Emiliano Papa
FullnameEmiliano Ramiro Papa
Height1.71 m
Birth dateApril 19, 1982 (age 44)
Birth placeAcebal, Santa Fe, Argentina
PositionLeft-back
Years 12002–2006
Clubs 1Rosario Central
Caps 1138
Goals 15
Years 22006–2014
Clubs 2Vélez Sársfield
Caps 2238
Goals 26
Years 32007–2008
Clubs 3→ Rosario Central (loan)
Caps 332
Goals 31
Years 42015–2016
Clubs 4Independiente
Caps 418
Goals 40
Years 52016–2017
Clubs 5Tigre
Caps 517
Goals 50
Years 62017–2021
Clubs 6Arsenal de Sarandí
Caps 697
Goals 61
Nationalyears 12008–2011
Nationalteam 1Argentina
Nationalcaps 18
Nationalgoals 10

Emiliano Ramiro Papa (born 19 April 1982) is an Argentine former football player, who played as a left-back.

Club career

Papa made his debut for Rosario Central in 2002, going on to play over 100 games for the club. In 2006, he moved to Vélez Sársfield. However, after a single season with Vélez he returned to Rosario Central on loan, re-establishing himself in the starting lineup and captaining the team on several occasions.

After the season-long loan in Rosario Central ended, Papa returned to Vélez Sársfield and became the team's starter at left-back, relegating Pablo Lima. With Vélez, he won the 2009 Clausura, starting in all the 19 games of the tournament.[1] In May 2010 he extended his contract with Vélez until June 2013.[2]

Papa was also a regular starter in Vélez's 2011 Clausura and 2012 Inicial league titles. He also started for Vélez in the 2012–13 Superfinal and 2013 Supercopa Argentina titles. In 2014, the defender played his 300th game for the club (counting both domestic and international competitions), becoming one of the 10 players with most appearances in Vélez' history.[3]

In January 2015, Vélez and Papa terminated the defender's contract, by mutual agreement, and he signed a two-year contract with Independiente.[4]

International career

Papa was called up to the Argentina national team for a friendly match against Scotland on 19 November 2008, which was Diego Maradona's first game and victory as Argentina's manager (1–0).[5] Papa was also a starter in Maradona's first defeat coaching Argentina, against Bolivia (1–6). He played 6 times during Maradona's era, but was left out of the final squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Under Alejandro Sabella's coaching, Papa was a starter with Argentina national team in both legs of the first annual Superclásico de las Américas, in Córdoba on 14 September 2011 and in Brazil on 28 September 2011.

International appearances

DateVenueOpponentFinal scoreResultCompetition
7.September 14, 2011Córdoba, ArgentinaBrazil0–0Draw2011 Roca Cup.[6][7]
8.September 28, 2011Belém, BrazilBrazil2–0Lost2011 Roca Cup.[6][7]

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

References

  1. ^ "Closing '09 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. ^ "Hay Papa hasta el 2013" (in Spanish). Vélez Sársfield official website. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  3. ^ Guillermo Tagliaferri (2014-10-16). "Emiliano Papa ya es un histórico de Vélez" (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. ^ "Acuerdo por Papa" (in Spanish). InfiernoRojo. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  5. ^ Argentina v. Scotland Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. TyC Sports. Retrieved 2010-5-14
  6. ^ "Brasil y Argentina se enfrentarán en septiembre". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Acreditaciones de prensa para Argentina-Brasil". AFA. Retrieved 29 August 2011.