José María Basanta

José María Basanta
	Basanta playing for Monterrey in 2012
Personal information
Full name	José María Basanta
Date of birth	3 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tres Sargentos, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Estudiantes
2006–2007	Olimpo
2007–2008	Estudiantes
2008–2014	Monterrey
2014–2016	Fiorentina
2015–2016	→ Monterrey (loan)
2016–2020	Monterrey
International career‡
2013–2014	Argentina
Medal record
Argentina
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:03, 24 March 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2014

José María Basanta (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He also holds Mexican citizenship.^[3]

Basanta began his career with Estudiantes in his native Argentina. After a breakout performance in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, he signed for Monterrey, becoming an important part in their Liga MX and CONCACAF Champions League successes under coach Víctor Manuel Vucetich. After the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where Argentina finished runners-up, he joined Italian side ACF Fiorentina, but returned to Monterrey in the summer of 2015 and retired five years later.

Career

Basanta started his career with Estudiantes in 2003 before joining Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine 2nd Division in 2006. Basanta helped Olimpo to win both the Apertura and Clausura to secure automatic promotion to the Primera Division.

He rejoined Estudiantes in 2007 and stayed a year with them.

In June 2008, he was sold to Monterrey, by a request of the team's manager, Ricardo La Volpe.^[4] Since then, Basanta has been a regular in the first team, winning the 2009 Apertura championship and the 2010 Apertura championship.

On 31 August 2015, it was announced that Basanta would be returning to Rayados de Monterrey in a season-long loan deal.^[5]

On 5 September 2020, Basanta announced on his official Instagram that he will be retiring from professional football.

Honours

Club

Olimpo

Primera B Nacional (2): Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007

Monterrey

Liga MX (3): Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2019
Copa MX (1): Apertura 2017
CONCACAF Champions League (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019

International

Argentina

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2014

Individual

Best Center back of the tournament: Apertura 2010
Best Center back of the tournament: Clausura 2012

References

^ ^a ^b "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
^ "José María Basanta recibió su carta de naturalización".
^ "Contrata CF Monterrey a defensa argentino Basanta" Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine – MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
^ "Comunicado a nuestra Afición y Medios de Comunicación - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey".

External links

José María Basanta – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Guardian statistics
Football lineups player profile

[FIFA-1] "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[FCWC_2019-2] "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.

[3] "José María Basanta recibió su carta de naturalización".

[4] "Contrata CF Monterrey a defensa argentino Basanta" Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine – MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)

[5] "Comunicado a nuestra Afición y Medios de Comunicación - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey".

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