Pablo Aimar

Pablo Aimar
Aimar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Pablo César Aimar
Date of birth (1979-11-03) 3 November 1979
Place of birth Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Argentina U17 (head coach)
Youth career
1985–1993 Estudiantes Río Cuarto
1993–1997 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 River Plate 82 (21)
2001–2006 Valencia 162 (27)
2006–2008 Zaragoza 57 (5)
2008–2013 Benfica 107 (12)
2013–2014 Johor Darul Ta'zim 8 (2)
2015 River Plate 1 (0)
2018 Estudiantes Río Cuarto 1 (0)
Total 414 (67)
International career
1995 Argentina U17 6 (2)
1997 Argentina U20 7 (1)
1999–2009 Argentina 52 (8)
Managerial career
2017– Argentina U17
2018– Argentina (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina (as player)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1997 Malaysia
South American U-20 Championship
Winner1997 Chile
Winner1999 Argentina
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up2005 Germany
Copa América
Runner-up2007 Venezuela
South American U-17 Championship
Runner-up1995 Ecuador
FIFA U-17 World Cup
1995 Ecuador
Representing  Argentina (as manager)
South American U-17 Championship
Winner2019 Peru
Representing  Argentina (as assistant manager)
FIFA World Cup
Winner2022 Qatar
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
Winner2024 United States
2019 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo César Aimar (born 3 November 1979) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team. During his career, he played as an attacking midfielder.

After starting his senior career at River Plate in 1996, Aimar amassed La Liga totals of 215 games and 32 goals over eight seasons with Valencia and Zaragoza from 2001 to 2008, before spending five years in Portugal with Benfica, winning a combined nine major titles with the three teams.

Aimar earned 52 caps for the Argentina senior team over ten years, representing the nation in two FIFA World Cups and two Copa América tournaments, as well as a FIFA Confederations Cup. He reached the final of the 2005 Confederations Cup and the 2007 Copa América with the Argentine national side.

In 2018, Aimar joined the Argentina national team as an assistant coach. During his tenure, the team won the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima, the 2022 World Cup, and the 2024 Copa América.