Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Avellaneda, Santa Fe Province, February 1, 1969) is an Argentine former soccer player. He was regarded as one of the best strikers in the world during the 1990s and early XXI century, due to his effectiveness against on goal thanks to his powerful shots that reached up to 106 km/h. In 1995 the magazine Guerin Sportivo chose him as the best player in the world, in 1998 he was ranked second in the RSS Award for best footballer of the year, and in 1999, he was voted third in the FIFA World Player of the Year vote. He is currently considered one of the best Argentine players in history.

After training in soccer and making his debut with Newell's Old Boys at age 18 in 1988, Batistuta would go on to play for River Plate, and then for their historic rivals, Boca Juniors, in 1991. Thanks to the technical direction Maestro Tabárez and his attacking duo with Diego Latorre, Batistuta would go on to become one of the best forwards in the world after winning the Clausura 1991 and signing for Fiorentina, where he would spend most of his career; he is their all-time top scorer in Serie A, with 151 goals. When Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B in 1993, Batistuta stayed with the team to help them return to the top division the following year; in recognition of his successes with the club, fans erected a statue of him in 1996. Despite winning the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup, he was never able to win Serie A with Fiorentina, until his transfer to Roma in 2000 for 36 million euros (the most expensive signing made by a player over 30 years of age, until the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in 2018), where he won Serie A 2000-01. After a loan to Inter Milan in 2003, Batistuta would spend his last two seasons in Qatar with Al-Arabi until his retirement in 2005.

He has been international with the Argentine National Team in a period between 1991 and 2002. During that period he played 77 official matches and scored 54 goals, which represents an average of 0.70 goals per game. With the albiceleste he was champion in two Copa América (1991 and 1993), a FIFA Confederations Cup (1992) and a Conmebol-UEFA Champions Cup (1993). Until June 21, 2016, he was the top scorer in the history of his team. That record was surpassed by Lionel Messi in the semifinal match of the Copa América 2016, who with his free kick goal reached 55 goals with the albiceleste shirt. Batistuta is the ninth goalscorer in the history of the Soccer World Cup and the second Argentine player to score the most goals (10), only surpassed by the aforementioned Lionel Messi (11), in his three appearances (1994, 1998 and 2002).. He is considered by many to be one of the best players to have worn the Argentine shirt and, furthermore, he is the only footballer in history to score a hat-trick in two different World Cups.

After his retirement, he worked as a polo player for the Loro Piana team. In the third stage of the Argentina Polo Tour Patio Bullrich 2009, he won his first title as a polo player, the Stella Artois Cup, playing for the team by Tom Tailor.

Personal life

She was born in Avellaneda, Province of Santa Fe. Her parents are Gloria, a member of the Reconquista Ladies Volunteers, and Omar, an agricultural businessman in that Santa Fe city.]]

He married Irina on January 28, 1990, and later they moved to Florence where their eldest children were born and later they moved to Rome. They had four children, Thiago, Lucas, Joaquín and Shamel.

Trajectory

Newell's Old Boys was Batistuta's first team, where he debuted in 1988.

Gabriel next to Diego Latorre, while playing in Boca Juniors.

Argentina

After serving in Newell's Old Boys, the club with which he made his debut in the Argentine First Division and where he stayed for one season (1988-1989). He made his debut on September 18, 1988, in a match that his team played against San Martín, in the city of Tucumán.

While he was at Newell's, in January 1989 he was loaned to Club Sportivo Italiano to play in Italy, from January 25 to February 6, the 41st edition of the Copa Carnevale that was played in the city of Viareggio. In 1989, he signed for River Plate, a club where he won his second official title in Argentina under the technical direction of Daniel Passarella.

The following year he was hired by Boca Juniors whose colors he defended until 1991, where he formed a fearsome attacking duo with Diego Latorre. Both won the 1991 Clausura Tournament (second round of the 1990/91 championship) undefeated and directed by the teacher Tabarez, later losing the season finale against the team that won the first round, Newell's Old Boys, winner of the 1990 Apertura. Boca ended up losing the title on penalties at home, after draw 1-1 on aggregate in the two games played to decide the champion of the season. In that final, Batistuta did not participate, because he was on the national team roster for the Copa América that year, like his teammate Diego Latorre.

