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.

Pablo Aimar
Aimar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Pablo César Aimar[1]
Date of birth (1979-11-03) 3 November 1979
Place of birth Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Argentina U17 (head coach)
Youth career
1985–1993 Estudiantes Río Cuarto
1993–1997 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 River Plate 82 (21)
2001–2006 Valencia 162 (27)
2006–2008 Zaragoza 57 (5)
2008–2013 Benfica 107 (12)
2013–2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim 8 (2)
2015 River Plate 1 (0)
2018 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 0 (0)
Total 413 (67)
National team
1995 Argentina U17 6 (2)
1997 Argentina U20 7 (1)
1999–2009 Argentina 52 (8)
Teams managed
2017– Argentina U17
2018– Argentina (assistant)
Honours
Representing  Argentina (as player)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up2005 Germany
Copa América
Runner-up2007 Venezuela
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1997 Malaysia
South American U-20 Championship
Winner1997 Chile
Winner1999 Argentina
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place1995 Ecuador
South American U-17 Championship
Runner-up1995 Peru
Representing  Argentina (as manager)
South American U-17 Championship
Winner2019 Peru
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club
Sources:[2][3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Continental[nb 2] Other[nb 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 1995–96 Argentine Primera División 10———10
1996–97 ————00
1997–98 164—72—236
1998–99 182—91—273
1999–00 3313—83—4116
2000–01 154—51—205
Total 8323002970011230
Valencia 2000–01 La Liga 102—80—182
2001–02 3341062—406
2002–03 3184[nb 4]0113—4611
2003–04 2545080—384
2004–05 3142[nb 5]062—396
2005–06 3252010—355
Total 16227130407—21634
Zaragoza 2006–07 La Liga 31510——325
2007–08 2202010—250
Total 5353010—575
Benfica 2008–09 Primeira Liga 221201041292
2009–10 2541011140415
2010–11 235611215[nb 6]0467
2011–12 2422012140423
2012–13 130303020210
Total 1071214139318117917
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2014 Malaysia Super League 8200——82
Total 8200000082
River Plate 2015 Argentine Primera División 1010000020
Estudiantes Río Cuarto 2017–18 Torneo Federal A —10——10
Career total 413673211011718156686
  1. Includes the Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, Taça de Portugal, and Copa Argentina
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores, Supercopa Sudamericana, Copa Mercosur, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. Includes the Taça da Liga, and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  4. Includes two appearances in the Supercopa de España
  5. Includes one appearance in the Supercopa de España
  6. Includes one appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International
Argentina
YearAppsGoals
199920
200051
200180
200261
200394
200420
200561
200660
200771
200910
Total528

International goals
Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aimar goal.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 August 2000Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay1–11–12002 World Cup qualification
2.27 March 2002Geneva, Switzerland Cameroon2–12–2Friendly
3.30 April 2003June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya Libya3–13–1
4.6 September 2003Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chile2–02–22006 World Cup qualification
5.9 September 2003Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela1–03–0
6.15 November 2003Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolivia3–03–0
7.29 June 2005Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany Brazil1–41–42005 FIFA Confederations Cup
8.28 June 2007José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela United States3–14–12007 Copa América

Managerial
As of 27 October 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Argentina U-17 13 July 2017 Present 2013343621+15065.00
Total 2013343621+15065.00

Honours

Player

River Plate

  • Primera División: 1997 Apertura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Clausura
  • Supercopa Sudamericana: 1997
  • Recopa Sudamericana: Runner-up 1997

Valencia

Benfica

Johor Darul Ta’zim

  • Malaysian Super League: 2014

Argentina U17

Argentina U20

  • South American Youth Championship: 1997, 1999
  • FIFA World Youth Championship: 1997

Argentina

Individual

  • FIFA World Youth Championship Bronze Ball: 1997
  • South American Team of the Year: 1999, 2000[5]
  • UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2002–03
  • Trofeo EFE: 2005–06
  • Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 2011[6]

Managerial

Argentina (as assistant manager)

References
  1. "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 23 November 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. "P. Aimar". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. Pablo Aimar at ESPN FC
  4. "Pablo Aimar". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. "Galardões Cosme Damião distinguem Chalana e Aimar" [Galardões Cosme Damião distinguish Chalana and Aimar]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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