Juan Esnáider

Football player infobox
playername = Juan Esnáider


fullname = Juan Eduardo Esnáider
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|3|5 | cityofbirth = Mar del Plata
countryofbirth = Argentina
height = height|meters=1.80
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Ferro Carril Oeste
years = 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000
2001
2001-2002
2002
2002
2003
2003-2004
2005

clubs = Ferro Carril Oeste Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Real Zaragoza Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Espanol Juventus
Real Zaragoza
Porto
Cadetes de San Martín
River Plate
Ajaccio
Real Murcia
Newell's Old Boys
Total
caps(goals) = 006 0(0) 026 0(9) 008 0(1) 061 (29) 020 0(1) 035 (16) 035 (14) 016 0(0)
017 (11)
003 0(0)
00? 0(?)
009 0(0)
004 0(0)
017 0(1)
010 0(1)
261 (83)
nationalyears = 1995-1999
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)

Juan Eduardo Esnáider (born March 5 1973 in Mar del Plata) is a retired Argentine football player.

Biography

He was born in Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires Province on March 5 1973. His surname is a Spanish spelling reform of the German surname Schneider, which means "tailor". He is of Volga German and Spanish descent.

Esnáider played most of his career in Spain and Argentina, but he also had brief spells in Italy, Portugal and France.

He made his professional debut in a game against Vélez Sársfield on September 2 1990 for Ferro Carril Oeste.

After only 6 games for Ferro, Esnáider was bought by Real Madrid, in Spain. Esnaider never really settled in the Madrid team and only scored 2 goals for the team in 28 appearances. Esnáider also played for Real Zaragoza, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol and Real Murcia in Spain, Cadetes de San Martín, River Plate of Argentina, Juventus of Italy, Porto of Portugal and Ajaccio of France before retiring at Newell's Old Boys in Argentina.

During his first spell at Real Zaragoza and while playing at Atlético Madrid he was considered by many as one of the most promising strikers in European football. His powerful headers and elegant technique were however often overshadowed by his misconduct and foul play in many matches. After missing a penalty kick in Atlético's match against Ajax Amsterdam, he made a ferocious two-footed tackle at Ajax' Richard Witschge, but was lucky to receive only a yellow card. Minutes later Esnáider was enraged when he was subsituted by his coach Radomir Antić, shouting out profanities. The next day Esnáider was transferlisted by illusive Atlético chairman Jesús Gil.

National team

Esnáider was selected to represent Argentina on 3 occasions [ [http://www.rsssf.com/players/arg-players-6498.html rsssf: Argentina international footballers] ] .

Titles

References

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=16380 Career details] at National Football Teams