Italy

Due to his performance at the club, Batistuta entered the Fiorentina Fame Hall in 2014.

After the 1990/91 Championship, he went to Europe, signing for Fiorentina in Serie A of Italian soccer. Despite the harshness of this championship, Batistuta soon confirmed his status as an extraordinary auctioneer, becoming one of the top foreign scorers of all time in that competition. With Fiorentina, he won the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup in 1996 and was capocannoniere (top scorer) with 26 goals in the 1994/95 season, during which he scored in 11 consecutive games. He was one step away from signing for FC Barcelona in the 1997-1998 campaign, however, the culé coach at that time, Louis Van Gaal, preferred to have the services of the Brazilian Sonny Anderson.

After the 1999-2000 campaign, he left Fiore and signed for Roma, who made a significant financial outlay to hire him. With this team, his palmares increased in 2001 thanks to the conquest of Serie A and the Italian Super Cup. In January 2003, he was loaned by this entity to Inter Milan until the end of that season (2002-2003).

Qatar and withdrawal

After the season in Italy concluded, in June 2003 he committed to Al-Arabi of the Qatar League. After his experience in the Middle East, in December 2004 he was close to returning to Boca Juniors, where he wanted to play his last season as a professional. However, his chronic ankle injuries and the great moment of Boca Juniors' historic scorer, Martín Palermo, meant that this desire did not prosper. He was very close to signing for another Argentine team, San Lorenzo, but the deal never came to fruition, beyond Batistuta's desire to return to Argentine soccer. Finally, he announced his retirement as a professional soccer player in March 2005.

Statistical summary

According to the IFFHS, Batistuta scored 233 goals in 415 games played in the Argentine, Italian and Qatari leagues. However, including international cups, the national team and other matches as a professional footballer, he has played 633 games and scored 356 goals: 8 for Newell's Old Boys, 5 for River Plate, 19 for Boca Juniors, 207 for Fiorentina., 33 in Rome, 2 in Inter Milan, 26 in Al-Arabi and 56 in the Argentine Soccer Team.

Joint injuries

Batistuta suffered a lot from joint injuries, especially to his wrists. These injuries worsened shortly after his retirement, forcing him to undergo various treatments to cope with the wear and tear of his cartilage that caused him a lot of pain and forced him to undergo treatment for life. After suffering terrible pain as a result of an ankle injury, Batistuta claims to have come to ask his doctor to cut off his legs to put an end to that ordeal, but despite this, "Batigol" he was strong and emerged victorious from that injury.

National team

Batistuta pointed out the second Argentine goal against Colombia on the last date of the final leg of the Cup America of 1991.

His debut with the Argentine National Team was in a friendly match against Brazil on June 27, 1991, being summoned by coach Alfio Basile in preparation for the 1991 Copa América. In his first match in said competition, on July 8, scored his first goal for the Argentine national team, and they ended up being two during the match, both scored against the Venezuelan team. The Argentine team became champion and Batistuta the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

In 1992 he participated in the Kirin Cup where he won the tournament and scored two goals. Months later he participated in the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup, he was the scorer with two goals and the Argentine team won the competition in its first edition. In the 1993 Copa América he scored just three goals, however two of them were in the decisive final played against Mexico. With a 2-1 final victory, the Argentine team achieved the two-time championship.

In the 1994 World Cup qualifiers he played in five games and scored two goals. The Argentine National Team was committed to qualifying for the World Cup in the United States, since on the last date they faced Colombia and the coffee team arrived with 8 points while Argentina, with 7 points, had to win the match to attend the World Cup, but Due to a historic defeat inflicted by Colombia 0-5, playing at home, the team did not achieve first place in the group and its respective classification. This led to playing a playoff with Australia. After a 1-1 draw in the first match played in Sydney, in the rematch match, in Buenos Aires, Batistuta brought out his goalscoring ability to score in the defining competitions and with his goal he secured the World Cup qualification with a final victory from 1-0.

