Víctor Aristizábal

Víctor Aristizábal
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada
Date of birth	9 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1994	Atlético Nacional
1994	Valencia
1994–1996	Atlético Nacional
1997–1998	São Paulo
1998–1999	Santos
1999–2000	Atlético Nacional
2000–2001	Deportivo Cali
2001–2002	Vitória
2002–2003	Cruzeiro
2003–2004	Coritiba
2004–2007	Atlético Nacional
Total
International career
1993–2003	Colombia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Colombia
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971)^[1] is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

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At the 2001 Copa América in his home country, he won the country's first international title with the Colombian selection and was the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals.

Aristizábal was born in Medellín, Antioquia. He started his career in Atlético Nacional, and played there from 1990 to 1996 only interrupted by a short spell with Valencia CF in 1994. Winning the Colombian league twice with Nacional, he eventually moved to play in Brazil. He played for São Paulo and Santos^[2] before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002, he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória,^[3] Cruzeiro^[4] and Coritiba.^[5] Aristizábal is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Brazilian league. He is also the all-time Colombian goalscorer with 348 goals, of which about 200 goals were scored with Atlético Nacional, club which he is also the top goalscorer. He is the only player that has won six championship with Atlético Nacional. He announced his retirement from football in November 2007 after suffering an awkward knee injury.^[6]

Between 1993 and 2003, Aristizábal played 66 international matches and scored 15 goals for the Colombia national team. He was an unused substitute for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but played all three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Aristizábal finished as top scorer with six goals in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, as Los Cafeteros won the title for the first time. He was also a member of the nation's squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in fourth place.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Aristizábal announced he was retiring from international soccer after being dropped for a match against Brazil.^[7]

Aristizábal's son, Emilio, is also a professional footballer, and currently plays for Atlético Nacional.^[8]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[9]
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Nacional	1992	Categoría Primera A	–	–	0	0	9	6	9	6
	1993	Categoría Primera A	33	20	0	0	5	3	38	23
	Total		33	20	0	0	14	9	47	29
Valencia	1993–94	La Liga	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Atlético Nacional	1994	Categoría Primera A	26	15	0	0	0	0	26	15
	1995	Categoría Primera A	12	2	0	0	12	7	24	9
	Total		38	17	0	0	12	7	50	24
São Paulo	1996	Série A	13	5	0	0	2+	2	15	7
	1997	Série A	12	4	0	0	5+	4	17	8
	Total		25	9	0	0	7	6	32	15
Santos	1998	Série A	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
	1999	Série A	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
	Total		11	2	0	0	0	0	11	2
Atlético Nacional	2000	Categoría Primera A	25	13	0	0	4	1	29	14
Deportivo Cali	2001	Categoría Primera A	28	14	0	0	3	1	31	15
Vitória	2002	Série A	21	10	0	0	0	0	21	10
Cruzeiro	2003	Série A	36	21	2+	5	1	0	39	26
Coritiba	2004	Série A	25	6	0	0	4	2	29	8
Atlético Nacional	2005	Categoría Primera A	31	25	0	0	5	2	36	27
	2006		32	17	0	0	7	4	39	21
	2007		22	7	0	0	4	1	26	8
	Total		85	49	0	0	16	7	101	56
Career total			334	161	2	5	61	23	397	189

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International

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aristizábal goal.

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List of international goals scored by Víctor Aristizábal^[10]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 May 1993	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	16 July 1993	Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador	Mexico	2–1	2–1	1993 Copa América
3	9 February 1994	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	26 February 1994	Weingart Stadium, Monterey Park, United States	South Korea	2–2	2–2	Friendly
5	2 June 1996	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Perú	Peru	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	16 June 1997	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Costa Rica	4–1	4–1	1997 Copa América
7	11 July 2001	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	2001 Copa América
8	14 July 2001	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2001 Copa América
9	17 July 2001	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	Chile	1–0	2–0	2001 Copa América
10	23 July 2001	Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia	Peru	1–0	3–0	2001 Copa América
11	23 July 2001	Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia	Peru	3–0	3–0	2001 Copa América
12	26 July 2001	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia	Honduras	2–0	2–0	2001 Copa América
13	14 November 2001	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	1–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
14				2–0
15				3–0