Iván Córdoba
Iván Córdoba 2009
Iván Ramiro Córdoba Sepúlveda ( born August 11, 1976 in Rionegro, Antioquia ) is a former Colombian football player who played from 2000 to 2012 as a central defender for Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A. He is currently the team manager of Inter Milan.
Career
In the club
Córdoba began his professional career in 1994 with Deportivo Rionegro in the second Colombian League until he moved to the first 1996 Atletico Nacional. A year later he moved to San Lorenzo in the first Argentine league, where he drew attention to himself as a very solid and faster defenders. "He is not only the fastest defenders in South America, but all over the world. " So said Oscar Ruggeri, Iván Córdoba coach of Argentine club San Lorenzo de Almagro.
So many European top clubs were aware of him in the 2000 season. He eventually decided against Real Madrid and was brought from the traditional club Inter Milan to Italy, where he held a regular place for many years.
In February 2008, Iván Córdoba moved in the Champions League game against Liverpool to a knee injury and was out for several months. On 16 September, he made his comeback in the Champions League game against Panathinaikos Athens.
On 9 June 2008, he extended his contract with Inter until 2012. During his last years at Inter, however, Córdoba was only a reserve player and had to leave, as such, often younger colleagues to defer. On May 6, 2012 Cordoba played against AC Milan his last official match in the jersey of Inter. With 455 appearances in official matches for Milan, he is one of the ten players with the most appearances for the Lombard club.
In the National Team
On 16 June 1997 Córdoba was in the Copa America against Costa Rica his debut in the Colombian national team. First, he became a regular player at the position of central defender and played in the 1997 calendar year nine internationals. In the 1998 World Cup in France, although he belonged to the squad of his national team, but was not used during the tournament.
In 1999 he took part in the Copa América in Paraguay with Colombia. In the second game of the tournament he scored his first international goal against Argentina (3-0). 2001 won Córdoba with the Colombian national team's Copa America in his homeland. In the final on 29 July 2001 Mexico was defeated 1-0, with Córdoba scored the winning goal.
Other tournaments in which Córdoba participated with the Colombian national team, were the Confederations Cup in France in 2003 and the Copa América 2007 in Venezuela.
After his time as an active
After Córdoba has finished the 2011/12 season of his career as a football player after he was team manager at Inter Milan.
Private life
Together with his wife founded the Cordoba Foundation Colombia te quiere in 2004 ver. This takes care of needy children in his native Colombia.
Achievements
As a national player
- Copa América: 2001
With its clubs
- Copa Interamericana: 1997
- Italian Cup: 2004/ 05, 2005/ 06, 2009/10, 2010/11
- Italian Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
- Italian Champion: 2005/ 06 * 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09, 2009/10
- UEFA Champions League: 2009/10
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2010
* Awarded as a result of the Italian football scandal 2005/2006