Profile Pablo Aimar

Personal information

Full name : Pablo César Aimar Giordano
Date of birth : November 3, 1979
Place of birth : Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder
Current club : Benfica
Number : 10
Youth career :
1995–1997 River Plate
Senior career
1997–2000 River Plate
2001–2006 Valencia
2006–2008 Zaragoza
2008– Benfica
National team :
1999–2009 Argentina

Club career

Aimar started his ascent to stardom with Club Atlético River Plate, whose first team he connected for the 1997–98 season, later refuting a location at medical educational institution, and with whom he speedily positioned himself as one of the best young players in Argentina.
Valencia CF of Spain signalled Aimar in January 2001, at a price of €24 million. The pay for proved supported, as Aimar alleviated lead the team to a first-place final view in 2001–02 (with 33 fits and four goals), as well as to a runners-up final view in the beforehand seasons's UEFA Champions League, being defeated by FC Bayern Munich. Aimar also won the 2004 UEFA Cup, arising in eight (scoreless) fits during the campaign; this included the final against Olympique de Marseille, where he deposed Francisco Rufete with 30 minutes to go. On 12 April 2006, Aimar was hospitalized later being diagnosed with acute viral meningitis, but organised a quick recovery and returned to play for his team. During his career with the Che, he was also regularly apprehensive with injuries.

During the summer of 2006, Aimar connected fellow La Liga club Real Zaragoza for €12 million. The Aragonese side relegated at the end of 2007–08, with the playmaker arising in 22 scoreless fits, where also regularly obstructed with injuries; during that campaign, he teamed higher with earlier Valencia teammate Roberto Ayala. On 17 July 2008, later a time span of intense negotiations, Aimar signalled a four-year contract with Portuguese side S.L. Benfica for a compensation of €6.5 million.[9] After a difficult first half of the season, he treated to defeat his constant injuries and wrapped higher it in good shape. In 2009–10, Aimar was in advanced physical conditions, and shown in public a good offensive chemistry with countryman Javier Saviola, newly signalled, as Benfica had the best offensive record of the competition, lastly winning the league later a five-year wait.

International career

Aimar first represented Argentina at youth levels. Along with future senior team stars Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme, he won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and went on to gain through 50 full caps since his debut in 1999. He played in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.
In the 2002 World Cup, for which he was picked frontwards of Riquelme, he arose against England, subbing in for Juan Sebastián Verón in the 0–1 loss, which led omnibus Marcelo Bielsa to commence him against Sweden, at the latter's expense.
Aimar scored the terminal objective of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, during Argentina's 4–1 loss in the final to heroic separate population Brazil, also arising with the national side in the 2007 Copa América (losing in the final to the same team, this time 0–3).
After some months in the sidelines, Aimar received another worldwide callup in October 2009, for settled 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay. In the fit against the earlier, he repaid the faith placed in him by omnibus Diego Maradona, joining Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina's opener, with a sublime through ball, in an eventual 2–1 win.