Cambiasso with Argentina in 2011
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Full name | Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 August 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team
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Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Argentinos Juniors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | Independiente | 98 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | River Plate | 37 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Real Madrid | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2014 | Inter Milan | 315 | (41) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Leicester City | 33 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | Olympiacos | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Argentina U17 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Argentina U20 | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2011 | Argentina | 52 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2017. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2017.
Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau (born 18 August 1980), nicknamed "Cuchu", is an Argentine footballer who plays for Greek club Olympiacos as a midfielder.
During his professional career, Cambiasso has won 23 official titles (as of the end of 2011), being the Argentine footballer with most honours in history, one more than Alfredo Di Stéfano. The majority of his titles were won during his ten seasons at Inter, including five Scudetti and the 2010 Champions League.
A full international since 2000, Cambiasso won 52 caps for Argentina, and represented the country at the 2006 World Cup, at the 2005 Confederations Cup, and at the Copa América in 2007 and 2011.
Cambiasso started his professional career with Argentinos Juniors in 1995, moving to Real Madrid in 1996 along with his brother Nicolás Cambiasso. In 1998, he moved back to Argentina, where he played for three years with Independiente and one with River Plate. During this time, he earned his nickname "Egg in a bun." With some good experience under his belt, he returned to Real Madrid in 2002. He helped Los Blancos win the UEFA Super Cup, and the Intercontinental Cup in 2002, and the Liga and the Supercopa de España in 2003, also reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League that season. Cambiasso also reached the Copa del Rey final the following season.