Diego Forlán

Forlán in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Diego Forlán Corazo
Date of birth	(1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 (age 33)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	internazionale Milano
Number	9
Youth career
1990–1991	Peñarol
1991–1994	Danubio
1994–1997	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2001	Independiente	80	(37)
2001–2004	Manchester United	63	(10)
2004–2007	Villarreal	106	(54)
2007–2011	Atlético Madrid	134	(74)
2011–	Internazionale	18	(2)
National team‡
2002–	Uruguay	85	(32)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2012

Diego Forlán Corazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo foɾˈlan]; born 19 May 1979) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.

Forlán was born into a family of footballers; his father Pablo having played for São Paulo (1970–1975) and Uruguay in the 1966 and 1974 World Cups and his maternal grandfather, Juan Carlos Corazo, for Independiente in Argentina.^[2]

Forlán joined Independiente himself after rising through their youth team, and after a successful four-year spell, he signed for Manchester United of England's Premier League. His form for United was not as successful as at Independiente, although he won the Premier League in 2003 and the FA Cup in 2004. In the Summer of 2004 he moved on to La Liga side Villarreal.

In his first season in Spanish football with Villarreal, Forlán scored 25 league goals and won the Pichichi Trophy. After two more successful seasons with Villarreal, Forlán joined Atlético Madrid, where he once again became the league's top scorer, and became the first player to win the Pichichi Trophy twice since Ronaldo achieved this feat in 2003–04. Forlán scored in Atlético's 2010 Europa League final victory against Fulham. In 2011 he joined Internazionale of Italy's Serie A.

Forlán also has a successful international career, having scored 32 times for his country since his 2002 debut. He scored once at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He was the joint top scorer by scoring five times at the 2010 World Cup, in which he scored twice against the host nation South Africa, once against Ghana in the quarter-finals, once against the Netherlands in the semi-finals and once against Germany in the third place play-off. Despite being the joint top scorer in the tournament, Forlán did not receive an award for his goals due to tiebreakers. Forlán was however recognised with the Golden Ball award, given to the best player at the tournament.^[3]

On 12 July 2011, at the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, Forlán earned his 79th Uruguayan cap, against Mexico, breaking the record held by former goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodriguez since 1986. Forlán is currently Uruguay's leading top scorer at international level in official matches.

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Born in Montevideo, Forlán, son of former player and Uruguayan international Pablo Forlán, was a tennis player in his youth.^{[citation needed]} He decided to follow the occupation of his father in playing football when his sister Alejandra was involved in a horrific car accident, which killed her boyfriend and left her in intensive care for five months and handicapped thereafter. In 1995, when he was 16, Forlán was brought to France by manager László Bölöni, and spent several months on trial at AS Nancy. However, the club opted against signing him, and Forlán returned to South America.

Independiente[link]

He has played for several South American clubs, including Argentine side Independiente, where he scored 36 goals in 77 league games.^[4] His goalscoring attracted the attention of European sides, and in January 2002 he signed for Manchester United in the English Premier League for a fee of £6.9 million.^[5]

Manchester United[link]

Diego Forlán was signed for Manchester United by Sir Alex Ferguson for £6.9 million on 22 January 2002. He made his debut on 29 January as a 76th minute substitute for Ole Gunnar Solskjær in a 4-0 away win at Bolton Wanderers. He made his first start in 4-0 home victory over Tottenham Hotspur on 6 March. Forlán played 13 league and five Champions League appearances in the 2001-02 season but did not score.^[6]

On 18 September 2002, Forlán came on as a 56th minute substitute for Ryan Giggs in a Champions League match versus Maccabi Haifa. He scored his first United goal as an 89th minute penalty in the 5-2 win. His first Premier League goal was a 77th minute equaliser in a home 1-1 draw against Aston Villa on 26 October. In Forlán's next Premier League game, at home to Southampton on 2 November, he came on as a 79th minute substitute for United's goalscorer Phil Neville with the score at 1-1, and scored the winner with a dipping shot over Southampton goalkeeper Antti Niemi in the 85th minute.^[7] On 1 December he scored his first United brace with goals in the 64th and 67th minute of an away 2-1 Premier League win at rivals Liverpool.^[8] Manchester United won the Premier League title in 2002-03, and Forlán scored six goals to make him the club's third best-scoring striker that season after Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjær.^[9]

