Ricardo Altamirano

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Ricardo Altamirano
Full name	Ricardo Daniel Altamirano
Date of birth	December 12, 1965 (1965-12-12) (age 42)
Place of birth	Laguna Paiva, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1982-1986	Unión de Santa Fe
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1988 1988-1992 1992-1997	Unión de Santa Fe Independiente River Plate	- - -
National team
1991-1995	Argentina	27 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (born December 12, 1964 in Laguna Paiva, Santa Fe) is a former Argentina international footballer.

Altamirano signed as a youth player in 1982 at Unión de Santa Fe, he made his breakthrough into the first team in 1986, but left the club shortly after their relegation from the Argentine Primera in 1988.

Altamirano joined Club Atlético Independiente in 1988, he was part of the squad that won the 1988-1989 championship.

Altamirano received his first call-up to the Argentina national team in 1991. He played in three Copa Américas, he was part of the winning squad in 1991 and 1993 and part of the team that were eliminated in the Quarter finals by Brazil in 1995. Altamirano also represented Argentina in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992 won by Argentina.

In 1992 Altamirano joined River Plate where he went on to another six major titles, 4 league titles, the Copa Libertadores 1996 and the Supercopa Sudamericana 1997.

[edit] Club titles

Season	Team	Title
1988-1989	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 1993	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 1994	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1996	River Plate	Copa Libertadores
Apertura 1996	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1997	River Plate	Copa Interamericana
Clausura 1997	River Plate	Primera División Argentina