In the 1994 Soccer World Cup he would score four goals, the beginning was very promising since in the first game played against Greece he scored three goals for a 4-0 final victory. However, after going to the round of 16, the morale of the team was seriously affected by the suspension for doping of Diego Maradona, Argentina is defeated and eliminated by Romania. Batistuta scored a goal in that match.

After the failure in the 1994 World Cup that led to the end of the Basile era, Daniel Passarella was hired as the new coach, who summoned Batistuta to play in the 1995 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he was going to score two goals in the final that his team lost against Denmark. He participated in the 1995 Copa América where he scored four goals with which he became top scorer of the tournament, despite the fact that the Argentine team was eliminated in the quarterfinals by penalties at the hands of Brazil.

In the qualifiers for the 1998 World Cup in France, he played seven games and scored three goals, one of which stood out above all others in his career, was the one scored against Paraguay on September 1, 1996, this goal, the number 35 of his career up to that moment, surpassed Diego Maradona with 34 goals as the top scorer in the history of the Argentine National Team.

In the 1998 World Cup he scored five goals. In the first match, played against Japan, he scored the only goal for Argentina's victory. Later, in the 5-0 victory over Jamaica, he scored three, with which he equaled Diego Maradona and Guillermo Stábile, with eight goals each, as the top Argentine scorers in the history of the World Cups. In the round of 16 he faced England and scored another goal, a penalty, with which he was able to definitively position himself as Argentina's top scorer in the World Cup. The albiceleste won the match 4-3 in a penalty shootout and went on to the quarterfinals, where they lost in the final moments of the game against the Netherlands, when Batistuta had hit the post a few minutes before.

In the era of Marcelo Bielsa, his presence in the national team was marked by several problems of continuous injuries that prevented him from participating in many matches. In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Qualifiers he played in just five games where he scored five goals. In the 2002 Soccer World Cup, Argentina was one of the main candidates to win the World Cup due to the spectacular previous campaign in the qualifying rounds and in the friendly matches. However, the Argentine was part of the so-called "group of death" and was eliminated in the first round. Batistuta scored a goal in his debut against Nigeria. After the competition ended, he withdrew from the national team.

Participations in World Cup Qualifiers

Elimination	Country	Outcome	Position	PJ	Goles	Average
United States 1994	United States	Classified	2nd	7	3	0.42
France 1998	France	Classified	1o	7	3	0.42
Korea and Japan 2002	South Korea and Japan	Classified	1o	5	4	0.80
Total in phases				19	10	0.51

Participations in World Cups

World	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Average
World Cup 1994	United States	Final Octavos	4	4	1,00
World Cup 1998	France	Final rooms	5	5	1,00
World Cup 2002	South Korea and Japan	First phase	3	1	0.33
Total			12	10	0.83

Participations in America's Cups

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Average
Copa America 1991	Chile	Champion	6	6	1,00
Copa America 1993	Ecuador	Champion	6	3	0.50
Copa America 1995	Uruguay	Final rooms	4	4	1,00
Total			16	13	0.81

Participations in Confederations Cups

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Average
Confederations Cup 1992	Saudi Arabia	Champion	2	2	1,00
Confederations Cup 1995	Saudi Arabia	Subfield	3	2	0.67
Total			5	4	0.80

