Juan Román Riquelme

Juan Román Riquelme

Personal information
Full name	Juan Román Riquelme[1]
Date of birth	(1978-06-24) 24 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	San Fernando, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Boca Juniors (vice-president)
Youth career
1992–1996	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Boca Juniors	151	(38)
2002–2005	Barcelona	30	(3)
2003–2005	→ Villarreal (loan)	68	(13)
2005–2007	Villarreal	38	(13)
2007	→ Boca Juniors (loan)	15	(2)
2007–2014	Boca Juniors	103	(24)
2014–2015	Argentinos Juniors	15	(3)
Total		420	(104)
National team
1997–1998	Argentina U20	21	(7)
2000	Argentina U23	3	(1)
2008	Argentina Olympic (O.P.)	6	(1)
1997–2008	Argentina	51	(17)
Honours Representing  Argentina Men's football Copa América Runner-up 2007 Venezuela FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 2005 Germany Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing Team FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1997 Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Juan Román Riquelme (born 24 June 1978) is an Argentine former football player and current vice-president of Boca Juniors.

Career statistics

Club

^[2][3]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boca Juniors	1996–97	Primera División	22	4					22	4
	1997–98	Primera División	19	0			2	0	21	0
	1998–99	Primera División	37	10			5	0	42	10
	1999–2000	Primera División	24	4			16	3	40	7
	2000–01	Primera División	27	10			14	3	41	13
	2001–02	Primera División	22	10			6	0	28	10
	Total		151	38			43	6	194	44
Barcelona	2002–03	La Liga	30	3	1	1	11	2	42	6
Villarreal (loan)	2003–04	La Liga	33	8	3	1	12	4	48	13
	2004–05	La Liga	35	15	0	0	11	2	46	17
Villarreal	2005–06	La Liga	25	12	1	0	12	2	38	14
	2006–07	La Liga	13	1	0	0	0	0	13	1
	Total		106	36	4	1	35	8	145	45
Boca Juniors (loan)	2007	Primera División	15	2			11	8	26	10
Boca Juniors	2007–08	Primera División	10	1			10	4	20	5
	2008–09	Primera División	28	5			7	4	35	9
	2009–10	Primera División	24	3			2	0	26	3
	2010–11	Primera División	13	4					13	4
	2011–12	Primera División	23	4	2	1	13	3	38	8
	2012–13	Primera División	5	0	1	0	7	2	13	2
	2013–14	Primera División	23	7	0	0	0	0	23	7
	Total		141	26	3	1	50	21	194	48
Argentinos Juniors	2013–14	Primera División	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	2
	2014–15	Primera B Nacional	15	3	3	2	0	0	18	5
	Total		15	3	3	2	0	0	18	5
Career total			443	106	14	7	139	37	596	150

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	1997	1	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	5	0
	2000	0	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	1	0
	2003	3	1
	2004	6	1
	2005	13	6
	2006	8	0
	2007	9	9
	2008	5	0
Total		51	17

International goals

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Riquelme goal. Sign ‡ indicates goals scored from a penalty kick.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 April 2003	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	2–1	3–1	Friendly
2.	17 November 2004	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	2–1	3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	8 June 2005	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	2–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	15 June 2005	Stadium Cologne, Cologne, Germany	Tunisia	1–0 ‡	2–1	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5.	18 June 2005	EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Australia	2–0 ‡	4–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
6.	21 June 2005	EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Germany	1–1	2–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
7.	9 October 2005	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	1–0 ‡	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	16 November 2005	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	3–0	Friendly
9.	2 July 2007	José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela	Colombia	2–1	4–2	2007 Copa América
10.				3–1
11.	8 July 2007	Estadio Metropolitano, Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Peru	1–0	4–0	2007 Copa América
12.				4–0
13.	11 July 2007	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	3–0 ‡	3–0	2007 Copa América
14.	13 October 2007	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.				2–0
16.	17 November 2007	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	2–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
17.				3–0

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors^[4]

• Argentine Primera División: 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2008 Apertura, 2011 Apertura
• Copa Argentina: 2011–12
• Copa Libertadores: 2000, 2001, 2007
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2008
• Intercontinental Cup: 2000

Villarreal

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004^[5]

Argentinos Juniors

• Primera B Nacional: 2014

Argentina U-20^[6]

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1997
• South American Youth Championship: 1997

Argentina U-23

• Toulon Tournament: 1998
• Summer Olympics: 2008

Argentina^[4][6]

• Copa América Runner-up: 2007
• FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2005

Vice President

Boca Juniors^[4]

• Argentine Primera División: Superliga 2019–20, Liga Profesional 2022
• Copa Argentina: 2019–20
• Copa de la Liga: 2020, 2022
• Supercopa Argentina: 2022

Individual

• Toulon Tournament Best Player: 1998^[7]
• South American Team of the Year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2011^[8]
• Argentine Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2001, 2008, 2011^[9]
• Copa Libertadores Most Valuable Player: 2001, 2007^[10]
• South American Footballer of the Year: 2001^[11]
• La Liga Don Balón Award (Foreign Player of the Year): 2004–05^[12]
• Most Artistic Player by Marca: 2005^[13]
• FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Ball: 2005^[14]
• FIFA World Cup top assist provider: 2006^[15]
• Copa Libertadores Player of the Week: May 8–10 / 2012
• The Best Argentine midfielder by Olé: 2012
• The Best local Argentine player by Olé: 2012
• The Historical Team for Copa Libertadores of all time^[16]
• FIFPro World XI Nominee: 2006, 2007^[17]
• Ballon d'Or Nominee: 2005, 2007 (14th)

References

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