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Osvaldo Ardiles
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Osvaldo Ardiles

b. 1952

Argentine association football player and manager

Born
3 Aug 1952 · Bell Ville
Part ofArgentina1754 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 3 Aug 1952BornBorn in Bell Ville
  2. 1973TeamInstituto Atlético Central Córdoba
  3. 1974TeamClub Atlético Belgrano
  4. 1975 – 1982TeamArgentina national football team
  5. 1975 – 1978TeamClub Atlético Huracán
  6. 1978Took part1978 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1978 – 1988TeamTottenham Hotspur F.C.
  8. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1982 – 1983TeamParis Saint-Germain FC
  10. 1985TeamSt. George Saints Football Club
  11. 1988TeamBlackburn Rovers F.C.
  12. 1988 – 1989TeamQueens Park Rangers F.C.
  13. 1989TeamFort Lauderdale Strikers
  14. 1989TeamFort Lauderdale Strikers
  15. 1989 – 1991TeamSwindon Town F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1952 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  17. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  18. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  19. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  20. 1985Schengen Agreement
  21. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  22. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  23. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  25. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  27. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  29. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  30. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  31. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  32. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  33. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  34. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  35. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  36. 20112011 Norway attacks
  37. 2011Libyan civil war
  38. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  39. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  40. 20142014 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Osvaldo César "Ossie" Ardiles (born 3 August 1952) is an Argentine football manager, pundit and former player.

A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur. He left England for a period on loan as a result of the outbreak of the Falklands War in 1982, thus missing most of the 1982–83 English season. He won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as part of the Argentina national team.

After retirement, Ardiles began his management career in England, coaching Swindon Town, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion, before returning to Tottenham to become the first Premier League manager from Argentina. As manager of Tottenham Hotspur in the mid-1990s, he played several matches utilizing a formation that had five forwards, a formation that had not been used in English football since the 1900s.

During his career, Ardiles has also coached in Mexico, Croatia, Japan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Israel, Paraguay and his native Argentina. In Ireland, he is a pundit for RTÉ Sport.

Text from the Wikipedia article Osvaldo Ardiles, CC BY-SA 4.0

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