Selection

Gabriel Batistuta statistics on national selection

Date City Local Outcome Visitor Competition Goles 27-06-1991 Curitiba BRABrazil 1:1 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 08-07-1991 Santiago de Chile ARGArgentina 3:0 VENVenezuela Copa America 1991 2 10-07-1991 Santiago de Chile CHIChile 0:1 ARGArgentina Copa America 1991 1 12-07-1991 Concepción ARGArgentina 4:1 PARParaguay Copa America 1991 1 17-07-1991 Santiago ARGArgentina 3:2 BRABrazil Copa America 1991 1 19-07-1991 Santiago CHIChile 0:0 ARGArgentina Copa America 1991 0 21-07-1991 Santiago ARGArgentina 2:1 COLColombia Copa America 1991 1 31-05-1992 Tokyo JPNJapan 0:1 ARGArgentina Kirin Cup 1992 1 03-06-1992 Gifu ARGArgentina 1:0 WALWales Kirin Cup 1992 1 18-06-1992 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 2:0 AUSAustralia Friendly 2 16-10-1992 Riad ARGArgentina 4:0 CIVIvory Coast Copa Rey Fahd 1992 2 20-10-1992 Riad KSASaudi Arabia 1:3 ARGArgentina Copa Rey Fahd 1992 0 18-02-1993 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:1 BRABrazil Friendly 0 24-02-1993 Mar del Plata ARGArgentina (5) 1:1 (4) DENDenmark Copa Artemio Franchi 1993 0 17-06-1993 Guayaquil ARGArgentina 1:0 BOLBolivia Copa America 1993 1 20-06-1993 Guayaquil ARGArgentina 1:1 MEXMexico Copa America 1993 0 23-06-1993 Guayaquil COLColombia 1:1 ARGArgentina Copa America 1993 0 27-06-1993 Guayaquil BRABrazil (5) 1:1 (6) ARGArgentina Copa America 1993 0 01-07-1993 Guayaquil COLColombia (5) 1:1 (6) ARGArgentina Copa America 1993 0 04-07-1993 Guayaquil MEXMexico 1:2 ARGArgentina Copa America 1993 2 01-08-1993 Lima PERPeru 0:1 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1994 1 08-08-1993 Assumption PARParaguay 1:3 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1994 0 22-08-1993 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 2:1 PERPeru Classification for the CM 1994 1 29-08-1993 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 0:0 PARParaguay Classification for the CM 1994 0 05-09-1993 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 0:5 COLColombia Classification for the CM 1994 0 31-10-1993 Sydney AUSAustralia 1:1 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1994 0 17-11-1993 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:0 AUSAustralia Classification for the CM 1994 1 23-03-1994 Recife BRABrazil 2:0 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 20-04-1994 Balance ARGArgentina 3:1 MARMorocco Friendly 0 18-05-1994 Santiago CHIChile 3:3 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 25-05-1994 Guayaquil ECUEcuador 1:0 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 31-05-1994 Tel Aviv ISRIsrael 0:3 ARGArgentina Friendly 2 04-06-1994 Zagreb CROCroatia 0:0 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 21-06-1994 Boston ARGArgentina 4:0 GREGreece 1994 World Cup 3 25-06-1994 Boston ARGArgentina 2:1 NGRNigeria 1994 World Cup 0 30-06-1994 Dallas ARGArgentina 0:2 BULBulgaria 1994 World Cup 0 03-07-1994 Pasadena ROURomania 3:2 ARGArgentina 1994 World Cup 1 08-01-1995 Riad JPNJapan 1:5 ARGArgentina Copa Rey Fahd 1995 2 10-01-1995 Riad NGRNigeria 0:0 ARGArgentina Copa Rey Fahd 1995 0 13-01-1995 