Christian Bassedas

Christian Gustavo Bassedas (born 16 February 1973) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Bassedas is most notable for his spell at Vélez Sársfield, where he made 267 appearances for the club, giving him the eleventh most appearances in their history. He is currently the head coach of UAI Urquiza.

Christian Bassedas
Personal information
Full name Christian Gustavo Bassedas
Date of birth (1973-02-16) 16 February 1973
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder / Sweeper
Club information
Current team
 UAI Urquiza (Head coach)
Youth career
Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2000 Vélez Sársfield 267 (21)
2000–2003 Newcastle United 24 (1)
2002 → Tenerife (loan) 14 (0)
Total 305 (22)
National team
1996 Argentina Olympic
1994–1999 Argentina 22 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Vélez Sarsfield
2017 Boca Unidos
2017–2018 Olimpo
2018– UAI Urquiza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club

Bassedas is a product of Vélez Sársfield youth divisions, club where he debuted professionally on 3 March 1991. He played as a sweeper (libero), and was an important part of Vélez most successful years during the 1990s. He won four national championships with the club, and five international (including the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, where he was a starter in the 2-0 victory over A.C. Milan).

In 2000, he joined English FA Premier League club Newcastle United for £3,500,000. He played for them in the period 2000–2003, though on loan to Tenerife briefly during the 2001–02 season. He scored once in the league for Newcastle in a 3-1 defeat at Chelsea in January 2001.[1]

In 2003, he joined Argentine Newell's Old Boys, but after two months of pre-season training he decided to retire from football at the age of 30.[2]

He later worked for Fox Sports en Latinoamérica as a commentator on FA Premier League matches.[3]

International

Bassedas played for the Argentine national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, but was not part of the squad for the World Cup. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Americans, where he captained the team.

Management

At the end of 2008, Bassedas was appointed as sports consultant of Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera División. His first order of business was to recommend Ricardo Gareca to fill the coaching spot.[4] He was also essential in the negotiations to bring Maximiliano Moralez, Sebastián Domínguez and Joaquín Larrivey to the club. In his first season with the club, Vélez won the Clausura 09.

In November 2015, he was appointed as manager of Vélez Sársfield. He resigned in September 2016, after a 0-3 loss against Racing Club, citing the violent reaction Vélez supporters as his reason for leaving.[5]

He was appointed as the head coach of Club Olimpo on 20 December 2017.[6]

On 6 October 2018, Bassedas was appointed as the head coach of UAI Urquiza.[7]

Honours

Player

Club

Vélez Sársfield

International

Argentina national team

General manager

Vélez Sársfield

  • Primera División Argentina (1): Clausura 09

References
  1. "No capital return for Newcastle". BBC. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  2. "'Perdí el amor por el fútbol'" (in Spanish). Página/12. 30 August 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  3. Daily Hairdryer
  4. "Bassedas: "Gareca siempre fue mi candidato"" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  5. Reuters, Avec (25 September 2016). "Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas démissionne de son poste d'entraîneur à cause des violences des supporters" [Vélez Sarsfield: Bassedas resigned as coach because of violence supporters]. L'ÉQUIPE (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. Bassedas fue presentado en Olimpo‚ tycsports.com, 21 December 2017
  7. Bienvenido Christian, uaiurquiza.com, 6 October 2018
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