In the 2003-04 season, Forlán played seven Premier League games without scoring from the start of the season. This run was broken on 25 October, when he equalised the score to 1-1 in the 45th minute of a home match versus Fulham, a game which Manchester United lost 3-1. Forlán then scored a goal in his three subsequent matches in three different competitions, starting with an extra-time goal in an away Carling Cup game at Leeds United which Manchester United won 3-2. This was followed by the opener in a 3-0 home Premier League victory over Portsmouth and a 6th minute goal in a win by the same score over Rangers in the Champions League. In his next Champions League game, he scored the 85th minute winner for United over Panathinaikos in a 1-0 away victory. On 6 December 2003, Forlán scored two injury-time goals as Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4-0 at home in the Premier League. These were Forlán's last Premier League goals despite him playing 10 more league games over the season. His only other Manchester United goal was in a 3-0 victory over Northampton Town of Division Three on 24 January 2004 in the FA Cup.^[10] Diego Forlán did not feature at all in United's 3-0 victory over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final on 22 May 2004.^[11]

He started the 2004-05 season with Manchester United and played in a Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Bucharest and their 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on 8 August in the 2004 FA Community Shield. His last match for United was their first Premier League game that season, a 1-0 defeat away to Chelsea on 15 August.^[12]

Villarreal[link]

Forlán was strongly linked with a move to Spanish clubs Levante UD and Athletic Bilbao (although Athletic only permit Basque players, Forlán is of Basque descent^[13]), but on 21 August 2004 he signed with Villarreal CF.

Diego Forlán's debut for Villarreal was on 30 August 2004. He started away to rivals Valencia CF and scored his club's goal in the 77th minute of a 2-1 defeat. His next goal came in a home 2-0 win over Real Zaragoza on 3 October, and was followed with an equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Real Mallorca and the final goal of a 4-0 win at home to CD Numancia. Between 12 December 2004 and 16 January 2005, Forlán scored seven goals in five Liga matches, including a brace in a 3-0 home victory over FC Barcelona on 9 January.On 22 May 2005 he scored his first hat-trick for a European club with all of Villarreal's goals in a 3-3 away draw versus eventual league champions FC Barcelona. A week later he scored two in a 4-1 victory over local rivals Levante UD as Villarreal ended the season in third, their first Champions League finsh.^[14] Forlán won the 2004-05 Pichichi Trophy for most goals in La Liga, with 25. He also shared the 2005 European Golden Boot with Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.

His goal rate declined in the 2005–06 season as Villarreal underwent several changes, yet the club reached the semi-finals of the Champions League where they were knocked out by Arsenal.

In 2006–07, he ended the season with 19 goals in 36 league appearances (.53 goal every game).

Atlético Madrid[link]

2007–08 season[link]

Forlán with Atlético Madrid in 2007

Forlán was linked with a transfer jointly with Juan Román Riquelme to Atlético Madrid in exchange for Luis Perea plus cash in June 2007. On 30 June 2007, following the departure of their captain Fernando Torres to Liverpool, Atlético Madrid confirmed that they had agreed to a fee of around €21 million.^[15] He returned to England in February 2008 to take part in Atlético's UEFA Cup clash against Bolton Wanderers (the club against whom he made his Manchester United debut), but the side lost out 1–0 on aggregate. In May 2008, Forlán helped Atlético qualify for the Champions League for the first time in over a decade, scoring the winning goal against Deportivo La Coruña.^[16] He ended his first season in Madrid with 23 goals, and formed a potent partnership with Argentinian striker Sergio Agüero.

2008–09 season[link]

On 9 May 2009, Forlán scored twice against Espanyol to help Atlético clinch Champions League qualification for a second successive year.^[17] Los Rojiblancos were trailing 2–0 at half-time and had seen Luis Perea sent off, but came back to win 3–2 thanks to a goal of the season contender from Forlán, as well as a last minute winner. He also scored crucial goals in wins over Barcelona, Villarreal and Valencia. On 23 May 2009, Forlán scored a hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao, which helped him win the La Liga Pichichi Trophy award, as well as the European Golden Boot for a second time.^[18] He ended the 2008–09 season with a very impressive 32 goals in 33 matches (essentially a goal per game).

2009–10 season[link]

Forlán playing for Atlético Madrid.

