Osvaldo Ardiles

**Osvaldo Ardiles** (born 3 August 1952) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for Argentina national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Instituto|1973|Argentine Primera División|14|3|||||||||||
|Belgrano|1974|Argentine Primera División|16|2|||||||||||
|rowspan="5"|Huracán|1975|rowspan="4"|Argentine Primera División|16|0|||||||||
|1976|41|7|||||||||||||
|1977|52|4|||||||||||||
|1978|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="11"|Tottenham Hotspur|1978–79|rowspan="10"|First Division|38|3|||||||||
|1979–80|40|3|||||||||||||
|1980–81|36|5|||||||||||||
|1981–82|26|2|||||||||||||
|1982–83|2|0|||||||||||||
|1983–84|9|0|||||||||||||
|1984–85|11|2|||||||||||||
|1985–86|23|1|||||||||||||
|1986–87|25|0|||||||||||||
|1987–88|28|0|||||||||||||
|Paris Saint-Germain (loan)|1982–83|Division 1|14|1|||||3||||||
|St George FC (loan)|1985|National Soccer League|1|0|||||||||||
|Blackburn Rovers|1987–88|Second Division|5|0|||||||||||
|Queens Park Rangers|1988–89|First Division|8|0|||||||||||
|Fort Lauderdale Strikers|1989|American Soccer League|5|1|||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Swindon Town|1989–90|rowspan="2"|Second Division|2|0|||||||||
|1990–91|0|0|||||||||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Argentina|1975|8|4|
|1976|9|1|||
|1977|11|0|||
|1978|12|2|||
|1979|1|0|||
|1980|0|0|||
|1981|2|0|||
|1982|8|1|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Swindon Town|align="left"||align="left"|1989|align="left"|1991|||
|align="left"|Newcastle United|align="left"||align="left"|1991|align="left"|1992|||
|align="left"|West Bromwich Albion|align="left"||align="left"|1992|align="left"|1993|||
|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur|align="left"||align="left"|1993|align="left"|1994|||
|align="left"|Guadalajara|align="left"||align="left"|1995|align="left"|1995|||
|align="left"|Shimizu S-Pulse|align="left"||align="left"|1996|align="left"|1998|||
|align="left"|Croatia Zagreb|align="left"||align="left"|1999|align="left"|1999|||
|align="left"|Yokohama F. Marinos|align="left"||align="left"|2000|align="left"|2001|||
|align="left"|Racing Club|align="left"||align="left"|2002|align="left"|2003|||
|align="left"|Tokyo Verdy|align="left"||align="left"|2003|align="left"|2005|||
|align="left"|Beitar Jerusalem|align="left"||align="left"|2006|align="left"|2006|||
|align="left"|Huracán|align="left"||align="left"|2007|align="left"|2007|||
|align="left"|FC Machida Zelvia|align="left"||align="left"|2012|align="left"|2012|||

### Player

**Huracán**
- Primera División runner-up: 1976

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- FA Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82
- FA Charity Shield: 1981 (shared)
- EFL Cup runner-up: 1981-82
- UEFA Cup: 1983–84

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 1978

**Individual**
- World Soccer World 11: 1978, 1982, 1983
- Football League 100 Legends list (as the only Argentinian)
- Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1979
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Hall of fame
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2009
- Golden Foot: 2013
- IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team: 2021

### Manager

**Swindon Town**
- Promotion to Division One: 1990

**West Bromwich Albion**
- Promotion to Division One: 1993

**Shimizu S-Pulse**
- Nabisco Cup: 1996

**Yokohama F. Marinos**
- J-League first stage: 2000

**Tokyo Verdy**
- Emperor's Cup: 2004–05

**Individual**
- J. League Manager of the Year: 1998

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: Ardiles14-08-2006.jpg
- **image size**: 225
- **caption**: Ardiles with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981
- **fullname**: Osvaldo César Ardiles
- **birth place**: Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Central midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto de Córdoba
- **years1**: 1973
- **clubs1**: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto de Córdoba
- **caps1**: 14
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 1974
- **clubs2**: Club Atlético Belgrano, Belgrano
- **caps2**: 16
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 1975–1978
- **clubs3**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **caps3**: 109
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 1978–1988
- **clubs4**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps4**: 238
- **goals4**: 16
- **years5**: 1982–1983
- **clubs5**: → Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 1985
- **clubs6**: → St George FC (loan)
- **caps6**: 1
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1988
- **clubs7**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1988–1989
- **clubs8**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps8**: 8
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 1989
- **clubs9**: Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94), Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- **caps9**: 5
- **goals9**: 1
- **years10**: 1989–1991
- **clubs10**: Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town
- **caps10**: 2
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 412
- **totalgoals**: 34
- **nationalyears1**: 1975–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 51
- **nationalgoals1**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs1**: Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town
- **manageryears2**: 1991–1992
- **managerclubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **manageryears3**: 1992–1993
- **managerclubs3**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **manageryears4**: 1993–1994
- **managerclubs4**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **manageryears5**: 1995
- **managerclubs5**: C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- **manageryears6**: 1996–1998
- **managerclubs6**: Shimizu S-Pulse
- **manageryears7**: 1999
- **managerclubs7**: NK Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia Zagreb
- **manageryears8**: 2000–2001
- **managerclubs8**: Yokohama F. Marinos
- **manageryears9**: 2001
- **managerclubs9**: Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo
- **manageryears10**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs10**: Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club
- **manageryears11**: 2003–2005
- **managerclubs11**: Tokyo Verdy
- **manageryears12**: 2006
- **managerclubs12**: Beitar Jerusalem F.C., Beitar Jerusalem
- **manageryears13**: 2007
- **managerclubs13**: Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán
- **manageryears14**: 2008
- **managerclubs14**: Cerro Porteño
- **manageryears15**: 2012
- **managerclubs15**: FC Machida Zelvia
- **manageryears16**: 2013
- **managerclubs16**: Malaysia national football team, Malaysia