Osvaldo Ardiles

Osvaldo César Ardiles (Ossie) (born August 3, 1952, in Córdoba, Argentina,) was a football (soccer) midfielder and is now a football coach. A competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a cult hero, along with compatriot Ricky Villa and Glenn Hoddle, in England as a player for Tottenham Hotspur.

As a player, he spent his career in the following teams:

• 1969/1973 (National) Instituto (Cba)
• 1974 (National) Belgrano (Cba)
• 1975/78 Huracán
• 1978/82 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
• 1982/83 Paris Saint Germain (France)
• 1983/88 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
• 1988/89 Blackburn Rovers (England)
• 1989/91 Swindon Town F.C(England) (as player manager).

Whilst player-manager at Swindon Town, Ardiles was implicated in the financial irregularities that saw the team relegated.

• 1991/92 Newcastle United (England) as a manager.

Osvaldo Ardilles won the FA Cup in 1981.

He won 42 caps for Argentina's national team, including the victorious World Cup winning squad of 1978.

Later on he worked as a coach in Tottenham, Dinamo Zagreb, and in Japan.