Fernando Gago

Fernando Gago
Gago with Real Madrid in 2010
Personal information
Full name Fernando Rubén Gago[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Ciudadela, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1991–2004 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Boca Juniors 61 (1)
2007–2012 Real Madrid 92 (1)
2011–2012Roma (loan) 30 (1)
2012–2013 Valencia 13 (0)
2013Vélez Sársfield (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2019 Boca Juniors 85 (5)
2019–2020 Vélez Sarsfield 14 (0)
Total 298 (8)
National team
2003 Argentina U17 5 (0)
2005 Argentina U20 15 (0)
2008 Argentina U23 9 (0)
2007–2017 Argentina 61 (0)
Teams managed
2021 Aldosivi
2021–2023 Racing Club
2023– Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2014 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up 2015 Chile
Runner-up 2007 Venezuela
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Finland
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fernando Gago (born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Real Madrid and Argentina national team. [3]

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 2004–05[4] Argentine Primera División 7 0 7 0 2 0 16 0
2005–06[4] 34 0 1 0 2 0 37 0
2006–07[4] 20 1 1 0 21 1
Total 61 1 8 0 5 0 74 1
Real Madrid 2006–07[5] La Liga 13 0 2 0 2 0 17 0
2007–08[5] 31 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 42 0
2008–09[5] 26 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 33 1
2009–10[5] 18 0 2 0 2 0 22 0
2010–11[5] 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
Total 92 1 12 0 16 0 1 0 121 1
Roma (loan) 2011–12[4] Serie A 30 1 2 0 0 0 32 1
Valencia 2012–13[5] La Liga 13 0 1 0 4 0 18 0
Vélez Sársfield (loan) 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 3 0 0 0 4 1 7 1
Boca Juniors 2013–14[4] Argentine Primera División 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
2014[4] 10 1 0 0 6 0 16 1
2015[4] 14 2 3 1 6 0 23 3
2016[4] 11 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 18 1
2016–17[4] 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
2017–18[4] 6 0 6 1 0 0 12 1
2018–19[4] 8 0 1 0 5 0 14 0
Total 85 5 10 2 23 1 1 0 119 8
Vélez Sársfield 2019–20[4] Argentine Primera División 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 0
2020–21[4] 1 0 1 0
Total 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17 0
Boca Juniors total 146 6 10 2 31 1 6 0 193 9
Vélez Sársfield total 17 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 24 1
Career total 298 8 25 2 57 2 8 0 388 12

International[change | change source]

Argentina[6]
Year Apps Goals
2007 13 0
2008 7 0
2009 7 0
2010 1 0
2011 7 0
2012 8 0
2013 3 0
2014 11 0
2015 3 0
2017 1 0
Total 61 0

Managerial[change | change source]

As of 30 September 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Aldosivi Argentina 17 January 2021 25 September 2021 26 7 3 16 30 45 −15 026.92
Racing Club 21 October 2021 30 September 2023 109 53 30 26 170 119 +51 048.62
Total 135 60 33 42 200 164 +36 044.44

Honours[change | change source]

Player[change | change source]

Boca Juniors

Real Madrid

Vélez Sarsfield

Argentina U20

Argentina U23

Argentina

Individual

  • South American Team of the Year: 2005, 2006[7]

Manager[change | change source]

Racing Club

References[change | change source]

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "Fernando Gago". bocajuniors.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Fernando Gago". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 "Fernando Gago » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Fernando Gago at BDFutbol
  6. Fernando Gago at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  8. "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.