Claudio Husaín

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Personal information
Claudio Husaín
Full name	Claudio Daniel Husaín
Date of birth	November 20, 1974 (1974-11-20) (age 33)
Place of birth	San Justo, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Newell's Old Boys
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-Present	Vélez Sársfield River Plate Napoli River Plate Napoli River Plate UANL Tigres Newell's Old Boys San Lorenzo Newell's Old Boys	153 (4) 9 (0) 29 (0) 12 (1) 11 (0) 24 (2) 16 (2) 23 (1) 15 (0) 24 (0)
National team²
1997-2002	Argentina	24 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 may 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Claudio Daniel Husaín (born 20 November 1974 in San Justo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player.

Husaín played for Vélez Sársfield and River Plate in Argentina, Italian S.S.C. Napoli and Mexican Tigres before returning to Argentina to Newell's Old Boys.

Nicknamed El Turco ("The Turk"), he played for Argentina national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

His brother Darío Husaín is also a professional football player.

[edit] Titles

Husain has won 6 Primera Division Argentina titles to date, three with Vélez and another three with River Plate. He has also won five international titles (although four of them comprised of one off games).

Season	Club	Title
1994	Vélez Sársfield	Copa Libertadores
Apertura 1995	Vélez Sársfield	Primera Division Argentina
1996	Vélez Sársfield	Copa Intercontinental
Clausura 1996	Vélez Sársfield	Primera Division Argentina
1996	Vélez Sársfield	Supercopa Sudamericana
1997	Vélez Sársfield	Recopa Sudamericana
Clausura 1998	Vélez Sársfield	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2002	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2003	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina
Clausura 2004	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
Epidemia Leprosa player profile (Spanish)

v • d • e

Newell's Old Boys – current squad

1 Villar • 2 Torren • 3 Spolli • 4 Husaín • 5 Bernardello • 6 Schiavi • 7 Steinert • 8 Aguilar • 9 Salcedo • 11 Lucero • 12 Hoyos • 13 Vranjicán • 14 Machuca • 15 Ferreyra • 16 Ré • 17 Sperdutti • 18 Donnet • 19 D. Torres • 20 Da Silva • 21 Vangioni • 22 Gutiérrez • 23 L. Torres • 24 Mainguyague • 25 Scaglia • 26 Pérez • 27 Zapata • 28 Vázquez • 29 Cabrera • 30 Scotti • 31 Gaitán • 32 Cobelli • 33 Formica • 34 Quiroga • 35 Llama • 36 Seri • 37 Sosa • 38 Payer • 39 Fideleff • Manager: Caruso Lombardi

v • d • e Argentina squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Pochettino • 5 Almeyda • 6 Samuel • 7 C. López • 8 Zanetti • 9 Batistuta • 10 Ortega • 11 Verón • 12 Cavallero • 13 Placente • 14 Simeone • 15 Husaín • 16 Aimar • 17 G. López • 18 González • 19 Crespo • 20 Gallardo • 21 Caniggia • 22 Chamot • 23 Bonano • Coach: Bielsa