Pablo Aimar

**Pablo César Aimar** (born 3 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team, which won the 2022 World Cup.

### Club

- Sources:

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|River Plate|1995–96|rowspan="6"|Argentine Primera División|1|0|—|—|—|1|0||||
|1996–97|—|—|—|—|0|0|||||||||
|1997–98|16|4|—|7|2|—|23|6|||||||
|1998–99|18|2|—|9|1|—|27|3|||||||
|1999–00|33|13|—|8|3|—|41|16|||||||
|2000–01|15|4|—|5|1|—|20|5|||||||
|rowspan="7"|Valencia|2000–01|rowspan="6"|La Liga|10|2|—|8|0|—|18|2|||
|2001–02|33|4|1|0|6|2|—|40|6||||||
|2002–03|31|8|4|0|11|3|—|46|11||||||
|2003–04|25|4|5|0|8|0|—|38|4||||||
|2004–05|31|4|2|0|6|2|—|39|6||||||
|2005–06|32|5|2|0|1|0|—|35|5||||||
|rowspan="3"|Zaragoza|2006–07|rowspan="2"|La Liga|31|5|1|0|—|—|32|5|||
|2007–08|22|0|2|0|1|0|—|25|0||||||
|rowspan="6"|Benfica|2008–09|rowspan="5"|Primeira Liga|22|1|2|0|1|0|4|1|29|2|
|2009–10|25|4|1|0|11|1|4|0|41|5|||||
|2010–11|23|5|6|1|12|1|5|0|46|7|||||
|2011–12|24|2|2|0|12|1|4|0|42|3|||||
|2012–13|13|0|3|0|3|0|2|0|21|0|||||
|rowspan="2"|Johor Darul Ta'zim|2014|Malaysia Super League|8|2|0|0|—|—|8|2||||
|River Plate|2015|Argentine Primera División|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||
|Estudiantes Río Cuarto|2017–18|Torneo Federal A|—|1|0|—|—|1|0||||||

### International

|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3"|Argentina||
|1999|2|0|
|2000|5|1|
|2001|8|0|
|2002|6|1|
|2003|9|4|
|2004|2|0|
|2005|6|1|
|2006|6|0|
|2007|7|1|
|2009|1|0|

#### International goals

- _Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aimar goal._

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|16 August 2000|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||1–1|1–1|2002 World Cup qualification|
|2.|27 March 2002|Geneva, Switzerland||2–1|2–2|Friendly|
|3.|30 April 2003|June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya||3–1|3–1||
|4.|6 September 2003|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||2–0|2–2|2006 World Cup qualification|
|5.|9 September 2003|Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela||1–0|3–0||
|6.|15 November 2003|Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina||3–0|3–0||
|7.|29 June 2005|Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany||1–4|1–4|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|
|8.|28 June 2007|José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela||3–1|4–1|2007 Copa América|

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Argentina U-17|align="left"|13 July 2017|align="left"|_ Present _|||

### Player

**River Plate**
- Primera División: 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
- Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997
- Recopa Sudamericana: Runner-up 1997

**Valencia**
- La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2003–04
- UEFA Super Cup: 2004
- Supercopa de España: Runner-up 2002, 2004
- UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 2000–01

**Benfica**
- Primeira Liga: 2009–10
- Taça da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- UEFA Europa League: Runner-up 2012–13
- Taça de Portugal: Runner-up 2012–13
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Runner-up 2010

**Johor Darul Ta’zim**
- Malaysian Super League: 2014

**Argentina U17**
- South American Under-17 Football Championship: Runner-up 1995
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third-place 1995

**Argentina U20**
- South American Youth Championship: 1997, 1999
- FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997

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

**Individual**
- FIFA World Youth Championship Bronze Ball: 1997
- South American Team of the Year: 1999, 2000
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2002–03
- Trofeo EFE: 2005–06
- Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2011

### Managerial

**Argentina** (as assistant manager)
- FIFA World Cup: 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Pablo Aimar
- **image**: Match legends 2017 CC (4).jpg
- **caption**: Aimar in 2017
- **full name**: Pablo César Aimar
- **birth place**: Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Río Cuarto, Argentina
- **height**: 5 ft 6 in
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17 (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1985–1993
- **youthclubs1**: Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, Estudiantes Río Cuarto
- **youthyears2**: 1993–1997
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 82
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 2001–2006
- **clubs2**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps2**: 162
- **goals2**: 27
- **years3**: 2006–2008
- **clubs3**: Real Zaragoza, Zaragoza
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 5
- **years4**: 2008–2013
- **clubs4**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps4**: 107
- **goals4**: 12
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Darul Ta'zim
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2015
- **clubs6**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps6**: 1
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2018
- **clubs7**: Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, Estudiantes Río Cuarto
- **caps7**: 0
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 413
- **totalgoals**: 67
- **nationalyears1**: 1995
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1997
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1999–2009
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 52
- **nationalgoals3**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 2017–
- **managerclubs1**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17
- **manageryears2**: 2018–
- **managerclubs2**: Argentina national football team, Argentina (assistant)
- **medaltemplates**: <small>(as player)</small>

<small> (as manager)</small>