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Fact box on Hernan Crespo ( 2003-08-27 09:39) Factbox on Argentine striker Hernan Crespo, who joined Chelsea from Inter Milan on Tuesday Born: July 5, 1975 in Florida, suburb of Buenos Aires 1993: Makes River Plate debut and goes on to score 13 goals in 25 league matches in 93/94 season. Fans call him "Valdanito" (little Valdano) after 1986 World Cup-winning forward Jorge Valdano because of his similar looks, build and running style to Real Madrid's present sporting director December - helps River Plate win the Apertura league title, the second of two championships held in Argentina in the year 1994: Helps River win Apertura title again 1995: February - wins first Argentina cap in friendly against Bulgaria in
Mendoza but has to wait 16 months for second cap and more than two years for
first Argentina goal August: Wins Olympic silver medal with Argentina team at Leaves River, where he finished with 24 goals in 62 leagues games, for Parma in Italy for $4 million October: Makes Serie A debut in Parma's 2-1 home defeat by 1997: April - scores first Argentina goal in 2-1 World Cup May - helps Parma finish runners-up in Serie A, scoring 12 goals in 27 matches 1998: June: member of Argentina's World Cup squad in France as Gabriel Batistuta's understudy, making one substitut appearance in the second round match against England in St Etienne 1999: Parma win Italian Cup May - Parma win UEFA Cup with Crespo scoring opening goal in 2000: ends Parma career with 22 goals in 34 matches in his last season for a total of 62 goals Breaks world transfer record when he signs for newly crowned Italian champions Lazio for $54.1 million 2001: May - ends first season at Lazio as top scorer in Serie A with 26 goals in 32 matches Helps Argentina secure berth at the 2002 World Cup finals with nine goals in 13 qualifying games 2002: Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa's preference not to play Crespo and Batistuta together up front leads to stories, denied by both, that they do not get on and hate each other June - plays in his second World Cup in Japan, coming on as a substitute for Batistuta in all three group matches, scoring the equaliser against Sweden as the favourites are eliminated and leaving the pitch at Sendai in tears September: Signs for Inter Milan as replacement for the departed Ronaldo, joining for $40 million euros 2003: January - having scored nine goals for Inter in the Champions League in
the first half of the season, damages knee ligaments during Serie A match
against Modena, making a comeback August 26 - signs for Chelsea for 16.8 million pounds ($26.28 million) in a
four-year deal.
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