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Juan Román Riquelme
Personal information
Full name Juan Román Riquelme[1]
Date of birth (1978-06-24) 24 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth San Fernando, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Boca Juniors (vice-president)
Youth career
1992–1996 Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Boca Juniors 151 (38)
2002–2005 Barcelona 30 (3)
2003–2005Villarreal (loan) 68 (13)
2005–2007 Villarreal 38 (13)
2007Boca Juniors (loan) 15 (2)
2007–2014 Boca Juniors 103 (24)
2014–2015 Argentinos Juniors 15 (3)
Total 420 (104)
National team
1997–1998 Argentina U20 21 (7)
2000 Argentina U23 3 (1)
2008 Argentina Olympic (O.P.) 6 (1)
1997–2008 Argentina 51 (17)
Honours
Representing  Argentina
Men's football
Copa América
Runner-up 2007 Venezuela
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2005 Germany
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1997 Malaysia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Juan Román Riquelme (born 24 June 1978) is an Argentine former football player and current vice-president of Boca Juniors.

Career statistics

Club

[2][3]

Club Season League League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 1996–97 Primera División 22 4 22 4
1997–98 Primera División 19 0 2 0 21 0
1998–99 Primera División 37 10 5 0 42 10
1999–2000 Primera División 24 4 16 3 40 7
2000–01 Primera División 27 10 14 3 41 13
2001–02 Primera División 22 10 6 0 28 10
Total 151 38 43 6 194 44
Barcelona 2002–03 La Liga 30 3 1 1 11 2 42 6
Villarreal (loan) 2003–04 La Liga 33 8 3 1 12 4 48 13
2004–05 La Liga 35 15 0 0 11 2 46 17
Villarreal 2005–06 La Liga 25 12 1 0 12 2 38 14
2006–07 La Liga 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
Total 106 36 4 1 35 8 145 45
Boca Juniors (loan) 2007 Primera División 15 2 11 8 26 10
Boca Juniors 2007–08 Primera División 10 1 10 4 20 5
2008–09 Primera División 28 5 7 4 35 9
2009–10 Primera División 24 3 2 0 26 3
2010–11 Primera División 13 4 13 4
2011–12 Primera División 23 4 2 1 13 3 38 8
2012–13 Primera División 5 0 1 0 7 2 13 2
2013–14 Primera División 23 7 0 0 0 0 23 7
Total 141 26 3 1 50 21 194 48
Argentinos Juniors 2013–14 Primera División 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 2
2014–15 Primera B Nacional 15 3 3 2 0 0 18 5
Total 15 3 3 2 0 0 18 5
Career total 443 106 14 7 139 37 596 150

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 1997 1 0
1998 0 0
1999 5 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 1 0
2003 3 1
2004 6 1
2005 13 6
2006 8 0
2007 9 9
2008 5 0
Total 51 17

International goals

Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Riquelme goal. Sign ‡ indicates goals scored from a penalty kick.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 April 2003 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya  Libya 2–1 3–1 Friendly
2. 17 November 2004 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Venezuela 2–1 3–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 8 June 2005 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Brazil 2–0 3–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 15 June 2005 Stadium Cologne, Cologne, Germany  Tunisia 1–0 ‡ 2–1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5. 18 June 2005 EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany  Australia 2–0 ‡ 4–2 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
6. 21 June 2005 EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg, Germany  Germany 1–1 2–2 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
7. 9 October 2005 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Peru 1–0 ‡ 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 16 November 2005 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 1–0 3–0 Friendly
9. 2 July 2007 José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela  Colombia 2–1 4–2 2007 Copa América
10. 3–1
11. 8 July 2007 Estadio Metropolitano, Barquisimeto, Venezuela  Peru 1–0 4–0 2007 Copa América
12. 4–0
13. 11 July 2007 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela  Mexico 3–0 ‡ 3–0 2007 Copa América
14. 13 October 2007 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Chile 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15. 2–0
16. 17 November 2007 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Bolivia 2–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
17. 3–0

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors[4]

Villarreal

Argentinos Juniors

Argentina U-20[6]

Argentina U-21

Argentina[4][6]

Vice President

Boca Juniors[4]

Individual

References

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  2. "Juan Román Riquelme". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. "Juan Riquelme - Argentina". Besoccer. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Juan Román Riquelme at Soccerway
  5. "Riquelme's triumphant return". FIFA.com. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2019.[dead link]
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Juan RIQUELME". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  7. "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon – Official Player Awards". 5 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  8. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. "Juan Riquelme -- ex-Argentina, Boca Juniors and Villarreal star -- retires". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. "Presentaron el auto que recibirá el mejor jugador de la fin". 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  11. "South American Player of the Year". Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  12. "Números Uno 2004/05 Don Balón 30.ª Edición (Don Balón, 08/08/2005)". Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. "Riquelme, premiado: el jugador con más "arte" de la Liga". Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  14. "FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005 – Awards". Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  15. "2006 FIFA WORLD CUP in numbers". Retrieved 2 March 2021.[dead link]
  16. "Pelé, Riquelme y el XI Ideal histórico de la Copa Libertadores". GOAL.com.
  17. "The Players - Players - FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro World Players' Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.