Carlos Tevez

Carlos Tevez
Tevez playing for Argentina in 2014
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Tevez[1]
Birth name Carlos Alberto Martínez
Date of birth (1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3][4]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1992–1997 All Boys
1997–2001 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Boca Juniors 75 (26)
2005–2006 Corinthians 58 (38)
2006–2009 West Ham United 26 (7)
2007–2009Manchester United (loan) 63 (19)
2009–2013 Manchester City 113 (58)
2013–2015 Juventus 66 (39)
2015–2016 Boca Juniors 34 (14)
2016–2018 Shanghai Shenhua 16 (4)
2018–2021 Boca Juniors 66 (22)
Total 517 (227)
International career
2001 Argentina U17 6 (2)
2004 Argentina U23 7 (9)
2004–2015 Argentina 76 (13)
Managerial career
2022 Rosario Central
2023–2024 Independiente
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
Winner 2004 Chile
South American U-20 Championship
Winner 2003 Uruguay
Copa América
Runner-up 2004 Peru
Runner-up 2007 Venezuela
Runner-up 2015 Chile
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2005 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Tevez (Latin American Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos ˈteβes]; Martínez; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. A quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic forward in his prime, Tevez was capable of playing as a striker, as a winger, as a supporting forward, or as an attacking midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Primera División club Independiente.

Tevez began his career with Boca Juniors, winning the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup in 2003 before moving to Brazilian club Corinthians, where he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. His moves to English clubs West Ham United in 2006 and Manchester United in 2007 were plagued by issues relating to his third-party ownership by Media Sports Investment, and their resulting sagas paved the way for changes to both Premier League and FIFA regulations.[5]

In 2009, Tevez joined Manchester United's rivals Manchester City.[6] In the 2010–11 season he won the Premier League Golden Boot, and in the 2011–12 season he won the Premier League title. In 2013, he joined Juventus, where he won two Scudetti among other trophies. He returned to Boca Juniors in June 2015, before joining Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua the following years in a deal which made him one of the highest-paid footballers in the world. He again returned to Boca Juniors for a third spell in 2018, and won the 2017–18 and 2019–20 Primera División titles.

Tevez made his international debut for Argentina in 2004, earning 76 caps and scoring 13 times for the side. A gold medal and Summer Olympics Golden Boot winner at the 2004 Olympics, he also played at two FIFA World Cups, a FIFA Confederations Cup and four Copa América tournaments. He has been awarded the South American Footballer of the Year three times, the Footballer of the Year of Argentina twice, and the Argentine Sportsperson of the Year once. He has also been named in the South American Team of the Year three times. He announced his retirement from professional football in June 2022.

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Carlos Tevez". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Carlos Tevez (bocajuniors)".
  4. ^ "Carlos Tévez". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ Ledsom, Mark (30 October 2007). "FIFA bans third-party ownership of players". Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Carlos Tevez makes Manchester City bow and takes aim at Alex Ferguson". The Guardian. 14 July 2009.