Forlán started the 2009–10 season slowly, and struggled for form as Atlético made their worst start to a league season since their relegation in 2000. On 24 October 2009, Forlán scored a penalty and missed another as Atlético were held to a 1–1 draw at home against Mallorca, who had played the majority of the second half with just nine players on the field. The disappointing result and performance led to protests from Atlético supporters,^[19] as well as criticism for Forlán, who was subsequently left out of the squad for the next game.^[20] Atlético started to improve after the arrival new manager Quique Sánchez Flores, and once again, Forlán flourished in the second half of the season, as Atlético reached the finals of both the Europa League and Copa del Rey. On 14 February 2010, Forlán scored the first goal as Atlético beat Barcelona 2–1 at the Vicente Calderón, inflicting the eventual Champions only league defeat of the season.^[21] On 22 April 2010, Forlán scored the only goal of the game in Atlético's Europa League semi-final first leg at home to Liverpool. A week later, Liverpool took the tie to extra time before taking a 2–1 aggregate lead. Forlán then scored again to make it 2–2 on aggregate, giving Atlético the away goal they needed to reach the final, in which they played against Fulham at Volksparkstadion on 12 May.^[22] Forlán scored twice against Fulham in the final, in a 2–1 win and was awarded man of the match.^[23] He ended the season with a total of 28 goals, including six in Atlético's successful Europa League campaign.

2010–11 season[link]

The 2010–11 season began with another trophy for Forlán and Atlético, winning the UEFA Super Cup, beating Internazionale 2–0 in Monaco on 27 August 2010.^[24] Again Forlán started the season slowly, and despite finding the net three times in the opening two league games, he then went 12 matches in all competitions without a goal before finally scoring a double in a 3–0 win against Osasuna on 13 November.^[25] He speculated Beşiktaş, Real Madrid and American club Seattle Sounders attempted to sign him in the January transfer window.^[26]

Internazionale[link]

On 29 August 2011, it was confirmed that Diego Forlán had joined Internazionale following the departure of Samuel Eto'o.^[27] He made his debut on September 11 2011, scoring on the first game in a 4–3 defeat at Sicilian club Palermo.^[28] On 4 March 2012, Forlán scored his second goal for Inter against Catania in a 2–2 draw.^[29]

International career[link]

Forlán in action with Uruguay

Forlán made his debut for Uruguay on 27 March 2002, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 friendly defeat against Saudi Arabia.^[30][31] During the 2002 World Cup, he scored a volley on 11 June 2002 in the group stage 3–3 draw against Senegal.^[32] Despite coming from three goals down to draw the game, Uruguay were eliminated from the tournament along with France in Group A.^[33] He also scored against Brazil in the 35th minute of the 2007 Copa América semi-final. However, he missed his shot during the subsequent penalty shoot-out, which Brazil ultimately won 5–4.^[34] Since the 2007 Copa America, Forlán has become a regular for Uruguay, often in the starting XI. On 17 June 2008, he scored a hat-trick in a World Cup qualifying game against Peru.^[35]

Diego Forlán and Youri Djorkaeff were, respectively, members of the Uruguay and France squads that met in the 2002 World Cup, in Group A. Their resepctive fathers, Pablo and Jean, featured in the match between Uruguay and France at the 1966 World Cup, which was also in Group A.

Forlán is currently Uruguay's all-time most capped player with 84 caps. On 11 October 2011, he scored his 32nd goal make him Uruguay's top scorer of all time in official matches, beating Héctor Scarone who had held the record alone with 31 goals since 1930.^[36] (Héctor Scarone scored 42 goales in total but 11 of them in unofficial matches).^[37]

2002 FIFA World Cup[link]

Forlán was not a regular first-team player at the time of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, having only made his debut (scoring a goal) against Saudi Arabia earlier that year. Then of Manchester United, Forlán wore the number 21 shirt for Uruguay in the tournament. The manager, Victor Pua, favoured an attacking three of Alvaro Recoba, Sebastian Abreu and Dario Silva. After missing the first two matches of the group (a 2–1 loss to Denmark and a 0–0 draw with France), Forlán came on as a substitute in the final group game against Senegal, as part of a half-time double switch. When he came on for Abreu, his side were 3–0 down. Forlán scored in the 69th minute to make it 3–2 and Recoba equalised from a penalty with two minutes remaining. However Denmark's victory over France put them through ahead of Uruguay.

