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'''Roberto Fabián Ayala''' (born [[14 April]] [[1973]] in [[Paraná, Argentina|Paraná]]) is an [[Argentina|Argentinian]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] player, who currently plays for the [[Spain|Spanish]] team [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]. Regarded as one of the best [[Football (soccer) positions#Centre back|central defenders]] in the world, he has been captain of the [[Argentina national football team|Argentine national team]] for almost 10 years<!-- When exactly did he start as Argentina captain? This has been in the article since 7 Feb 07, and this particular sentence will be out of date relatively quickly, if it isn't already --> and has played in three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]. Ayala is the most capped player ever for Argentina with 111 international appearances. |
'''Roberto Fabián "El Raton" Ayala''' (born [[14 April]] [[1973]] in [[Paraná, Argentina|Paraná]]) is an [[Argentina|Argentinian]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] player, who currently plays for the [[Spain|Spanish]] team [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]. Regarded as one of the best [[Football (soccer) positions#Centre back|central defenders]] in the world, he has been captain of the [[Argentina national football team|Argentine national team]] for almost 10 years<!-- When exactly did he start as Argentina captain? This has been in the article since 7 Feb 07, and this particular sentence will be out of date relatively quickly, if it isn't already --> and has played in three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]. Ayala is the most capped player ever for Argentina with 111 international appearances. |
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Roberto inherited the nickname of ''Ratón'' (mouse) from Argentine [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] player [[Rubén Ayala]], though they are not related. |
Roberto inherited the nickname of ''Ratón'' (mouse) from Argentine [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] player [[Rubén Ayala]], though they are not related. |
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| Full name | Roberto Fabián Ayala | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
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Current team | Villarreal | ||
Roberto Fabián "El Raton" Ayala (born 14 April 1973 in Paraná) is an Argentinian football player, who currently plays for the Spanish team Villarreal. Regarded as one of the best central defenders in the world, he has been captain of the Argentine national team for almost 10 years and has played in three World Cups. Ayala is the most capped player ever for Argentina with 111 international appearances.
Roberto inherited the nickname of Ratón (mouse) from Argentine 1974 World Cup player Rubén Ayala, though they are not related.
Club
Playing for Valencia, he reached the finals of the 2000 and 2001 UEFA Champions League, but his team lost to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, respectively. The next year, Valencia won the 2001-02 Spanish La Liga. In the 2003-04 season, Valencia once again won the Spanish La Liga and added the UEFA Cup to their trophy cabinet. In the 2004-05 season a number of injuries kept Ayala from playing in much of the Liga campaign and he also missed out on the UEFA Super Cup 2004 victory over Porto. In his absence Valencia's results suffered. In August 2006, he said that he wanted to leave Valencia after he was not provided a new contract by the sporting director Amedeo Carboni. On February 7, 2007 He announced that he will be joining their regional rivals Villarreal CF on a 3 year contract which will keep him playing till 2010.
Country
He made his debut for Argentina on November 16, 1994 against Chile under coach Daniel Passarella.
Ayala played for Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal. He played for Argentina in the 1998 World Cup and was a non-playing squad member in the 2002 competition due a last minute injury. He was then selected as an over-age player as Argentina won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ayala played an integral part in the Argentine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He played brilliantly throughout the tourment and was picked as one member of the All Star Team. In the quarterfinal against Germany he scored a header that gave Argentina the 1-0 lead. Argentina lost the penalty shootout after the 1-1 tie, with Ayala's spot kick being saved by Jens Lehmann.
On 27th June 2006, In a friendly match with Angola, Ayala completed 100 caps for Argentina.[1]
One of the best defenders in Argentina history, on February 7 2007, Ayala became the most capped player of the National team (most of the times as captain), beating his friend Diego Simeone, in a friendly victory 1-0 against France played in Stade de France, Paris.
On June 5, 2007 in a friendly against Algeria, Roberto Ayala captained Argentina for a record 58th international, having equalled Diego Maradona's mark of 57 in the 1-1 draw with Switzerland in Basel on Saturday 2nd June.[2]
Honours
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Representing  Argentina
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1996 Atlanta | Team Competition |
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2004 Athens | Team Competition |
International honours
Winner
- 2004 Olympic Games
Club honours
River Plate
Winner
- 1994 Apertura
AC Milan
Winner
Valencia CF
Winner
References
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"Centurion Ayala eyes main prize". www.fifa.com. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
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"Messi inspires Argentina to 4-3 win over Algeria". Chinadaily.com.cn. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
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- Argentine footballers
- Italian-Argentines
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- Argentine Roman Catholics
- Olympic footballers of Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
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- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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- Football (soccer) central defenders
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- River Plate footballers
- A.C. Milan players
- S.S.C. Napoli players
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- FIFA World Cup 1998 players
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