Víctor Aristizábal

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aristizábal and the second or maternal family name is Posada.
Víctor Aristizábal
Personal information
Full name Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada
Date of birth (1971-12-09) 9 December 1971
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Atlético Nacional 142 (70)
1994 Valencia 7 (0)
1994–1996 Atlético Nacional 38 (17)
1997–1998 São Paulo 25 (9)
1998–1999 Santos 11 (2)
2000 Atlético Nacional 25 (13)
2001 Deportivo Cali 28 (14)
2002 Vitória 21 (10)
2003 Cruzeiro 36 (21)
2004 Coritiba 25 (6)
2005–2007 Atlético Nacional 85 (49)
Total 633 (211)
National team
1993–2003 Colombia 66 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian retired football striker. Aristizábal scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.

Club career

He started his career in Atlético Nacional, and played there from 1990 to 1996 only interrupted by a short spell with Valencia CF in 1994. Winning the Colombian league twice with Nacional, he eventually moved to play in Brazil. He played for São Paulo and Santos before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002 he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória, Cruzeiro and Coritiba. Aristizábal is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Brazilian league. He is also the all-time Colombian goalscorer with 348 goals, of which about 200 goals were scored with Atlético Nacional, club which he is also the top goalscorer. He is the only player that has won 6 championship with Atlético Nacional. He announced his retirement from football on November 2007 after suffering an awkward knee injury.[1]

International career

Between 1993 and 2003, Aristizábal played 66 international matches and scored 15 goals for the Colombia national team. He was an unused substitute for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but played all three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Aristizábal finished as top scorer with six goals in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, as Los Cafeteros won the title for the first time. He was also a member of the nation's squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in fourth place.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Aristizábal announced he was retiring from international soccer after being dropped for a match against Brazil.

International goals

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.[2]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 May 1993 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile
1–0
1–1
 Friendly
2. 16 July 1993 Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador  Mexico
2–1
2–1
 1993 Copa América
3. 9 February 1994 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
4. 26 February 1994 Weingart Stadium, Monterey Park, United States  South Korea
2–2
2–2
5. 2 June 1996 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Perú  Peru
1–1
1–1
 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 16 June 1997 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia  Costa Rica
4–1
4–1
 1997 Copa América
7. 11 July 2001 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Venezuela
2–0
2–0
 2001 Copa América
8. 14 July 2001  Ecuador
1–0
1–0
9. 17 July 2001  Chile
1–0
2–0
10. 23 July 2001 Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia  Peru
1–0
3–0
11.
3–0
12. 26 July 2001 Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia  Honduras
2–0
2–0
13. 14 November 2001 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay
1–0
4–0
 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.
2–0
15.
3–0

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colombia League Cup South America Total
1992Atlético NacionalCategoría Primera A––009696
1993332000533823
Spain League Cup Europe Total
1993–94ValenciaLa Liga70000070
Colombia League Cup South America Total
1994Atlético NacionalCategoría Primera A261500002615
199512200127249
Brazil League Cup South America Total
1996São PauloSérie A135002+2157
1997124005+4178
1998Santos41000041
199971000071
Colombia League Cup South America Total
2000Atlético NacionalCategoría Primera A251300412914
2001Deportivo Cali281400313115
Brazil League Cup South America Total
2002VitóriaSérie A211000002110
2003Cruzeiro36212+5103926
2004Coritiba2560042298
Colombia League Cup South America Total
2005Atlético NacionalCategoría Primera A312500523627
2006321700743921
20072270041268
Total Brazil 118482512813261
Colombia 209113004915258128
Spain 70000070
Career total 334161256123397189

Source:[3]

Honors and awards

Club

Country

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Víctor Aristizábal se retira por lesión Retrieved 21 December 2007
  2. ↑ "Víctor Aristizábal International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 8 August 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1497/Victor_Aristizabal.html
Preceded by
Ronaldo and Rivaldo		 Copa America Top Goalscorers
Copa América 2001 		Succeeded by
Adriano
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