Matías Almeyda

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Matías Almeyda
Full name	Matías Jesús Almeyda
Date of birth	December 21, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	174 cm
Nickname	El Pelado (The Baldy)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005 Retired 2007-	River Plate Sevilla Lazio Parma Internazionale Brescia Quilmes FC Lyn Oslo	67 (3) 28 (0) 63 (2) 34 (0) 26 (0) 5 (0) <10
National team
1996-2005	Argentina	39 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Matías Jesús Almeyda (born 21 December 1973) is an Argentine football player.

Almeyda has played for several clubs, including River Plate, SS Lazio, AC Parma and Inter Milan, the last three all in Italy. He's also played for Argentina national football team and was a participant at the 1996 Olympic Games, and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups.

Due to his copious and thick hair, he's ironically nicknamed El Pelado (The Baldy).

He scored a spectacular 35 metre volley in a Serie A match whilst playing for Lazio.

After one and a half years away from football, Almeyda decided to get back into the game. On March 26th, he signed for the Norwegian Premiership club FC Lyn Oslo, on a contract which will last until the end of 2008.

[edit] Honours

Best Player Serie A: 2000

Club Atlético River Plate

Copa Libertadores: 1996
Primera División Argentina: 1993A, 1994A, 1996A

S.S. Lazio

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998-99
Coppa Italia: 1997-98, 1999-00
Italian Super Cup: 1998
Serie A: 1999-00
European Super Cup: 1999

Competitor for Argentina
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

[edit] External links

Profile and statistics of Matías Almeyda at Football Club
Almeyda profile at FC Lyn's web page

	Argentina squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Burgos \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Pochettino \| 5 Almeyda \| 6 Samuel \| 7 C. López \| 8 Zanetti \| 9 Batistuta \| 10 Ortega \| 11 Verón \| 12 Cavallero \| 13 Placente \| 14 Simeone \| 15 Husaín \| 16 Aimar \| 17 G. López \| 18 González \| 19 Crespo \| 20 Gallardo \| 21 Caniggia \| 22 Chamot \| 23 Bonano \| Coach: Bielsa

	Argentina squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Roa \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Chamot \| 4 Pineda \| 5 Almeyda \| 6 Sensini \| 7 López \| 8 Simeone \| 9 Batistuta \| 10 Ortega \| 11 Verón \| 12 Burgos \| 13 Paz \| 14 Vivas \| 15 Astrada \| 16 Berti \| 17 Cavallero \| 18 Balbo \| 19 Crespo \| 20 Gallardo \| 21 Delgado \| 22 Zanetti \| Coach: Passarella