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Esteban Fuertes
	Fuertes in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Esteban Óscar Fuertes
Date of birth	26 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Coronel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992	Independiente
1992–1993	El Porvenir
1993–1995	Los Andes
1995–1996	Platense
1996–1997	Racing Club
1997–1999	Colón
1999	Derby County
2000	Colón
2000	Lens
2001–2002	Tenerife
2002–2003	River Plate
2003–2006	Colón
2007	Universidad Católica
2008–2012	Colón
2013	Sport Boys
Total
International career‡
2009	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:03, 16 October 2013 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:20, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Esteban Óscar Fuertes (born 26 December 1972) is an Argentine former footballer.

Club career

In July 1999, Fuertes was purchased for £2.3m by Jim Smith, manager of Derby County in England. He scored two early goals, including the winner against Everton in the league.^[1] and another against Swansea City in the League Cup.^[2] However, weeks later, he was refused entry back into Britain when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged. Derby were able to sell him on to Lens in France for £2.8m.^[3]

Fuertes retired from professional football on 25 June 2012 in a match against Banfield, scoring two goals.^[4] A year following his retirement, Fuertes signed a six-month contract for Bolivian side Sport Boys which had been recently promoted to the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.^[5] He officially retired on 6 December 2013 after eleven appearances and three goals scored for the club.^[6]

International career

On 20 May 2009, Fuertes made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama aged 36, making him the oldest player ever to make his debut for the Argentina national team.^[7] The Argentina team made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina won the game 3–1.