Riad DENDenmark 2:0 ARGArgentina Copa Rey Fahd 1995 0 22-06-1995 Mendoza ARGArgentina 6:0 SVKSlovakia Friendly 2 30-06-1995 Quilmes ARGArgentina 2:0 AUSAustralia Friendly 1 08-07-1995 Paysandú ARGArgentina 2:1 BOLBolivia Copa America 1995 1 11-07-1995 Paysandú ARGArgentina 4:0 CHIChile Copa America 1995 2 14-07-1995 Paysandú USAUnited States 3:0 ARGArgentina Copa America 1995 0 17-07-1995 Rivera BRABrazil (4) 2:2 (2) ARGArgentina Copa America 1995 1 20-09-1995 Madrid ESPSpain 2:1 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 08-11-1995 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 0:1 BRABrazil Friendly 0 24-04-1996 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 3:1 BOLBolivia Classification for the CM 1998 1 02-06-1996 Quito ECUEcuador 2:0 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1998 0 01-09-1996 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:1 PARParaguay Classification for the CM 1998 1 09-10-1996 San Cristobal VENVenezuela 2:5 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1998 0 15-12-1996 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:1 CHIChile Classification for the CM 1998 1 12-01-1997 Montevideo URUUruguay 0:0 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 1998 0 16-11-1997 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:1 COLColombia Classification for the CM 1998 0 10-03-1998 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 2:0 BULBulgaria Friendly 1 15-04-1998 Jerusalem ISRIsrael 2:1 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 22-04-1998 Dublin IRLIreland 0:2 ARGArgentina Friendly 1 29-04-1998 Rio de Janeiro BRABrazil 0:1 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 14-05-1998 Córdoba ARGArgentina 5:0 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina Friendly 3 19-05-1998 Mendoza ARGArgentina 1:0 CHIChile Friendly 1 25-05-1998 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 2:0 RSASouth Africa Friendly 1 14-06-1998 Toulouse ARGArgentina 1:0 JPNJapan 1998 World Cup 1 21-06-1998 Paris ARGArgentina 5:0 JAMJamaica 1998 World Cup 3 26-06-1998 Bordeaux CROCroatia 0:1 ARGArgentina 1998 World Cup 0 30-06-1998 Saint-Étienne ARGArgentina (4) 2:2 (3) ENGEngland 1998 World Cup 1 04-07-1998 Marseille NEDNetherlands 2:1 ARGArgentina 1998 World Cup 0 31-03-1999 Amsterdam NEDNetherlands 1:1 ARGArgentina Friendly 1 30-10-1999 Córdoba ARGArgentina 2:1 COLColombia Friendly 1 23-02-2000 London ENGEngland 0:0 ARGArgentina Friendly 0 29-03-2000 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 4:1 CHIChile Classification for the CM 2002 1 04-06-2000 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 1:0 BOLBolivia Classification for the CM 2002 0 29-06-2000 Bogotá COLColombia 1:3 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 2002 2 08-10-2000 Buenos Aires ARGArgentina 2:1 URUUruguay Classification for the CM 2002 1 07-10-2001 Assumption PARParaguay 2:2 ARGArgentina Classification for the CM 2002 1 02-06-2002 Ibaraki ARGArgentina 1:0 NGRNigeria 2002 World Cup 1 07-06-2002 Sapporo ARGArgentina 0:1 ENGEngland 2002 World Cup 0 12-06-2002 Miyagi SWESweden 1:1 ARGArgentina 2002 World Cup 0 Total Presences 78 Goles 56

