Who Are Ya? (La Liga)
Try and work out which player these 10 facts are describing.
To celebrate La Liga returning next week, this player has plied his trade in Spain’s top-flight.
Good Luck! (¡Buena Suerte!)
The Facts:
1. At time of writing (June 2020), this player is 41 years old.
2. For his national side, he won the U-20 World Cup, the Toulon Tournament and an Olympic gold.
3. He spent 5 years in La Liga between 2002-2007.
4. During his time in La Liga, he scored 40 goals in 136 appearances.
5. After the arrival of Ronaldinho, this player was transferred to another La Liga club, where he won Marca’s ‘Most Artistic Player’ award.
6. In Diego Maradona’s final game, he was replaced at half time by this player.
7. After his time in Spain, he returned to the club where he started his professional career, spending 7 years there before playing 18 games in 2014 for the club where he began his youth career.
8. In 2015, it was believed he would sign for Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, with a contract which would make him the highest earner in the league. This deal was never completed, and he instead announced his retirement from playing the game in January, 2015.
9. He is currently part of the leadership at his debut club, where he recently made news for his historic feud with Diego Maradona.
10. This player features in the video below of “Legendary Free Kicks”.
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