24 (1)
2002 → Tenerife (loan) 14 (0)
Total305(22)
International career
1996 Argentina Olympic
1994–1999 Argentina 22 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Vélez Sarsfield
2017 Boca Unidos
2017–2018 Olimpo
2018– UAI Urquiza
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Gustavo Bassedas (born 16 February 1973) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Contents

Bassedas made 267 appearances for Vélez Sársfield, giving him the eleventh most appearances in club history.[ citation needed ] He is currently the head coach of UAI Urquiza.

Career

Club

Bassedas is a product of Vélez Sársfield youth divisions, club where he debuted professionally on 3 March 1991. He was an important part of Vélez most successful years during the 1990s. He won four national championships with the club, and five international (including the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, where he was a starter in the 2–0 victory over A.C. Milan).

In 2000, he joined English FA Premier League club Newcastle United for £3,500,000. He played for them in the period 2000–2003, though on loan to Tenerife briefly during the 2001–02 season. He scored once in the league for Newcastle in a 3–1 defeat at Chelsea in January 2001. [1]

In 2003, he joined Argentine Newell's Old Boys, but after two months of pre-season training he decided to retire from football at the age of 30. [2]

He later worked for Fox Sports en Latinoamérica as a commentator on FA Premier League matches. [3]

International

Bassedas played for the Argentina national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, but was not part of the squad for the World Cup. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Americans, where he captained the team.

Management

At the end of 2008, Bassedas was appointed as sports consultant of Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera División. His first order of business was to recommend Ricardo Gareca to fill the coaching spot. [4] He was also essential in the negotiations to bring Maximiliano Moralez, Sebastián Domínguez and Joaquín Larrivey to the club. In his first season with the club, Vélez won the Clausura 09.[ citation needed ]

In November 2015, he was appointed as manager of Vélez Sársfield. He resigned in September 2016, after a 0–3 loss against Racing Club, citing the violent reaction Vélez supporters as his reason for leaving. [5]

He was appointed as the head coach of Club Olimpo on 20 December 2017. [6]

On 6 October 2018, Bassedas was appointed as the head coach of UAI Urquiza. [7]

Honours

Player

Club

Vélez Sársfield

International

General manager

Vélez Sársfield

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield</span> Argentine sports club

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is an Argentine sports club based in Liniers, Buenos Aires. Its football team plays in Primera División, the highest level of the Argentine league system. Founded in 1910, the club has spent most of its history in the top tier of Argentine football. The club's home ground is the 49,540-capacity José Amalfitani Stadium, where they have played since 1951.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Bianchi</span> Argentine football player and manager

Carlos Bianchi, nicknamed El Virrey, is an Argentine former football player and manager. A prolific goalscorer, although he had a bright career as a forward in Argentina and France, Bianchi is best known as one of the most successful coaches of all time managing Vélez Sarsfield and Boca Juniors to a great number of titles each. Bianchi is the only coach to win four Copa Libertadores.

José Horacio Basualdo is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Leandro Daniel Somoza is an Argentine football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Sebastián Ariel Méndez Pardiñas is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He was recently the manager of Newell's Old Boys.

José Oscar "Turu" Flores Bringas is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and is a manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ricardo Gareca</span> Argentine footballer and manager (born 1958)

Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi, nicknamed el Tigre and el Flaco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Chile national team.

Nicolás Alejandro Cabrera is an Argentine former football right winger who last played for Quilmes.

Omar Andrés Asad is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Fernando Daniel Pandolfi is a former Argentine football striker who played most of his career for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield. He was part of the successful team that won several trophies during the mid-1990s, including the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.

Raúl Ernesto Cardozo is a former Argentine football defender who is one of the most important players in the history of Vélez Sársfield.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcelo Herrera (footballer, born 1966)</span> Argentine footballer and manager

Marcelo Hugo Herrera, nicknamed Popeye, is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He usually played on the right wing. He was part of Vélez Sársfield successful 1990s era, winning 2 domestic and 3 international championships with the club. He is currently the manager of Gimnasia Jujuy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ángel Cappa</span> Argentine footballer and manager

Ángel Alberto Cappa Polchi is an Argentine football manager and former player.

The 2009–10 season of Argentine football was the 119th season of competitive football in Argentina.

Guillermo Carlos Morigi is an Argentine former professional football left winger who played for Vélez Sársfield in the Primera División Argentina throughout most of his career. He was part of the team during its most successful years, the 1990s.

Flavio Gabriel Zandoná, nicknamed Chino (Chinese), is a former Argentine footballer who played most of his career for Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera, winning 8 honours with the club. He was born in Zárate, Buenos Aires Province.

Marcelo Adrián Gómez is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

2011–12 season of Argentine football is the 121st season of competitive football in Argentina.

The 2012–13 Primera División season was the 122nd season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. It started on August 3, 2012 and ended on June 29, 2013. Twenty teams competed in the league, eighteen returning from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the Primera B Nacional Championship. The two promoted clubs avoided relegation.

Carlos Horacio Compagnucci is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Alianza Atlético.

References

  1. ↑ "No capital return for Newcastle". BBC. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Perdí el amor por el fútbol" (in Spanish). Página/12. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Daily Hairdryer
  4. ↑ "Bassedas: "Gareca siempre fue mi candidato"" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas démissionne de son poste d'entraîneur à cause des violences des supporters" [Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas resigned as coach because of violence supporters]. L'ÉQUIPE (in Spanish). Reuters. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Bassedas fue presentado en Olimpo‚ tycsports.com, 21 December 2017
  7. ↑ Bienvenido Christian, uaiurquiza.com, 6 October 2018
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.