2004 Copa América[link]

Forlán wore the number 21 for Uruguay at the Copa América in Peru, shortly before his transfer from Manchester United to Villarreal. He played all six games as they, under the management of Jorge Fossati, came third. Forlán's only goal was in the 2–1 victory over Ecuador, Uruguay's only group win. They advanced in third place out of four in the group.

2007 Copa América[link]

Forlán wore the number 21 for Oscar Tabarez's Uruguay team for the 2007 Copa America in Venezuela, shortly after his transfer from Villarreal to Atlético Madrid. He did not score in Group A as they advanced in third out of four, losing 3–0 to Peru, beating Bolivia 1–0, and drawing 0–0 with the hosts.

They met Venezuela again in the first quarter-final on July 7. Forlán scored twice (one after 38 minutes and one in injury time) as his country won 4–1. In the semi-final against eventual winners Brazil, Forlán equalised Maicon's goal to make it 1–1 after 36 minutes, but the game ended 2–2. Uruguay lost on 5–4 on sudden-death penalties with Forlán missing the first one. Afonso Alves missed for Brazil, prompting sudden death, where Diego Lugano missed for Uruguay and Gilberto Melo scored for the Brazilians.

2010 FIFA World Cup[link]

Forlán (right) with Luis Suárez at the 2010 World Cup.

On 16 June 2010, during Uruguay's second group game in the 2010 World Cup against South Africa, Forlán opened the scoring with a long range effort. Later in the game, Forlán scored from the penalty spot for his second and also had a hand in Uruguay's third, in a 3–0 win over the host nation.^[38] On 2 July 2010, Forlán scored a free kick against Ghana to equalise in the quarter-final. The game ended 1–1 and Uruguay advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Ghana 4–2 in the penalty shootout.^[39] On 6 July 2010, Forlán scored another long range goal, this time with his left foot to equalise against the Netherlands in the semi-final. Despite a half-time score of 1–1, Uruguay eventually lost 3–2 as the Dutch advanced to the final.^[40] Forlán became the first player since Lothar Matthäus in 1990 to score three goals from outside the penalty area in one tournament.^[41] On 10 July 2010, Forlán scored for the final time in the tournament as he netted a well-executed volley from the edge of the area to give Uruguay the lead. This goal, from a pass by Arévalo Ríos, was selected by FIFA as the Goal of the Tournament.^[42] Forlán then hit the crossbar with the final kick of the game from a free-kick as they lost to Germany 3–2 in the third place play-off.^[43] Forlán was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. He was also picked for the team of the tournament, and was the top scorer at the World Cup with 5 goals.^[44]

2011 Copa América[link]

On 24 July 2011, Forlán scored twice after Luis Suarez's opening goal helping Uruguay win their 15th Copa America title and became Uruguay's joint top scorer at international level, his 31 goals matching those of Hector Scarone after beating Paraguay 3–0 in the final . Forlán's father and grandfather were also South American champions with Uruguay over a period spanning the 95 years of the world's oldest active tournament.^[45]

International goals and caps[link]

Uruguay's goal tally first.

