Pablo Aimar

**Pablo César Aimar Giordano** (lahir 3 November 1979) ialah pemain bola sepak antarabangsa Argentina yang kini bermain untuk Johor Darul Takzim di Liga Super Malaysia seorang Pemain tengah yang mempunyai skil yang luas, Beliau juga mempunyai pasport Sepanyol.

Selepas bermain untuk River Plate dan kemudian bermain di La Liga sebanyak 215 kemunculan dan 32 gol sepanjang permainanannya, terutamanya bersama Valencia. Beliau juga bermain beberapa tahun di negara Portugal bersama Benfica, memenangi lima kejuaraan utama diantara dua pasukan bila digabungkan.

Aimar mendapat lebih daripada 50 kap bersama Argentina hampir sedekad yang lalu, menerajui negara dalam Kejohanan Piala Dunia FIFA dan juga Kejohanan Copa América.

## Karier Bersama Kelab

### River Plate / Valencia
Dilahirkan di Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Aimar began his ascent to stardom with Club Atlético River Plate, whose first team he joined for the 1997–98 season, after rejecting a place at medical school, and with whom he quickly established himself as one of the best young players in Argentina.

Valencia CF of Spain signed Aimar in January 2001, at a price of €24 million. The purchase proved justified as he helped lead the team to a first-place finish in La Liga in 2001–02 (with 33 games and four goals), as well as to a runners-up finish in the previous seasons's UEFA Champions League, being defeated by FC Bayern Munich; he also won the 2004 UEFA Cup, appearing in eight scoreless matches during the campaign – this included the final against Olympique de Marseille, where he replaced Francisco Rufete with 30 minutes to go.

On 12 April 2006 Aimar was hospitalized after being diagnosed with acute viral meningitis, but made a quick recovery and returned to play for his team. During his career with the *Che*, he was also often troubled with injuries.

### Zaragoza
During the summer of 2006, Aimar joined fellow top flight club Real Zaragoza for €12 million. He made his league debut on 27 August in a 2–3 away loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, and scored two goals in his first four matches.

The Aragonese side were relegated at the end of 2007–08, with the playmaker appearing in 22 games without scoring while also often hindered with injuries. During that campaign, he teamed up with former Valencia teammate Roberto Ayala.

### Benfica
On 17 July 2008, after a period of intense negotiations, Aimar signed a four-year contract with Portuguese side Benfica for a fee of €6.5 million. After a difficult first half of the season, he managed to overcome his constant injuries and finished it in good shape.

In 2009–10 Aimar was in better physical conditions, and displayed a good offensive chemistry with countryman Javier Saviola, newly signed, as Benfica had the best offensive record of the competition, with the help of top scorer Óscar Cardozo, winning the club's 32nd championship, after a five-year wait. He played 46 games in the following season all competitions comprised and scored seven goals, but the *Reds* only conquered the domestic League Cup.

On 6 June 2013, after 179 official appearances and 17 goals, 33-year-old Aimar announced he was leaving Benfica, thanking the club for "five wonderful years".

### Johor Darul Takzim
On 7 Ogos 2013, Presiden Johor Darul Takzim F.C. Tunku Ismail Ibrahim , disahkan  Aimar menandatangai kontrak dua tahun bersama Johor Darul Takzim.

Aimar sahkan keluar dari kelabnya pada 21 April 2014, kerana masalah kecederaan yang dialami.

## Karier Antarabangsa
Aimar first represented Argentina at youth levels. Along with future senior team stars Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme he won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and went on to gain over 50 full caps since his debut in 1999; he played in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

In the 2002 World Cup, for which he was picked ahead of Riquelme, Aimar appeared against England, subbing in for Juan Sebastián Verón in the 0–1 loss, which led coach Marcelo Bielsa to start him against Sweden at the latter's expense.

Aimar scored the last goal of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup during Argentina's 1–4 loss in the final to champions Brazil, also appearing with the national side in the 2007 Copa América (losing in the final to the same team, this time 0–3).

After several months in the sidelines, Aimar received another international callup in October 2009, for decisive 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Uruguay. In the match against the former he repaid the faith placed in him by coach Diego Maradona, assisting Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina's opener with a sublime through ball, in an eventual 2–1 win.

### Gol-Gol Antarabangsa

## Pencapaian Terbaik
### Kelab
;River Plate
*Primera División: 1996 Apertura, 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
*Copa Libertadores: 1996
*Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997

;Valencia
*La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04
*UEFA Cup: 2003–04
*UEFA Super Cup: 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

### Pasukan Kebangsaan
;Argentina U-17
*South American Under-17 Football Championship: Runner-up 1995
*FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third-place 1995

;Argentina B-20
*South American Youth Championship: 1997, 1999
*FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1997

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

### Individu
*FIFA U-20 World Cup: Bronze Ball 1997
*Benfica Player of the Year: 2011

## Statistik
### Kelab
As of 7 June 2013

### Antarabangsa

## Peribadi
Adik Aimar, Andrés, juga merupakan pemain bola sepak profesional dan pemain tengah.

## Rujukan

## Pautan Luar
*BDFutbol profile
*Stats and profile at Zerozero 
*Stats at ForaDeJogo
*PortuGOAL profile
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*FootballDatabase profile and stats