| Gabriel Batistuta | ||
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| Full name | Gabriel Omar Batistuta | |
| Date of birth | February 1, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Reconquista, Argentina | |
| Height | 1. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reconquista is a city in the north of the, from the provincial capital. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-2000 2000-2003 2003 2003-2005 |
Newell's Old Boys River Plate Boca Juniors Fiorentina AS Roma → Internazionale (loan) Al Arabi Total |
24 (7) 21 (4) 30 (13) 269 (168) 63 (30) 12 (2) 22 (25) 441 (249) |
| National team | ||
| 1991-2002 | Argentina | 78 (56) |
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Gabriel Omar Batistuta (born February 1, 1969), nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The prolific Argentine striker played most of his club football at ACF Fiorentina in Italy, and he is the eighth top scorer of all time in the Italian Serie A league, with 184 goals in 318 matches between 1991 and 2003. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located On the international level, he is the all-time highest scorer for Argentina's national team, with 56 goals in 78 national team matches, and he represented his country at three FIFA World Cups. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the "125 Greatest Living Footballers". The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé 's choice of the "greatest living footballers"
When his club Fiorentina was relegated to Serie B in 1993, Batistuta stayed with the club and helped it return to the top-flight league a year later. In many Sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most notable exceptions promotion and relegation Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker Played on June 12 in Bologna |} A hero in Florence, the Fiorentina fans erected a life-size bronze statue of him in 1996, in recognition of his performances for Fiorentina. He never won the Italian league with Fiorentina, but when he moved to AS Roma in 2000, he finally won the Serie A championship to crown his career in Italy. Associazione Sportiva Roma, ( commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome, and are currently amongst Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker |} Reggina Calcio relegated to Serie B He played his last professional season in Qatar with Al-Arabi before he retired in 2005. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated Al-Arabi Sports Club (النادي العربي الرياضي also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional Football (soccer club based in
Currently he works as a commentator having worked for Televisa Deportes during the 2006 FIFA World Cup and for the show "La jugada". The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament
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Personal life
Batistuta was born on 1 February 1969, to slaughterhouse worker Omar Batistuta and school secretary Gloria Batistuta, in the town of Avellaneda, province of Santa Fe, Argentina, but grew up in the near city of Reconquista. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Reconquista is a city in the north of the, from the provincial capital. He has three younger sisters, named Elisa, Alejandra, and Gabriela.
At the age of 16, he met Irina Fernández, his future wife, on her quinceañera, a rite of passage on her 15th birthday. The Quinceañera or Quince años is in some Spanish -speaking regions of the Americas, a young woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday She is reported to have ignored him but five years later, on December 28, 1990, they were married at Saint Roque Church. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The couple moved to Florence, Italy, in 1991, and a year later their first son, Thiago, was born. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Thanks to good performances in the Italian championship and with the Argentine national team, Batistuta gained fame and respect. He filmed several commercials and was invited onto numerous TV shows, but in spite of this, Batistuta always remained a low-profile family man.
In 1996, during Fiorentina's 2-1 victory at A.C. Milan, he celebrated scoring the match's decisive goal by saying Te amo, Irina ('I love you, Irina', to his wife) for the cameras. Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy The mix of sex appeal and faithfulness cemented Batistuta's heart-throb reputation among Argentine and Italian women. In 1997, Batistuta's second son, Lucas, was born, and a third son, Joaquín, followed in 1999. He now has a fourth son Shamel. In 2000, Batistuta and his family moved to Rome, where he played for AS Roma. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Associazione Sportiva Roma, ( commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome, and are currently amongst Two years after Shamel was born, Batistuta was loaned to Inter. In 2002, after more than 10 years in Italy, the family moved to Qatar where Batistuta had accepted a lucrative celebrity playing contract with a local team, Al-Arabi. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated Al-Arabi Sports Club (النادي العربي الرياضي also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional Football (soccer club based in
Batistuta ended his career at Al-Arabi, retiring in March 2005, after a series of injuries that prevented him from playing. Soon afterwards he moved to Perth, Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. In April 2006, the city's established A-league franchise, Perth Glory was put up for sale however Batistuta was not interested in the purchase seeing no real potential in the club. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition Perth Glory FC is an association football (soccer club from Perth Western Australia, playing in the A-League. Gabriel Omar Batistuta (born February 1, 1969) nicknamed Batigol, is a former professional footballer. [1] His nickname is Batigol as he scores a lot of goals and his name starts with "Bati. "
The player
Beginnings
As a child Batistuta preferred other sports to football. Thanks to his height he played basketball, but after Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, in which he was particularly impressed by the skills of Mario Kempes, he devoted himself to football. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and June 25. Mario Alberto Kempes (born July 15, 1954 in Bell Ville, Córdoba) is an Argentine former football Striker After playing with friends on the streets and in the small Grupo Alegria club, he joined the local Platense junior team. While with Platense he was selected for the Reconquista team that won the provincial championship by beating Newell's Old Boys from Rosario. Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903 His 2 goals drew the attention of the opposition team, and he signed for them in 1988.
