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Christian Bassedas
Personal information
Full name	Christian Gustavo Bassedas
Date of birth	February 16, 1973 (age 36)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Youth career
	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
National team
Competitor for Argentina
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Christian Gustavo Bassedas (born 16 February 1973 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football midfielder who acts as manager (not to confuse with coach) for Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera División.

Bassedas is most notable for his spell at Vélez Sársfield, where he made 267 appearances for the club, giving him the eleventh most appearances in their history.

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[edit] Club

Bassedas is a product of Vélez Sársfield youth divisions, club where he debuted professionally on March 3, 1991. He played as an attacking midfielder, and was an important part of Vélez most successful years during the 1990s. He won four national championships with the club, and five international (including the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, where he was a starter in the 2-0 victory over A.C. Milan).

In 2000 he joined English Premier League side Newcastle United for £3,500,000. He played for them in the period 2000–2003, though on loan to Tenerife briefly during the 2001–02 season. He scored once in the league for Newcastle in a 3-1 defeat at Chelsea in January 2001.^[1]

In 2003 he joined Argentine Newell's Old Boys, but after two months of pre-season training he decided to retire from football at the age of 30.^[2]

He later worked for Fox Sports en Latinoamérica as a commentator of England's FA Premier League matches.^[3]

For the end of 2008, Bassedas was appointed manager of Vélez Sársfield (not to be confused with coach, his position would be a link between the coaching staff and the directive board). His first order of business was to recommend Ricardo Gareca to fill the coaching spot.^[4] He was also essential in the negotiations to join Maximiliano Moralez, Sebastián Domínguez and Joaquín Larrivey to the club. On his first season as manager, Vélez won the Clausura 09.

[edit] National team

Bassedas played for the Argentine national team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, but was not part of the squad for the World Cup. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Americans, where he captained the team.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

Vélez Sársfield

Primera División Argentina (4): Clausura 93, Apertura 95, Clausura 96, Clausura 98
Copa Libertadores (1): 1994
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1994
Copa Interamericana (1): 1994
Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1996
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1997

Argentina national team

Pan American Gold Medal (1): Mar del Plata 1995
Olympic Silver Medal (1): Atlanta 1996

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