Matías Emilio Delgado

For the President of El Salvador, see José Matías Delgado.

Matías Delgado

Personal information
Full name	Matías Emilio Delgado
Date of birth	December 15, 1982 (1982-12-15) (age 28)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Al-Jazira Club
Number	22
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Chacarita Juniors	55	(5)
2003–2006	FC Basel	113	(58)
2006–2010	Beşiktaş J.K.	91	(26)
2010-	Al-Jazira Club	21	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Matías Emilio Delgado (born December 15, 1982, Rosario) is an Argentine footballer who has signed for UAE side Al-Jazira Club in 23 August 2010.

Early career

Delgado started his career in the youth team of River Plate. He also played over 50 top division games for Chacarita Juniors before deciding to test himself in Europe at the age of 23. He spent three years with FC Basel 1893 in Switzerland, scoring 58 goals in 113 top-flight matches. Delgado lead the Basel outfit to back-to-back Swiss Super League titles in 2004 and 2005. Because of his phenomenal strike rate at the club he is the fifth all time leading goalscorer for FC Basel.

Beşiktaş

On June 27, 2006, Delgado was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. of Istanbul for $6.5m. He declared his target was taking the place of Riquelme in the Argentina squad. He also admires the skills of fellow Argentine playmaker Pablo Aimar. Delgado is a good playmaker, as well as a scorer. He is known for is quick and unexpected through passes and shots. Other than that, he is an excellent user of free kicks. He has also scored a well amount of header goals to be remembered. He is a good aimer of the ball, often putting it near the pole, whether it's with his head or with his foot.

He was the captain of Beşiktaş J.K..

Delgado has suffered many injuries playing for Beşiktaş J.K.. He underwent an operation in Barcelona and is expected to get well somewhere around the end of 2009 or the beginning of 2010, sometime around the month of December or January. There was a great dilemma around Delgado's contract with the club. Delgado refused to have his contract suspended. Although, the club needed a number 10 player. Delgado was blocking a transfer option for Beşiktaş J.K. After a lot of thinking and discussing, including bringing in Delgado's father and manager Eduardo Delgado, they finally came to a conclusion. They havd his contract frozen until January, 2010. The fans say about the star player: We believe that it is not fair for the club to do this after the great performance he has been giving. He got injured playing for the team, not playing football on the beach. But we believe that he will reclaim his club shirt after he gets well. The club can buy a lot of new players but taking his number will be a hard thing to accomplish. By June, 2010, Delgado started to train with Beşiktaş J.K. again.

Honours

Club

• Swiss Super League Champions
  • 2003/04 – FC Basel
  • 2004/05 – FC Basel

• Turkish Super League Champions
  • 2008/09 – Beşiktaş JK

• Turkish Cup Champions
  • 2006/07 – Beşiktaş JK
  • 2008/09 – Beşiktaş JK

• Turkish Super Cup Champions
  • 2006 – Beşiktaş JK

2010-11 - (AlJazira Club) league champions and cup

Personal

• Fotballer of the Year Switzerland
  • 2005/06 – FC Basel

• UEFA Cup Top Goalscorer
  • 2005/06 – FC Basel (7 goals)

External links

• Matias Delgado WebSite
• Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre

Persondata
Name	Delgado, Matias
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Date of birth	1982-12-15
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
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