Juan Román Riquelme

**Juan Román Riquelme** (born 24 June 1978) is an Argentine former football player and current vice-president of Boca Juniors.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|League|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Boca Juniors|1996–97|Primera División|22|4|||||22|4|||
|1997–98|Primera División|19|0|||2|0|21|0|||||
|1998–99|Primera División|37|10|||5|0|42|10|||||
|1999–2000|Primera División|24|4|||16|3|40|7|||||
|2000–01|Primera División|27|10|||14|3|41|13|||||
|2001–02|Primera División|22|10|||6|0|28|10|||||
|Barcelona|2002–03|La Liga|30|3|1|1|11|2|42|6||||
|rowspan="2"|Villarreal (loan)|2003–04|La Liga|33|8|3|1|12|4|48|13|||
|2004–05|La Liga|35|15|0|0|11|2|46|17|||||
|rowspan="3"|Villarreal|2005–06|La Liga|25|12|1|0|12|2|38|14|||
|2006–07|La Liga|13|1|0|0|0|0|13|1|||||
|Boca Juniors (loan)|2007|Primera División|15|2|||11|8|26|10||||
|rowspan="8"|Boca Juniors|2007–08|Primera División|10|1|||10|4|20|5|||
|2008–09|Primera División|28|5|||7|4|35|9|||||
|2009–10|Primera División|24|3|||2|0|26|3|||||
|2010–11|Primera División|13|4|||||13|4|||||
|2011–12|Primera División|23|4|2|1|13|3|38|8|||||
|2012–13|Primera División|5|0|1|0|7|2|13|2|||||
|2013–14|Primera División|23|7|0|0|0|0|23|7|||||
|rowspan="3"|Argentinos Juniors|2013–14|Primera División|0|0|3|2|0|0|3|2|||
|2014–15|Primera B Nacional|15|3|3|2|0|0|18|5|||||

### International

**Appearances and goals by national team and year**
|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Argentina|1997|1|0|
|1998|0|0|||
|1999|5|0|||
|2000|0|0|||
|2001|0|0|||
|2002|1|0|||
|2003|3|1|||
|2004|6|1|||
|2005|13|6|||
|2006|8|0|||
|2007|9|9|||
|2008|5|0|||
**International goals**
- _Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Riquelme goal. Sign ‡ indicates goals scored from a penalty kick._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|30 April 2003|June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya||style="text-align:center"|2–1|style="text-align:center"|3–1|Friendly|||||
|2.|17 November 2004|El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||style="text-align:center"|2–1|style="text-align:center"|3–2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|3.|8 June 2005|El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|3–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|4.|15 June 2005|Stadium Cologne, Cologne, Germany||style="text-align:center"|1–0 ‡|style="text-align:center"|2–1|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|5.|18 June 2005|EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany||style="text-align:center"|2–0 ‡|style="text-align:center"|4–2|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|6.|21 June 2005|EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany||style="text-align:center"|1–1|style="text-align:center"|2–2|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|||||
|7.|9 October 2005|El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||style="text-align:center"|1–0 ‡|style="text-align:center"|2–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|8.|16 November 2005|Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|3–0|Friendly|||||
|9.|rowspan="2"|2 July 2007|rowspan="2"|José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|2–1|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|4–2|rowspan="2"|2007 Copa América|
|10.|style="text-align:center"|3–1|||||||||||
|11.|rowspan="2"|8 July 2007|rowspan="2"|Estadio Metropolitano, Barquisimeto, Venezuela|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|4–0|rowspan="2"|2007 Copa América|
|12.|style="text-align:center"|4–0|||||||||||
|13.|11 July 2007|Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela||style="text-align:center"|3–0 ‡|style="text-align:center"|3–0|2007 Copa América|||||
|14.|rowspan="2"|13 October 2007|rowspan="2"|El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|2–0|rowspan="2"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|15.|style="text-align:center"|2–0|||||||||||
|16.|rowspan="2"|17 November 2007|rowspan="2"|El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|3–0|rowspan="2"|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|17.|style="text-align:center"|3–0|||||||||||

### Player

**Boca Juniors**
- Argentine Primera División:  1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2008 Apertura, 2011 Apertura
- Copa Argentina: 2011–12
- Copa Libertadores: 2000, 2001, 2007
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2008
- Intercontinental Cup: 2000

**Villarreal**
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

**Argentinos Juniors**
- Primera B Nacional: 2014

**Argentina U-20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1997
- South American Youth Championship: 1997

**Argentina U-23**
- Toulon Tournament: 1998
- Summer Olympics: 2008

**Argentina**
- Copa América Runner-up: 2007
- FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2005

### Vice President

**Boca Juniors**
- Argentine Primera División: Superliga 2019–20, Liga Profesional 2022
- Copa Argentina: 2019–20
- Copa de la Liga: 2020, 2022
- Supercopa Argentina: 2022

### Individual

- Toulon Tournament Best Player: 1998
- South American Team of the Year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2011
- Argentine Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2001, 2008, 2011
- Copa Libertadores Most Valuable Player: 2001, 2007
- South American Footballer of the Year: 2001
- La Liga Don Balón Award (Foreign Player of the Year): 2004–05
- Most Artistic Player by Marca: 2005
- FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Ball: 2005
- FIFA World Cup top assist provider: 2006
- Copa Libertadores Player of the Week: May 8–10 / 2012
- The Best Argentine midfielder by _Olé_: 2012
- The Best local Argentine player by _Olé_: 2012
- The Historical Team for Copa Libertadores of all time
- FIFPro World XI Nominee: 2006, 2007
- Ballon d'Or Nominee: 2005, 2007 (14th)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Juan Román Riquelme
- **caption**: Riquelme in 2015
- **fullname**: Juan Román Riquelme
- **birth place**: San Fernando de la Buena Vista, San Fernando, Argentina
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Boca Juniors (vice-president)
- **youthyears1**: 1992–1996
- **youthclubs1**: Argentinos Juniors
- **years1**: 1996–2002
- **clubs1**: Boca Juniors
- **caps1**: 151
- **goals1**: 38
- **years2**: 2002–2005
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 30
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2003–2005
- **clubs3**: → Villarreal CF, Villarreal (loan)
- **caps3**: 68
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2005–2007
- **clubs4**: Villarreal CF, Villarreal
- **caps4**: 38
- **goals4**: 13
- **years5**: 2007
- **clubs5**: → Boca Juniors (loan)
- **caps5**: 15
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2007–2014
- **clubs6**: Boca Juniors
- **caps6**: 103
- **goals6**: 24
- **years7**: 2014–2015
- **clubs7**: Argentinos Juniors
- **caps7**: 15
- **goals7**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 420
- **totalgoals**: 104
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1998
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 21
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2000
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2008
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina Olympic (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalcaps3**: 6
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 1997–2008
- **nationalteam4**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps4**: 51
- **nationalgoals4**: 17