Trajectory as a commentator

In 2016 he worked together with Mariano Closs and Diego Latorre on Fox Sports as a commentator for the UEFA Champions League matches. It was his first professional experience in the media.

Clubs

As a player

Club	Country	Year
Newell's Old Boys	Argentina	1988 - 1989
River Plate	Argentina	1989 - 1990
Boca Juniors	Argentina	1990 - 1991
Fiorentina	ItalyItaly	1992 - 2000
Rome	ItalyItaly	2000 - 2002
Inter de Milan	ItalyItaly	2002 - 2003
Al-Arabi	QatarQatar	2003 - 2005

As a manager

Club	Country	Year
Columbus	Argentina	2011-2013

Statistics

Clubs

Club	Div.	Season	League			National Cups(1)			International Tournaments(2)			Total(3)			Average score
			Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Newell's Old Boys Argentina
	1. a	1988-89	24	7	4	-			4	1	0	28	8	4	32
	Total club		24	7	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	28	8	4	32
River Plate Argentina
	1. a	1989-90	21	4	2	-			3	0	0	24	4	2	0.17
	Total club		21	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	4	2	0.17
Boca Juniors Argentina
	1. a	1990-91	34	13	5	-			13	6	2	47	19	7	0.40
	Total club		34	13	5	0	0	0	13	6	2	47	19	7	0.40
ACF Fiorentina ItalyItaly
	1. a	1991-92	27	13	7	3	1	1	-			30	14	8	0.47
		1992-93	32	16	6	3	3	1	-			35	19	7	0.54
	2. a	1993-94	26	16	6	3	3	0	2	2	1	31	21	7	0.68
	1. a	1994-95	32	26	5	5	2	1	-			37	28	6	0.76
		1995-96	31	19	6	8	8	2	-			39	27	8	0.69
		1996-97	32	13	8	2	2	0	7	4	1	41	19	9	0.46
		1997-98	31	21	10	5	3	0	-			36	24	10	0.67
		1998-99	28	21	5	9	4	1	4	1	2	41	26	8	0.63
		1999-00	30	23	2	2	0	0	11	6	1	43	29	3	0.67
	Total club		269	168	55	40	26	6	24	13	5	333	207	66	0.62
AS Roma ItalyItaly
	1. a	2000-01	28	20	2	-			4	1	0	32	21	2	0.66
		2001-02	23	6	3	1	0	0	11	0	0	40	6	3	0.15
		2002-03	12	4	4	2	1	0	6	1	0	20	6	4	0.30
	Total club		63	30	9	3	1	0	21	2	0	87	33	9	0.37
Inter de Milan ItalyItaly
	1. a	2002-03	12	2	1	-			-			12	2	1	0.16
	Total club		12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	0.16
Al-Arabi SC QatarQatar
	1. a	2003-04	18	25	5	2	1	1	-			20	26	6	1,30
		2004-05	3	0	0	1	1	0	-			4	1	0	0.20
	Total club		21	25	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	24	27	6	1,12
Total career			444	249	81	46	29	7	65	22	7	555	300	95	0.54
(1) Includes data from the Italian Super Cup (1996-01); Italy Cup (1991-02); Catar Crown Prince Cup (2004). (3) It includes data from the South American Super Cup (1989-90) Copa Libertadores (1988-91); Copa de la Liga Anglo-Italian / Recopa de Europa de la UEFA (1993-97); Copa de la UEFA (1998-01); Liga de Campeones de la UEFA (1999-02). (3) It does not include goals in friendly matches.

Selection

Selection	Season	Friendly			South America(1)			World(2)			Total			Average score
		Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Adult Argentina	1991	1	0	0	6	6	0	-			7	6	0	0.86
	1992	3	4	0	-			2	2	0	5	6	0	1,20
	1993	1	0	0	13	6	2	1	0	1	15	6	3	0.40
	1994	6	2	1	-			4	4	0	10	6	1	0.60
	1995	4	3	1	4	4	1	3	2	1	11	9	3	0.81
	1996	-			5	3	1	-			5	3	1	0.60
	1997	-			2	0	0	-			2	0	0	0.00
	1998	7	7	1	-			5	5	0	12	12	1	1,00
	1999	2	2	0	-			-			2	2	0	1,00
	2000	1	0	0	4	4	1	-			5	4	1	0.80
	2001	-			1	1	0	-			1	1	0	1,00
	2002	-			-			3	1	0	3	1	0	0.33
	Total	25	18	3	35	24	5	18	14	2	78	56	10	0.71
Total career		25	18	3	35	24	5	18	14	2	78	56	10	0.71
(1) Includes South American Cup / South American Classifiers (1991-01). (2) Includes Copa Artemio Franchi / Copa FIFA Confederaciones (1992-95).

