José Luis Calderón

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José Luis Calderón
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Calderón
Date of birth	October 24, 1970 (1970-10-24) (age 38)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Estudiantes de La Plata
Number	9
Youth career
	Defensores Cambaceres
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1991 1992-1995 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-present	Defensores Cambaceres Estudiantes de La Plata Independiente Napoli Independiente Club América F.C. Atlas A.C. Independiente Arsenal de Sarandí Estudiantes de La Plata Arsenal de Sarandí Estudiantes de La Plata	083 (43) 139 (52) 041 (23) 006 0(0) 076 (34) 043 0(9) 069 (28) 007 0(0) 049 (20) 064 (26) 032 0(9) 021 0(2)
National team
1997-1999	Argentina	005 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 29 March 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

José Luis Calderon (born 24 October 1970 in La Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Estudiantes de La Plata in his home country.

After a promising spell in the youth system of Club Defensores de Cambaceres, he was transferred to the team he is a fan of, Estudiantes. His scoring helped the team return from relegation in 1994. Later, he played for Club Atlético Independiente and Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina, as well as F.C. Atlas A.C. and Club América in Mexico. He also played for Italian side S.S.C. Napoli during the 1997-98 season.

Nicknamed "Caldera", he is best remembered for a 48-metre goal he scored against Boca Juniors in 1998 and for his hat trick against Estudiantes' derby rivals Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata on October 15, 2006.

Calderón has had multiple spells with Estudiantes, Independiente and Arsenal de Sarandí. He did not win any major honours until late in his career, winning the Apertura 2006 with Estudiantes and the Copa Sudamericana 2007 with Arsenal.

In July 2008 he rejoined Estudiantes for the third time in his career.

Calderón only had a brief interlude with the Argentina national football team he played in the Copa América 1997, but a fight with the then coach Daniel Passarella diminished his chances of ever playing for the national team again.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 2006	Estudiantes	Primera Division Argentina
2007	Arsenal de Sarandí	Copa Sudamericana

[edit] Individual honours

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 1995	Estudiantes	Primera División Argentina topscorer: 13 goals
Clausura 1999	Independiente	Primera División Argentina topscorer: 17 goals

[edit] External links

• Prifile at Football-Lineups
• Profile at National Football Teams
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1997 Copa América 1 Bassedas • 2 Berizzo • 3 Berti • 4 Calderón • 5 Cardoso • 6 Cardozo • 7 Cruz • 8 Delgado • 9 Gallardo • 10 González • 11 Husaín • 12 López • 13 Martínez • 14 Monserrat • 15 Ojeda • 16 Pellegrino • 17 Pineda • 18 Posse • 19 Roa • 20 Rotchen • 21 Vivas • 22 Zapata • Coach: Passarella

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Ibarra • 5 Simeone • 6 Samuel • 7 Barros Schelotto • 8 Zanetti • 9 Palermo • 10 Ortega • 11 López • 12 Bizzarri • 13 Vivas • 14 Pochettino • 15 Berizzo • 16 Guglielminpietro • 17 Husaín • 18 Cagna • 19 Calderón • 20 Aimar • 21 González • 22 Riquelme • Coach: Bielsa