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goal
2002
1	27 March	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Saudi Arabia	2–3	International Match	1 (1)
2	17 April	San Siro, Milan	Italy	1–1	International Match
3	16 May	Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang	China PR	2–0	International Match
4	21 May	National Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	2–1	International Match
5	11 June	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon	Senegal	3–3	2002 FIFA World Cup	1 (2)
2003
6	28 March	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	2–2	International Match	1 (3)
7	8 June	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul	South Korea	2–0	International Match
8	20 August	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence	Argentina	2–3	International Match	1 (4)
9	7 September	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Bolivia	5–0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (5)
10	10 September	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción	Paraguay	1–4	FIFA World Cup qualification
11	15 November	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Chile	2–1	FIFA World Cup qualification
12	19 November	Pinheirão, Curitiba	Brazil	3–3	FIFA World Cup qualification	2 (7)
2004
13	18 February	National Stadium, Kingston	Jamaica	0–2	International Match
14	31 March	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Venezuela	0–3	FIFA World Cup qualification
15	1 June	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Peru	1–3	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (8)
16	6 June	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla	Colombia	0–5	FIFA World Cup qualification
17	7 July	Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo	Mexico	2–2	2004 Copa América
18	10 July	Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo	Ecuador	2–1	2004 Copa América	1 (9)
19	13 July	Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura	Argentina	2–4	2004 Copa América
20	18 July	Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna	Paraguay	3–1	2004 Copa América
21	21 July	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Brazil	1–1	2004 Copa América
22	24 July	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, Cusco	Colombia	2–1	2004 Copa América
23	9 October	El Monumental, Buenos Aires	Argentina	2–4	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005
24	27 March	Estadio Nacional, Santiago	Chile	0–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
25	30 March	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Brazil	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (10)
26	4 June	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo	Venezuela	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (11)
27	7 June	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	0–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
28	17 August	El Molinón, Gijón	Spain	0–2	International Match
29	4 September	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Colombia	3–2	FIFA World Cup qualification
30	8 October	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito	Ecuador	0–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
31	12 October	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Argentina	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
32	12 November	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Australia	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006
33	1 March	Anfield, Liverpool	England	1–2	International Match
34	16 August	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria	Egypt	2–0	International Match
35	15 November	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi	Georgia	0–2	International Match
2007
36	2 June	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Australia	2–1	International Match	1 (12)
37	26 June	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida	Peru	0–3	2007 Copa América
38	30 June	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal	Bolivia	1–0	2007 Copa América
39	3 July	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida	Venezuela	0–0	2007 Copa América
40	7 July	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal	Venezuela	4–1	2007 Copa América	2 (14)
41	10 July	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo	Brazil	2–2	2007 Copa América	1 (15)
42	14 July	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas	Mexico	1–3	2007 Copa América
43	13 October	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Bolivia	5–0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (16)
44	17 October	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción	Paraguay	0–1	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008
45	6 February	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Colombia	2–2	FIFA World Cup qualification
46	28 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	2–2	International Match
47	14 June	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Venezuela	2–2	FIFA World Cup qualification
48	17 June	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Peru	6–0	FIFA World Cup qualification	3 (19)
49	6 September	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá	Colombia	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
50	10 September	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Ecuador	0–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
51	19 November	Stade de France, Paris	France	0–0	International Match
2009
52	28 March	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Paraguay	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (20)
53	1 April	Estadio Nacional, Santiago	Chile	0–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
54	6 June	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Brazil	0–4	FIFA World Cup qualification
55	10 June	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz	Venezuela	2–2	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (21)
56	9 September	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Colombia	3–1	FIFA World Cup qualification
57	10 October	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito	Ecuador	2–1	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (22)
58	13 October	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Argentina	0–1	FIFA World Cup qualification
59	14 November	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José	Costa Rica	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification
60	18 November	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Costa Rica	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification
2010
61	3 March	AFG Arena, St. Gallen	Switzerland	3–1	International Match	1 (23)
62	26 May	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Israel	4–1	International Match	1 (24)
63	11 June	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town	France	0–0	2010 FIFA World Cup
64	16 June	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	South Africa	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup	2 (26)
65	22 June	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg	Mexico	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup
66	26 June	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	South Korea	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
67	2 July	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Ghana	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup	1 (27)
68	6 July	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town	Netherlands	2–3	2010 FIFA World Cup	1 (28)
69	10 July	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Germany	2–3	2010 FIFA World Cup	1 (29)
70	12 October	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan	China PR	4–0	International Match
71	17 November	Estadio Monumental, Santiago	Chile	0–2	International Match
2011
72	25 March	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	0–2	International Match
73	29 March	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	Ireland	3–2	International Match
74	29 May	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim	Germany	1–2	International Match
75	8 June	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Netherlands	1–1	International Match
76	23 June	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera	Estonia	3–0	International Match
77	4 July	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan	Peru	1–1	2011 Copa América
78	8 July	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza	Chile	1–1	2011 Copa América
79	12 July	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata	Mexico	1–0	2011 Copa América
80	16 July	Estadio Estanislao López, Santa Fe	Argentina	1–1	2011 Copa América
81	19 July	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata	Peru	2–0	2011 Copa América
82	24 July	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires	Paraguay	3–0	2011 Copa América	2 (31)
83	7 October	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Bolivia	4–2	FIFA World Cup qualification
84	11 October	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción	Paraguay	1–1	FIFA World Cup qualification	1 (32)
2012
85	29 February	Stadionul Național, Bucharest	Romania	1–1	International Match