Abel Balbo
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| Full name | Abel Eduardo Balbo | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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Current team | Retired | ||
Abel Eduardo Balbo (IPA: [aˈβel eˈðwaɾðo ˈβalβo]; born June 1, 1966, in Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe) is a former Argentine football striker.
At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987-88), River Plate (1988-89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989-93), Roma (1993-98 and 2000-02), Parma (1998-99), and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992-93 for Udinese and 1994-95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.
For Argentina, Balbo scored 11 goals in 37 caps, and played at the 1990, the 1994, the 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 1989 and 1995 Copas América. In the 1995 tournament in Uruguay, Balbo partnered Gabriel Batistuta in attack, and scored a goal against Brazil's Claudio Taffarel in an infamous quarter-final game that Argentina eventually lost in a penalty shootout after Brazilian striker Tulio Costa scored the Brazilian equalizer with 10 minutes to go - after clearly controlling the ball with his arm.
After his retirement, Balbo eventually became a musician, performing songs in Italian and Spanish. He took his UEFA Pro coaching badges in 2007,[1] and currently works as a football commentator for RAI Radio1.[2]
References
- ^ "Calori e Balbo allenatori di prima categoria" (in Italian). Messaggero Veneto. 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "News : Rai: Lo Sport a 360 gradi su radio, tv, satellite e digitale terrestre" (in Italian). RAI. 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
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External links
- Template:It icon Official website
- Template:Es icon Futbol Factory profile (Archived)
- Abel Balbo at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Santa Fe Province
- Football (soccer) forwards
- Argentine footballers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Udinese Calcio players
- A.S. Roma players
- Parma F.C. players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Serie A players
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Argentine singers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1989 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Primera División Argentina players