Statistical summary

Hat-tricks

Matches in which he scored three or more goals
N.o	Date	Stadium	Party	Goles	Outcome	Competition
1	2 May 1991	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors - Racing Club		6 - 1	First Division of Argentina 1990-91
2	9 February 1992	Pino Zaccheria, Foggia	Foggia Calcio - ACF Fiorentina		3 - 3	Series A 1991-92
3	10 October 1993	Artemio Franchi, Florence	ACF Fiorentina - AC Pisa 1909		4 - 1	Series B 1993-94
4	21 June 1994	Foxboro Stadium, Boston	Argentina - Greece		4 - 0	1994 Football World Cup
5	15 February 1996	Artemio Franchi, Florence	ACF Fiorentina - Inter de Milan		3 - 1	Italy Cup 1995-96
6	31 August 1997	Friuli, Údine	Udinese Calcio - ACF Fiorentina		2 - 3	Series A 1997-98
7	14 May 1998	Olympic Cordoba, Córdoba	Argentina Bosnia and Herzegovina		5 - 0	Friendly
8	21 June 1998	Parc des Princes, Paris	Argentina - Jamaica		5 - 0	1998 Football World Cup
9	26 September 1998	San Siro, Milan	AC Milan - ACF Fiorentina		1 - 3	Series A 1998-99
10	17 January 1999	Artemio Franchi, Florence	ACF Fiorentina - Cagliari Calcio		4 - 2	Series A 1998-99
11	19 September 1999	Artemio Franchi, Florence	ACF Fiorentina - Hellas Verona		4 - 1	Series A 1999-00
12	14 May 2000	Artemio Franchi, Florence	ACF Fiorentina - Venezia FC		3 - 0	Series A 1999-00
13	5 November 2000	Mario Rigamonti, Brescia	Brescia Calcio - AS Roma		2 - 4	Series A 2000-01
14	29 January 2004	Ahmed bin Ali, Al-Rayyan	Al-Sailiya - Al-Arabi SC		0 - 6	Stars League de Catar 2003-04
15	6 March 2004	Grand Hamad, Doha	Al-Arabi SC - Al-Wakrah		4 - 0	Stars League de Catar 2003-04
16	12 March 2004	Grand Hamad, Doha	Al-Arabi SC - Al-Rayyan SC		3 - 5	Stars League de Catar 2003-04

Honours of Prizes

National Championships

Title	Equipment	Country	Year
First Division	Newell's Old Boys	Argentina	1988
First Division	River Plate	Argentina	1989-90
Series B	A. C. F. Fiorentina	ItalyItaly	1993-94
Cup Italy			1995-96
Supercopa de Italia			1996
Series A	A. S. Rome		2000-01
Supercopa de Italia			2001

International Championships

Title	Equipment	Headquarters	Year
Copa America	Selection of Argentina	ChileChile	1991
Confederations Cup		Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	1992
Conmebol-UEFA Champions Cup		Argentina	1993
Copa America		EcuadorEcuador	1993

Individual awards

Records and important brands

• Maximum historical score of the ACF Fiorentina in Serie A (152 goals).
• Maximum historical scorer of the ACF Fiorentina in Copa Italia (24 goals).
• Second highest scorer in the history of the ACF Fiorentina (207 goals). Only surpassed by Kurt Hamrin (208 goals).
• Second maximum historical scorer of the ACF Fiorentina in UEFA competitions (11 goals, shared with Adrian Mutu). Only surpassed by Kurt Hamrin (12 goals).
• The second highest scorer of the ACF Fiorentina in UEFA Champions League (6 goals). Only surpassed by Alberto Gilardino (9 goals).
• Player with more titles won in the Selection of Argentina (4 titles, shared with Oscar Ruggeri and Diego Simeone).
• Maximum historical scorer of the Argentina Selection at the Confederations Cup (4 goals, shared with Luciano Figueroa).
• Second highest scorer in the history of the Selection of Argentina (56 goals). Only surpassed by Lionel Messi (98 goals).
• Second highest scorer of the Argentina Selection in official matches (37 goals). Only surpassed by Lionel Messi (47 goals).
• Second highest scorer of the Argentina team at the World Cup of Football (10 goals). Only surpassed by Lionel Messi (13 goals).
• Second top scorer of the Argentina Team in the Americas Cup (13 goals, shared with Lionel Messi and José Manuel Moreno). Only surpassed by Norberto Méndez (17 goals).
• Third highest scorer of the Argentina Selection in South American Eliminators (11 goals, shared with Gonzalo Higuaín). Overtaken by Lionel Messi (28 goals) and Hernan Crespo (19 goals).
• Only player to score a triplet in two World Cups.
• Player with more consecutive matches marking in Serie A (11 matches, shared with Fabio Quagliarella and Cristiano Ronaldo).
• Maximum Argentine scorer of Serie A (184 goals).
• Second highest South American scorer of Serie A (184 goals). Only surpassed by José Altafini (216 goals).
• Maximum foreign scorer of Serie A (184 goals). Overtaken by Gunnar Nordahl (225 goals), José Altafini (216 goals) and Kurt Hamrin (190 goals).

Filmography

• Movistar+ Reporting (11/04/2016), «Fever Maldini: 'Gabriel Batistuta' in Plus.es