Oscar Dertycia

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Dertycia and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Oscar Dertycia

Personal information
Full name	Oscar Alberto Dertycia Álvarez
Date of birth	March 3, 1965 (1965-03-03) (age 46)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Instituto Córdoba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1988	Instituto Córdoba	195	(89)
1988–1989	Argentinos Juniors	41	(20)
1989–1990	Fiorentina	19	(4)
1990–1991	Cádiz	21	(6)
1991–1994	Tenerife	91	(27)
1994–1995	Albacete	22	(6)
1995–1996	Belgrano	0	(0)
1996–1997	Talleres	40	(19)
1997–1998	Instituto Córdoba	27	(10)
2000–2001	Temuco	10	(1)
2001	General Paz	25	(6)
2001–2002	Sport Coopsol	44	(24)
National team
1983–1989	Argentina	18	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Oscar Alberto Dertycia Álvarez (born 3 March 1965 in Córdoba) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker.

Football career

Dertycia started playing professionally with hometown's Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, moving in 1988 to Argentinos Juniors, and being crowned the first division's topscorer in his debut campaign. In the following summer, Tiburón joined Italy's ACF Fiorentina, being the predecessor of legendary Gabriel Batistuta.^[1]

After a relatively unassuming spell, which also included a severe injury, Dertycia moved to Spain, first with Cádiz CF, where he garnered a firm fanbase, being nicknamed Mister Proper due to the bald head he now sported (due to the resulting stress after the injury).^[1]

However, his heyday would be lived at CD Tenerife. He signed in 1991 as a replacement for Panamian Rommel Fernández, and was a crucial offensive weapon for the Canary Islands side under compatriot Jorge Valdano; never an undisputed starter, he did amass 16 league goals in his first two seasons combined, being intimately connected to Real Madrid's consecutive championship losses in the last-round, to FC Barcelona.

Dertycia had one final season in the country, with Albacete Balompié, then returned to his native Córdoba to play in the second level; after short spells, including in Chile and Peru, he retired in 2002.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oscar Alberto Dertycia, il predecessore di Batistuta (Oscar Alberto Dertycia, Batistuta's predecessor) (Spanish)

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Oscar Dertycia at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Dertycia, Oscar
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Date of birth	3 March 1965
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
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