Professional
Batistuta signed professional forms with Newell's Old Boys Club, whose coach was Marcelo Bielsa, who would later become Batistuta's coach with the Argentine national team. Marcelo Bielsa ( Nicknamed El Loco Bielsa, "Madman" Bielsa (born July 21 1955 is a football coach and former defender born in Things did not come easily for Batistuta during his first year with the club. He was away from home, his family, and his girlfriend Irina, sleeping in a room at the stadium, and had a weight problem that slowed him down. At the end of that year he was loaned to a smaller team, Deportivo Italiano, of Buenos Aires, with whom he participated in the Carnevale Cup in Italy, ending as top scorer with 3 goals. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
In mid-1989, Batistuta made the leap to one of Argentina's biggest clubs, River Plate, where he scored 17 goals. Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine Sports club best known for its football However, all did not run smoothly. He had numerous run-ins with coach Daniel Passarella (with whom he had later confrontations on the national squad) and he was dropped from the squad in the middle of the season. Daniel Alberto Passarella (born May 25, 1953 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province) is a former Argentine football
In 1990, Batistuta signed for River's arch-rivals, Boca Juniors. Club Atlético Boca Juniors known also as Boca Juniors or simply Boca, is one of the most popular Argentine Sports clubs, best known for Having gone so long without playing, he initially found it hard to find his best form. However, at the beginning of 1991 Oscar Tabárez became Boca's coach, and he gave Batistuta the support and confidence to become the league's top scorer that season as Boca won the championship. Óscar Wáshington Tabárez Silva (born 3 March 1947 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan Football (soccer manager
International
In 1991, Batistuta was selected to play for Argentina in the Copa América held in Chile, where he finished the tournament as top scorer with 6 goals as Argentina romped to victory. The Copa América ( Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup" is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the During the Copa América competition, the vice-president of Fiorentina was impressed by Batistuta's skills and signed him for the Italian club. However, the following season Fiorentina were relegated to the Serie B division, despite Batistuta's 13 season goals. The club returned to Serie A two years later, with the contribution of 16 Batistuta goals and managed by Claudio Ranieri. Claudio Ranieri, born on October 20, 1951 in Rome, is an Italian football manager and former player currently manager
In 1993, Batistuta played in his second Copa América, this time held in Ecuador, which Argentina again won. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, held in USA, was a disappointment: after a promising start Argentina were beaten by Romania in the last 16. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. The morale of the team was seriously affected by Diego Maradona's doping suspension. Despite the disappointing Argentine exit, Batistuta scored 4 goals in as many games, including a hat-trick in their opening game against Greece.
