Rosario Central (Argentina), Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Honours
Apertura 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005
Clausura 1999, 2006
Copa Libertadores 2000, 2001 and 2003
Intercontinental Cup 2000 and 2003.
Copa Sudamericana 2004 and 2005.
Recopa Sudamericana 2005.
Biography
Roberto Abbondanzieri (born on August 19, 1972 in Bouquet, Santa
Fe Province) is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently
playing for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national football
team.
El Pato Abbondanzieri's professional debut took place on
December 6, 1994 at Santa Fe's Rosario Central, with whom he
would soon after win the 1995 CONMEBOL Cup. He played with the
club until 1997, when he moved to Boca Juniors to be the reserve
goalkeeper.
Abbondanzieri trained in the shadow of Oscar Córdoba until the
Colombian goalie suffered an injury during the Clausura
tournament of 1999. However, Abbondanzieri himself then suffered
a shoulder injury during a match against River Plate, and the
club's third-choice goalkeeper, Cristian Muñoz, took his place.
When he recovered from his injury Abbondanzieri was once again
Córdoba's understudy until February 2002, when Córdoba moved to
Italian club Perugia.
Since then Abbondanzieri has become a continual presence in
Boca's goal and in June 2004 he became the goalkeeper for the
Argentine national team and has since played in the Copa América
2004, Confederations Cup 2005 and the South American
Qualification for the 2006 World Cup. On May 6, 2006 he was
named as a definite squad member for the 2006 World Cup by coach
Jose Pekerman.
