Esteban Fuertes

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Esteban Fuertes
Full name	Oscar Esteban Fuertes
Date of birth	26 December 1972 (1972-12-26) (age 35)
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	Independiente
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999 2000 2000 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2007	Independiente El Porvenir Los Andes Platense Racing Club Colón de Santa Fe Derby County Colón de Santa Fe RC Lens Tenerife River Plate Colón de Santa Fe Universidad Católica	01 0(0) 26 (17) 68 (32) 29 0(9) 36 0(8) 75 (27) 08 0(1) 18 (17) 04 0(3) 28 0(5) 34 (12) 71 (37) 36 (21)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Oscar Esteban Fuertes (born December 26, 1972 Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker.

Fuertes has been used as a winger and as a striker in his career, he is a classic journeyman footballer, having played for 10 different teams in Argentina, France, England and Spain.

Fuertes began his career at Primera División club Independiente in 1991, but he was soon released. He went to play for El Porvenir and then Los Andes in the Argentine second division.

He made his return to the Primera with Platense in 1995, but he only stayed there for one year before moving on to Independiente's fiercest rivals Racing Club de Avellaneda. Again he only spent one season with the club before he found his way to the club that has become his spiritual home; Colón de Santa Fe.

It was at Colón where he became the Primera's top scorer in 2000, he was Goleador with 17 goals in the Clausura tournament, this feat earned him a lucrative transfer to Europe.

In his two years in European football, he played for Lens in France, Derby County in England and Tenerife in Spain.

Fuertes returned to Argentina in 2002 to join River Plate, but again he only stayed for one season before returning to Colón. Despite having only played 5 seasons at the club, he has now become the clubs all time top goalscorer with 83 goals for the club (at the end of Clausura 2006).