On his return to Fiorentina, Batistuta found his best form. He was the top scorer of the 1994-95 season with 26 goals, and he broke Ezio Pascutti's 30-year-old record by scoring in all of the first 11 matches of the season. Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker Played on June 10 in Florence Ezio Pascutti (born June 1, 1937 in Mortegliano) is an Italian former footballer. In the 1995-96 season Fiorentina won the Italian Cup and Super Coppa. Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup
During the qualification matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup (with former River Plate manager Passarella now coaching the Argentinean national team) Batistuta was left out of the majority of the games after falling out with the coach. The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled Playing in the World Cup finals themselves, he scored 5 goals in that competition, before Argentina lost 2-1 to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association In the game against Jamaica, he recorded the second hat trick of his World Cup career, becoming the 4th player to achieve this (the others were Sándor Kocsis, Just Fontaine, and Gerd Müller) and the first to score a hat trick in 2 World Cups. The Jamaica national football team, or The Reggae Boyz, is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts Sándor Kocsis Peter (born Budapest, Hungary, September 21, 1929; died Barcelona, July 22, 1979) also referred Just "JustO" Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech, French Morocco, with French and Spanish ancestors Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German ˈgɛʀt ˈmʏlɐ born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West German football
After failure to win the Italian championship with Fiorentina, Batistuta started considering a transfer to a bigger team. In an effort to keep Batistuta, Fiorentina hired Giovanni Trapattoni as coach and promised to do everything to win the Scudetto. Giovanni Trapattoni (born March 17, 1939 in Cusano Milanino, Province of Milan) is an Italian football coach considered After an excellent start to the season, Batistuta suffered an injury that kept him out of action for more than a month. Losing momentum, Fiorentina lost the lead and finished the season in third place, which gave them the chance to participate in the Champions League in the following season. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club
Scudetto with AS Roma and last years
Batistuta stayed at Fiorentina for the 1999-00 season, tempted by the chance of winning both the Scudetto and the Champions League. Final classification Results UEFA Champions League qualification Played on May 23 in Verona After a promising start in both competitions, the team only reached seventh in the league and were eliminated in the second round group phase. The following season, he was transferred to A.S. Roma in a deal worth 35 million US dollars. Associazione Sportiva Roma, ( commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome, and are currently amongst Although a knee injury restricted his number of appearances, he scored 20 goals for A. S. Roma in his first season. He finally realized his dream of winning a major trophy as Roma clinched the Scudetto for the first time since 1983. Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 The following season with A. S. Roma he changed his shirt number from #18 to #20 in reference to the number of goals he had scored during the Scudetto winning campaign. He also wore his age on the back of his Roma jersey in 2002, #33.
After a good series of performances by Argentina in the qualification matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, hopes were high that the South Americans - now managed by Marcelo Bielsa - could win the trophy, and Batistuta announced that he planned to quit the national team at the end of the tournament, which Argentina aimed to win. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. But Argentina's "group of death" saw the team fall at the first hurdle, as poor results against Nigeria, England, and Sweden meant that the team was knocked out in the opening round for the first time since 1962. The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.
Back in Italy, Batistuta failed to find form with Roma and was loaned out to Internazionale; however, he failed to make an impression and departed for Qatari team Al-Arabi Sports Club. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club Al-Arabi Sports Club (النادي العربي الرياضي also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional Football (soccer club based in In Qatar, he broke the record of most goals scored that was held by Qatari Legend Mansour Mouftah with an amazing 24 goals. He was awarded for being the top scorer in all Arab leagues in 2004 with a Golden Boot.
Batistuta retired in 2005, and now lives in Perth, Australia. Despite having completed his coaching badges in Argentina, he currently has no involvement with football (instead he prefers to play golf). He has, however, recently expressed an interest in coaching Australia's national team. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions [2].
He has also been linked to the Argentina national football team job with Diego Maradona.
Statistics
- Physical information: Height 1. 85 m, weight 73 kg
- First professional match: September 25, 1988. San Martín (Tucumán) 1 - Newell's Old Boys 0
- First professional goal: May 16, 1989. Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903 Newell's Old Boys 3 - Platense 0. Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903
- First national team match: June 27, 1991. Brazil 1 - Argentina 1. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international
- First national team goal: July 8, 1991. Argentina 3 - Venezuela 0. The Venezuela national football team is the national football team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol.
- Last national team match: June 12, 2002. Argentina 1 - Sweden 1. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.
