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Esteban Cambiasso
Personal information
Full name	Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau
Date of birth	August 18, 1980 (1980-08-18) (age 27)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder, left midfielder
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Number	19
Youth clubs
0000–1996 1996–1998	Argentinos Juniors Real Madrid B
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2004 2004-	→ Independiente (loan) → River Plate (loan) Real Madrid Internazionale	74 0(9) 37 (12) 42 0(0) 97 (11)
National team2
2000-	Argentina	32 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 2, 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of July 2, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Esteban Matías Cambiasso Deleau (born August 18, 1980 in Buenos Aires) is a professional Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Inter Milan 2 International career 3 Honors and awards 4 Personal life 4.1 Charity 4.1.1 Leoni di Potrero 5 References 6 External links

Cambiasso started his professional career with Argentinos Juniors in 1995, moving to Real Madrid B in 1996.

In 1998, he moved back to Argentina where he played for three years with Independiente and one with River Plate. During this time he earned his nickname El Cuchu. With some good experience under his belt, he returned to Real Madrid in 2001. He helped Los Galacticos win the UEFA Super Cup in 2002, La Liga and the Intercontinental Cup in 2003, and the Supercopa de España in 2004.

In 2005, Cambiasso signed with Internazionale after his contract with Real Madrid expired in June 2004. He helped Inter Milan win the Italian Cup in his first season with the club, playing regularly as a defensive midfielder, partnered in the middle of Inter's midfield with fellow Argentinian Juan Sebastián Verón.

In Italy, he became known as one of the outstanding players of the 2004-05 season, along with A.C. Milan's Kaká. Inter coach Roberto Mancini and chairman Massimo Moratti have already mentioned that the team of the future revolves around certain players. Cambiasso was one, along with Verón, Adriano, Martins and others.^{[citation needed]}

During the return match for the final of the 2006 Coppa Italia, Cambiasso scored an impressive goal, the first of the match, for the 3-1 victory over A.S. Roma.

On September 30, 2006, he scored twice in the opening game of the season, with Inter Milan defeating Fiorentina 3-2.

On November 07, 2007, he along with Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a brace a piece to defeat PFC CSKA Moscow 4-2 in the UEFA Champions League.

More important than his goal scoring, Cambiasso is known for his precise passing, excellent decisions both on defense and attack and he is a vocal leader, a second coach on the pitch, directing his teammates during the game.

Cambiasso made his national debut in 2000.

On May 15, 2006, Cambiasso was named in the Argentinian national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and on June 16, he capped a twenty-four pass move with a finish to score the second in a 6-0 victory over Serbia and Montenegro.

On June 30, 2006, Cambiasso had a penalty kick saved in the quarterfinals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which guaranteed German progression to the semifinal in Dortmund against Italy.

Argentina:

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

River Plate:

• 2002 Primera División Argentina Clausura

Real Madrid:

• 2003 Spanish La Liga
• 2003 Intercontinental Cup
• 2003 UEFA Super Cup
• 2003 Spanish Super Cup

Inter Milan:

• 2006, 2007 Italian Serie A
• 2005, 2006 Coppa Italia
• 2005, 2006 Italian Super Cup
• 2005 Inter Milan's best player of the year (Pirata d'oro)^[1]

Cambiasso is married and has a son.

Esteban Cambiasso holds an Italian passport as his family has origins from the province of Genoa.

Cambiasso along with his compatriot and current teammate at Inter, Javier Zanetti unveiled this charity association to help coach young children with social isolation problems and motor coordination difficulties.

• (Spanish) Official site of Esteban Cambiasso
• Cambiasso's career stats @ footballdatabase.com

Preceded by Adriano Leite Ribeiro

Internazionale Player Of The Year 2005, 2006

Succeeded by incumbent

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Coloccini • 5 Cambiasso • 6 Heinze • 7 Saviola • 8 Mascherano • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Franco • 13 Scaloni • 14 Palacio • 15 Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Cufré • 18 Rodríguez • 19 Messi • 20 Cruz • 21 Burdisso • 22 González • 23 Ustari • Coach: Pekerman

v • d • e F.C. Internazionale Milano – current squad

1 Toldo • 2 Córdoba • 4 Zanetti • 5 Stanković • 6 Maxwell • 7 Figo • 8 Ibrahimović • 9 Cruz • 10 Adriano • 11 Jiménez • 12 Júlio César • 13 Maicon • 14 Vieira • 15 Dacourt • 16 Burdisso • 18 Crespo • 19 Cambiasso • 21 Solari • 22 Orlandoni • 23 Materazzi • 24 Rivas • 25 Samuel • 26 Chivu • 29 Suazo • 30 Pélé • 31 César • 35 Esposito • 36 Bolzoni • 37 Puccio • 41 Filkor • 42 Maaroufi • 45 Balotelli • 49 Slavkovski • 71 Alfonso • Coach: Mancini