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Osvaldo Ardiles

Osvaldo César Ardiles (Ossie) (born August 3, 1952 in Córdoba, Argentina) was a football (soccer) midfielder and is now a football coach. A competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a cult hero, along with compatriot Ricky Villa and Glenn Hoddle, in England as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

As a player, he spent his career in the following teams:

• 1969/1973 (National) Instituto (Cba)
• 1974 (National) Belgrano (Cba)
• 1975/78 Huracán
• 1978/82 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
• 1982/83 Paris Saint Germain (France)
• 1983/88 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
• 1988/89 Blackburn Rovers (England)
• 1989/91 Swindon Town F.C.(England) (as player manager).

Whilst player-manager at Swindon Town, Ardiles was implicated in the financial irregularities that saw the team relegated.

• 1991/92 Newcastle United (England) as a manager.
• 1992/93 West Bromwich Albion F.C. (England) as manager during their promotion from the Second Division
• 1993/94 Tottenham Hotspur as manager
• 1999 Dinamo Zagreb
• 1999/2000 Japanese J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse
• 2000/2001 J-League team Yokohama F. Marinos as manager, leading the team to the J-League first-stage title
• 2002/2003 Racing Club (Argentina)
• 2003/- J-League team Tokyo Verdy 1969

Honours

• Osvaldo Ardilles won the FA Cup in 1981.
• He won 42 caps for Argentina's national team, including the victorious World Cup winning squad of 1978.