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#11M🇦🇷 ArgentinaSigned
Juan
VERÓN
#11M🇦🇷 ArgentinaSigned- Born
- 1975
- Age
- 51
- From
- La Plata, Argentina
- Debut
- 1993
- Previously
- Chelsea / Inter Milan / Estudiantes
La Brujita. A long-passing playmaker whose vision dictated the tempo of every team he played for — from Sampdoria and Lazio to Manchester United and Chelsea. Returned home in his thirties to lift the 2009 Copa Libertadores with boyhood club Estudiantes, captaining the side that grew up cheering him on.
Apps
Goals
Trophies
MVP
International
72
72
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Club career
510
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Trophy cabinet
Honors
- Copa Libertadores2009
- Serie A1999–2000
- Premier League2002–03
- Coppa Italia1999, 2005, 2006
- UEFA Cup1998–99
Club career
Timeline
- 1993–1996Estudiantes de La Plata
- 1996Boca Juniors
- 1996–1998Sampdoria
- 1998–1999Parma
- 1999–2001Lazio
- 2001–2003Manchester United
- 2003–2007Chelsea / Inter Milan / Estudiantes
Did you know
Three things to drop into conversation
- 01His nickname La Brujita — 'the little witch' — honours his father, La Bruja, an Estudiantes great who scored against Manchester United in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup.
- 02His £28.1 million move to Old Trafford in 2001 was a British transfer record at the time.
- 03Came out of retirement at 41 in 2016 to play one more Copa Libertadores for Estudiantes after fans bought up most of the stadium boxes to fund his return.