Ricardo Altamirano

Ricardo Altamirano
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Daniel Altamirano
Date of birth	(1965-12-12) December 12, 1965
Place of birth	Laguna Paiva, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1982–1986	Unión de Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1988	Unión de Santa Fe	63	(0)
1988–1992	Independiente	102	(0)
1992–1997	River Plate	123	(4)
1997–1998	Unión de Santa Fe	31	(1)
National team
1991–1995	Argentina	27	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2008. † Appearances (goals)

Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (born 12 December 1965 in Laguna Paiva, Santa Fe) is a former Argentina international footballer.

Altamirano signed as a youth player in 1982 at Unión de Santa Fe, he made his breakthrough into the first team in 1986, but left the club shortly after their relegation from the Argentine Primera in 1988.

Altamirano joined Club Atlético Independiente in 1988, he was part of the squad that won the 1988-1989 championship.

Altamirano received his first call-up to the Argentina national team in 1991. He played in three Copa Américas, he was part of the winning squad in 1991 and 1993 and part of the team that were eliminated in the Quarter finals by Brazil in 1995. Altamirano also represented Argentina in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1992 won by Argentina.

In 1992 Altamirano joined River Plate where he went on to another six major titles, 4 league titles, the Copa Libertadores 1996 and the Supercopa Sudamericana 1997.

Club titles

Season	Team	Title
1988–1989	Independiente	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 1993	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 1994	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1996	River Plate	Copa Libertadores
Apertura 1996	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1997	River Plate	Supercopa Sudamericana
Clausura 1997	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

International titles

Season	Team	Title
1991	Argentina	Copa América
1992	Argentina	FIFA Confederations Cup
1993	Argentina	Artemio Franchi Trophy
1993	Argentina	Copa América

External links

(Spanish) Interview with El Litoral

Argentina squads

Argentina squad – 1991 Copa América Winners (13th title)

1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Enrique 4 Basualdo 5 Astrada 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Caniggia 8 Franco 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Latorre 12 Lanari 13 Gamboa 14 Craviotto 15 Altamirano 16 García 17 Zapata 18 Medina Bello 19 Mohamed 20 Rodríguez 21 Giunta 22 Cancelarich Coach: Basile

Argentina squad – 1992 King Fahd Cup Winners (1st title)

1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Altamirano 4 Basualdo 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Caniggia 8 Villarreal 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Cagna 12 Islas 14 Acosta 15 Borelli 16 García 18 Craviotto 20 Rodríguez 21 Cancelarich Coach: Basile

Argentina squad – 1993 Copa América Winners (14th title)

1 Goycochea 2 Vázquez 3 Altamirano 4 F. Basualdo 5 Redondo 6 Ruggeri (c) 7 Medina Bello 8 Franco (J. Basualdo) 9 Batistuta 10 Simeone 11 Gorosito 12 Islas 13 Cáceres 14 Craviotto 15 Borelli 16 García 17 Zapata 18 Acosta 19 Zamora 20 Rodríguez 21 Scoponi 22 Mancuso Coach: Basile

Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América

1 Cristante 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Cáceres 7 Balbo 8 Simeone 9 Batistuta 10 Gallardo 11 Berti 12 Bossio 13 Altamirano 14 Schürrer 15 Fabbri 16 Astrada 17 Escudero 18 Espina (c) 19 Ortega 20 Acosta 21 Borrelli 22 Burgos Coach: Passarella

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