- Esteban Fuertes
Football player infobox
playername = Esteban Fuertes
fullname = Oscar Esteban Fuertes
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1972|12|26|df=y
cityofbirth = Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
height = height|m=1.85
currentclub =Colón de Santa Fe
clubnumber = 20
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Independiente
years = 1992
1992-1993
1993-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1999
1999
2000
2000
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2006
2007
2008-
clubs = Independiente
El Porvenir
Los Andes
Platense
Racing Club
Colón de Santa Fe
Derby CountyColón de Santa Fe
RC Lens
Tenerife
River Plate
Colón de Santa Fe
Universidad Católica
Colón de Santa Fe
caps(goals) = 01 0(0)
26 (17)
68 (32)
29 0(9)
36 0(8)
75 (27)
08 0(1)
18 (17)
26 0(7)
28 0(5)
34 (12)
71 (37)
36 (21)
04 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20 September 2008
ntupdate =Oscar Esteban Fuertes (born
December 26 1972 Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays forColón de Santa Fe 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 inArgentina ,France ,England andSpain .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. During his unsuccessful spell at Derby it was discovered that he did not have a valid passport and was duly released.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).
External links
*es icon [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=2116 BDFA profile]
*es icon [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=4448&SEOFutbolista=Fuertes+Esteban+Oscar Argentine Primera statistics]
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