- Last national team goal: June 2, 2002. Argentina 1 - Nigeria 0. The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation
- 78 national team matches with 56 goals.
Career statistics
| Club Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 1988-89 | Newell's Old Boys | Primera División | 16 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1989-90 | River Plate | Primera División | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1989-90 | Boca Juniors | Primera División | 10 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1990-91 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1991-92 | Fiorentina | Serie A | 27 | 13 | ||||||||
| 1992-93 | 32 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | Serie B | 26 | 16 | |||||||||
| 1994-95 | Serie A | 32 | 26 | |||||||||
| 1995-96 | 31 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 32 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 31 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 1998-99 | 28 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 1999-00 | 30 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | Roma | Serie A | 28 | 20 | ||||||||
| 2001-02 | 23 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2002-03 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2002-03 | Internazionale Milano | Serie A | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| Qatar | League | Emir of Qatar Cup | League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2003-04 | Al-Arabi | 18 | 25 | |||||||||
| 2004-05 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | Argentina | 52 | 21 | |||||||||
| Italy | 344 | 199 | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 21 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Career Total | 417 | 245 | ||||||||||
Honours
- First Division (Serie A) Italian Championship (with A.S. Roma) 2000-2001. CONMEBOL or CSF ( Con federación Suda' me' ricana de Fút' bol', South American Football Confederation is the governing body of Football (soccer Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903 Primera División ( English: First Division) is the top category of Argentine Football, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine Sports club best known for its football Primera División ( English: First Division) is the top category of Argentine Football, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association Club Atlético Boca Juniors known also as Boca Juniors or simply Boca, is one of the most popular Argentine Sports clubs, best known for Primera División ( English: First Division) is the top category of Argentine Football, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker Played on June 12 in Bologna |} This article contains information on the 1993-1994 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1. Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker Played on June 10 in Florence Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker Played on June 15 in Naples Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 Final classification Top Goalscorers Amoroso (Udinese 22Batistuta (Fiorentina 21Bierhoff (Milan 18Delvecchio Final classification Results UEFA Champions League qualification Played on May 23 in Verona Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker |} Reggina Calcio relegated to Serie B Associazione Sportiva Roma, ( commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome, and are currently amongst Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Final classification Results References and Sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker |} Atalanta B Final classification Results Relegation tie-breaker |} Atalanta B Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located The Amir Cup is Qatar 's premier knockout tournament in men's Football (soccer. The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including Al-Arabi Sports Club (النادي العربي الرياضي also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional Football (soccer club based in Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Associazione Sportiva Roma, ( commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome, and are currently amongst
- Italian Supercup (with ACF Fiorentina) 1996, (with A. ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. S. Roma) 2001
- Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year 1998.
- Italian Cup (with ACF Fiorentina) 1995-1996. For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany.
- Second Division (Serie B) Italian Championship (with Fiorentina) 1993-1994. Promotion and Relegation At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C1.
- First Division Top Scorer, 26 goals (with Fiorentina) 1994-1995
- Copa América (with Argentina) 1991, 1993
- Copa América Top Scorer, 6 goals (with Argentina) 1991
- Top Scorer of The Qatari League with a record breaking 24 goals.
- Top Scorer in all Arab leagues, awarded with a Golden Boot.
- Gabriel Batistuta also set a new Serie A record by scoring in 11 consecutive Serie A games
- Copa das Confederações (with Argentina) 1992, 1993
References
- ^ Batistuta linked with Perth Glory bid, TribalFootball, April 22, 2006
- ^ Argentine great keen to coach Socceroos
External links
- Gabriel Batistuta - official website
- International statistics at rsssf
- Career details at National Football Teams
- GabrielBatistuta.net - fansite
- Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Batistuta listed in the top 10
- Gabriel Batistuta - Photo profile
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Ronaldo |
Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year 1999 |
Succeeded by Andriy Shevchenko |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Giuseppe Signori |
Serie A top scorer 1994-95 |
Succeeded by Giuseppe Signori Igor Protti |
Preceded by Rachid Rokki |
Qatar League Top Scorer 2004 |
Succeeded by Sonny Anderson |
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