Abel Balbo

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Abel Balbo
Personal information
Full name	Abel Eduardo Balbo
Date of birth	June 1, 1966 (1966-06-01) (age 42)
Place of birth	Empalme Villa Constitución, Argentina
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
?	Newell's Old Boys
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1993 1993-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002	Newell's Old Boys River Plate Udinese Roma Parma Fiorentina Roma Boca Juniors Total	023 00(9) 038 0(12) 134 0(65) 171 0(78) 025 00(4) 019 00(3) 003 00(0) 004 00(0) 417 (171)
National team
1989-1998	Argentina	37 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Abel Eduardo Balbo [a.ˈβel e.ˈðwaɾ.ðo ˈβal.βo] (born June 1, 1966, in Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe) is a former Argentine football striker.

At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987-88), River Plate (1988-89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989-93), Roma (1993-98 and 2000-02), Parma (1998-99), and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992-93 for Udinese and 1994-95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.

For Argentina, Balbo scored 11 goals in 37 caps, and played at the 1990, the 1994, the 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 1989 and 1995 Copas América. In the 1995 tournament in Uruguay, Balbo partnered Gabriel Batistuta in attack, and scored a goal against Brazil's Claudio Taffarel in an infamous quarter-final game that Argentina eventually lost in a penalty shootout after Brazilian striker Tulio Costa scored the Brazilian equalizer with 10 minutes to go - after clearly controlling the ball with his arm.

After his retirement, Balbo eventually became a musician, performing songs in Italian and Spanish. He also wants to get into football coaching.

[edit] External links

• Official website [in Italian]

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Roa • 2 Ayala • 3 Chamot • 4 Pineda • 5 Almeyda • 6 Sensini • 7 C. 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

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Goycochea • 2 Vázquez • 3 Chamot • 4 Sensini • 5 Redondo • 6 Ruggeri • 7 Caniggia • 8 Basualdo • 9 Batistuta • 10 Maradona • 11 Medina Bello • 12 Islas • 13 Cáceres • 14 Simeone • 15 Borelli • 16 Díaz • 17 Ortega • 18 Pérez • 19 Balbo • 20 Rodríguez • 21 Mancuso • 22 Scoponi • Coach: Basile

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Pumpido (Comizzo) • 2 Batista • 3 Balbo • 4 Basualdo • 5 Bauza • 6 Calderón • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Caniggia • 9 Dezotti • 10 Maradona • 11 Fabbri • 12 Goycochea • 13 Lorenzo • 14 Giusti • 15 Monzón • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Sensini • 18 Serrizuela • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Simón • 21 Troglio • 22 Cancelarich • Coach: Bilardo

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