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Crespo has scored at least one Champions League goal with each of the five European teams he has played for since moving from River Plate in 1996; he is the first and only player in CL history to accomplish this feat. Crespo has scored at least one Champions League goal with each of the five European teams he has played for since moving from River Plate in 1996; he is the first and only player in CL history to accomplish this feat.


ne galatasarayı bolm kocaelispora alcaz crespoyu.
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Crespo has 66 caps and 35 goals with ]. He won his first cap in a friendly match against ] in February 1995, but then had to wait sixteen months for his second cap and more than two years for his first goal. He was called up to the final roster for the ], ], and ]s. In June 2005, Crespo scored twice in Argentina's 3-1 World Cup qualifying win over archrivals ] in Buenos Aires, which made him Argentina's career scoring leader in World Cup qualifiers. He finished the 2006 competition as the ] Award winner.

On June 28, 2007, he scored twice in Argentina's 4-1 victory over the ] in their ] Group C opener, tying ]'s team scoring record.<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26786&L=en&IDINI=26788
| title = Crespo matches Maradona tally
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| accessdate=2007-07-03
}}</ref> He finished with a total of three goals.


==Career statistics== ==Career statistics==

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Hernán Crespo
Personal information
Full name Hernán Jorge Crespo
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team Galatasaray S.K.
Number 32
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hernán Jorge Crespo (born July 5, 1975 in Florida, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Turkish Super League squad Galatasaray.

Club career

River Plate

He made his debut with River Plate during the 1993-94 season, scoring thirteen goals in 25 league appearances. He helped River Plate win the Apertura league title, the second of two championships held in Argentina in that year. He helped River win the Apertura title again in 1994. In 1996, Crespo helped River win the Copa Libertadores, scoring twice in the home leg of the final in Buenos Aires.

Serie A

Crespo left River Plate for Parma F.C. in August 1996 after he won the silver medal with Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics and finished as the top scorer with six goals. In May 1997, coached by Carlo Ancelotti, Crespo scored twelve goals in 27 matches as Parma finished runners-up to Juventus. He won the 1998-99 Italian Cup, and scored the opening goal in Parma's 3-0 UEFA Cup final victory over Olympique de Marseille. In 2000, S.S. Lazio broke the then-world transfer record by paying £35,500,000 to acquire Crespo, who in turn finished as Serie A's top scorer with twenty-six goals.

On 31 August 2002, Crespo signed with Internazionale as replacement for the departed Ronaldo, for €20 million and Bernardo Corradi. In his only season at the club, he scored seven goals in eighteen appearances, along with nine goals in twelve Champions League matches until he was shelved four months by injury in early 2003.

Chelsea

Crespo was transferred to Barclays Premier League club Chelsea F.C. on 26 August 2003 for £16,800,000. He made only 31 appearances (including nineteen league starts) in all competitions, and scored twelve goals. After José Mourinho took over as Chelsea manager for the 2004-05 season, Crespo became surplus to Chelsea's plans and was loaned to A.C. Milan, as requested by former coach Carlo Ancelotti. He scored ten goals, and netted twice in the Champions League final defeat against Liverpool.

After Chelsea's failed attempts to land a big-name striker during the summer of 2005, Mourinho needed competition for striker Didier Drogba and decided to recall Crespo from Milan, convincing him that he had a future in England. Crespo made his first return appearance in a 2-1 FA Community Shield victory over Arsenal F.C.. He scored his first league goal of 2005 against Wigan Athletic in Chelsea's season opener.

Crespo in an Inter shirt.

Inter Milan

Though he scored 26 goals in all competitions and won the 05-06 Premiership title, Crespo requested a return to Italy in order to rejoin Milan, but Chelsea refused and announced that Crespo would remain a Chelsea player until the club accepted a suitable offer for him. On August 7, 2006, Crespo joined Inter on a two-year loan. He scored his 125th Serie A goal against A.C. Siena on December 2, 2006, and his 200th career European goal on April 2, 2007. On May 13, Crespo scored a hat-trick to help Inter defeat Lazio 4-3 and win the Scudetto. Two days earlier, he had appeared in training without his customary long hair, which he had kept grown out for over five years. During the offseason, Chelsea announced that they would not exercise the option to recall Crespo, therefore releasing him from the club and making him a full-fledged Inter player, with the Serie A champions taking over the total payment of Crespo's wages.

Galatasaray

The ex-Inter Milan player Crespo has transferred to Galatasaray S.K. as replacement for striker Hakan Sukur who recently declared his gayness to public, on 14 June 2008 for €2,000,000 .


Crespo has scored at least one Champions League goal with each of the five European teams he has played for since moving from River Plate in 1996; he is the first and only player in CL history to accomplish this feat.

ne galatasarayı bolm kocaelispora alcaz crespoyu.

Career statistics

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Honours

Club

Country

Runner-up: FIFA Confederations Cup, 1995

Individual

References

  1. UEFA.com (Saturday, 31 August 2002). "Crespo steps in for Ronaldo". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help).

External links

Hernán Crespo international tournaments
Argentina squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
Argentina
Argentina squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
Argentina

Template:Argentina Squad 2006 World Cup

Argentina squad – 2007 Copa América runners-up
Argentina
Inter Milan – current squad
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