Víctor Aristizábal

Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971)[1] is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aristizábal and the second or maternal family name is Posada.
Víctor Aristizábal
Personal information
Full name Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada
Date of birth (1971-12-09) 9 December 1971
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Atlético Nacional 142 (70)
1994 Valencia 7 (0)
1994–1996 Atlético Nacional 38 (17)
1997–1998 São Paulo 25 (9)
1998–1999 Santos 11 (2)
1999–2000 Atlético Nacional 25 (13)
2000–2001 Deportivo Cali 28 (14)
2001–2002 Vitória 21 (10)
2002–2003 Cruzeiro 36 (21)
2003–2004 Coritiba 25 (6)
2004–2007 Atlético Nacional 85 (49)
Total 443 (211)
International career
1993–2003 Colombia 66 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Aristizábal was born in Medellín, Antioquia. He started his career in Atlético Nacional, and played there from 1990 to 1996 only interrupted by a short spell with Valencia CF in 1994. Winning the Colombian league twice with Nacional, he eventually moved to play in Brazil. He played for São Paulo and Santos[2] before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002, he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória,[3] Cruzeiro[4] and Coritiba.[5] Aristizábal is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Brazilian league. He is also the all-time Colombian goalscorer with 348 goals, of which about 200 goals were scored with Atlético Nacional, club which he is also the top goalscorer. He is the only player that has won six championship with Atlético Nacional. He announced his retirement from football in November 2007 after suffering an awkward knee injury.[6]

International career

Between 1993 and 2003, Aristizábal played 66 international matches and scored 15 goals for the Colombia national team. He was an unused substitute for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but played all three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Aristizábal finished as top scorer with six goals in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, as Los Cafeteros won the title for the first time. He was also a member of the nation's squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in fourth place.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Aristizábal announced he was retiring from international soccer after being dropped for a match against Brazil.[7]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 1992 Categoría Primera A ––009696
1993 332000533823
Total 3320001494729
Valencia 1993–94 La Liga 70000070
Atlético Nacional 1994 Categoría Primera A 261500002615
1995 12200127249
Total 3817001275024
São Paulo 1996 Série A 135002+2157
1997 124005+4178
Total 25900763215
Santos 1998 Série A 41000041
1999 71000071
Total 1120000112
Atlético Nacional 2000 Categoría Primera A 251300412914
Deportivo Cali 2001 Categoría Primera A 281400313115
Vitória 2002 Série A 211000002110
Cruzeiro 2003 Série A 36212+5103926
Coritiba 2004 Série A 2560042298
Atlético Nacional 2005 Categoría Primera A 312500523627
2006 321700743921
2007 2270041268
Total 85490016710156
Career total 334161256123397189

International
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aristizábal goal.
List of international goals scored by Víctor Aristizábal[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
130 May 1993Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile Chile1–01–1Friendly
216 July 1993Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador Mexico2–12–11993 Copa América
39 February 1994Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1–01–0Friendly
426 February 1994Weingart Stadium, Monterey Park, United States South Korea2–22–2Friendly
52 June 1996Estadio Nacional, Lima, Perú Peru1–11–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
616 June 1997Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Costa Rica4–14–11997 Copa América
711 July 2001Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Venezuela2–02–02001 Copa América
814 July 2001Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Ecuador1–01–02001 Copa América
917 July 2001Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Chile1–02–02001 Copa América
1023 July 2001Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia Peru1–03–02001 Copa América
113–0
1226 July 2001Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia Honduras2–02–02001 Copa América
1314 November 2001Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–04–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
142–0
153–0

Honours

Atlético Nacional

Cruzeiro

Coritiba

Colombia

Individual

References
  1. "Víctor Aristizábal". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. "Santos contrata Dodô e mantém Aristizábal - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: esportes". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. "Colombiano Aristizábal vai jogar no Vitória". www.nsctotal.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. "Cruzeiro contrata Aristizábal - Esportes". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. Londrina, Folha de (15 January 2004). "Coritiba contrata o meia Aristizábal | Folha de Londrina". www.folhadelondrina.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. Víctor Aristizábal se retira por lesión Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 December 2007
  7. "Cuando Aristizábal renunció a la selección de Maturana por no ponerlo ante Brasil". El Cinco Cero (in European Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. "Victor Aristizábal".
  9. "Víctor Aristizábal International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 8 August 2014
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