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Football Biography

Hernán Crespo

Argentine · Born 1975

ArgentinaSerie AChampions League Final
Centre Forward
64
caps
35
goals

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Champions League finalist and two-time Italian league winner — one of the most clinical penalty box strikers of his generation.

Hernán Crespo was one of the most technically accomplished centre-forwards of the early 2000s. He scored two goals in the 2005 Champions League final for AC Milan — including an extraordinary chip over Jerzy Dudek — only to end up on the losing side after Liverpool's famous comeback. He won 64 Argentina caps and scored 35 international goals.

He scored two goals in the 2005 Champions League final — only to lose after Liverpool's extraordinary comeback from 3-0 down.

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Career Honours

  • Serie A 2x (Lazio, Inter)
  • 64 Argentina caps, 35 goals