José María Basanta Explained

José María Basanta
Full Name:José María Basanta[1]
Birth Date:3 April 1984[2]
Birth Place:Tres Sargentos, Argentina
Height:1.88 m
Position:Centre back
Years1:2003–2006
Clubs1:Estudiantes
Caps1:11
Goals1:1
Years2:2006–2007
Clubs2:Olimpo
Caps2:32
Goals2:1
Years3:2007–2008
Clubs3:Estudiantes
Caps3:25
Goals3:1
Years4:2008–2014
Clubs4:Monterrey
Caps4:208
Goals4:7
Years5:2014–2016
Clubs5:Fiorentina
Caps5:24
Goals5:2
Years6:2015–2016
Clubs6:Monterrey (loan)
Caps6:34
Goals6:2
Years7:2016–2020
Clubs7:Monterrey
Caps7:87
Goals7:3
Nationalyears1:2013–2014
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:12
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:14:03, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:5 July 2014

José María Basanta (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender. Basanta holds Mexican citizenship.[3]

He began his career with Estudiantes in Argentina, after a breakout performance at the 2008 Copa Libertadores he was transferred to Monterrey, where he was an important part in the team's Liga MX and CONCACAF Champions League successes under coach Victor Manuel Vucetich and after the departure of Luis Perez in 2012 he became club captain, he was transferred to Italian club ACF Fiorentina following the 2014 FIFA World Cup where he represented Argentina as the team finished runners-up to Germany.

After an underwhelming spell in Italy he returned to Monterrey in the summer of 2015 and was once again named club captain under coach Antonio Mohamed, and later Diego Alonso

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
Monterrey

International

Argentina

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina . FIFA . 2 . 14 July 2014 . 11 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045541/http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf . 4 April 2019.
  2. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey . FIFA . 3 . 5 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205105526/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2019/pdf/FCWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF . 5 December 2019 . dead.
  3. Web site: José María Basanta recibió su carta de naturalización.
  4. http://mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=59401 "Contrata CF Monterrey a defensa argentino Basanta"
  5. Web site: Comunicado a nuestra Afición y Medios de Comunicación - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey.