Fernando Rubén Gago (; born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine professional former player and
football
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manager of
Racing Club.
During his 16-year club career, limited by multiple serious injuries, Gago played as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...
and
deep-lying playmaker
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the ...
,
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
,
Roma,
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...
and
Vélez Sarsfield.
A full international from 2007 to 2017, Gago represented
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
at the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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and at the
Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
in
2007
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,
2011
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and
2015
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, as well as winning a gold medal at the
2008 Olympics
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.
Club career
Boca Juniors
Born in
Ciudadela,
Greater Buenos Aires
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, Gago came from the youth divisions of
Boca Juniors
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. He had his professional debut with Boca in the 1–0 victory over
Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...
on 5 December 2004, in the Torneo Apertura. On 1 October 2006, he scored the first professional goal of his career and the only one of his initial Boca spell in a 3–2 win over
Vélez Sarsfield at
La Bombonera
The Alberto José Armando Stadium is a football stadium located in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Widely known as La Bombonera (; en, The chocolate box) due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands rou ...
.
Real Madrid
On 21 December 2006,
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
confirmed the signing of Gago on a 6-year contract for a fee of €20 million, effective from the turn of the calendar year. His signing came shortly after that of fellow Argentine youngster
Gonzalo Higuaín
Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (; born 10 December 1987) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed ''El Pipita'' or ''Pipa'', Higuaín was a prolific striker, known for his eye for goal, strong physique, and o ...
from
River Plate, and teenage Brazilian full-back
Marcelo.
He made his debut on 7 January 2007 in a 2–0 loss at
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF � ...
in
La Liga
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, partnering Emerson in defensive midfield at the expense of
Mahamadou Diarra and being substituted for forward Ronaldo after 58 minutes; local sports daily ''
Diario AS
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Profile
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'' commented that he barely influenced the game. On 20 May, away to
Recreativo de Huelva
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in the 35th match, he gave away a penalty but in added time assisted
Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...
for the 3–2 winner as Real Madrid maintained their league challenge, eventually winning the league.
In August 2008, Gago injured his left knee ligaments in a friendly against
Peñarol
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, and missed the start of the new season. He returned on 17 September for a
UEFA Champions League
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game against
FC BATE Borisov
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, leaving the game after 36 minutes due to his left femural biceps and being sidelined for another month. On 7 December, he scored his only goal of his 121 Real Madrid games, equalising in a 4–3 loss to
Sevilla
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at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
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; on 31 January 2009 he was given his only
red card for the club in a 2–0 win away to
Numancia.
Before the 2009–10 season, Gago ceded his number 8 shirt to new signing
Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime as a playmaker at AC Milan, a period marked ...
to take the number 5 vacated by
Fabio Cannavaro
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A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Nap ...
's return to
Juventus
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; he had coveted the number as it had been worn by
Zinedine Zidane
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before. Gago did not play any games for three months for Real Madrid around the turn of 2009 to 2010. Under new Madrid manager
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the British ...
from 2010, Gago struggled to receive playing time due to both a lengthy injury spell and Mourinho's preference for the tandem of
Xabi Alonso
Xabier Alonso Olano (, ; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his ...
and
Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira (; born 4 April 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He began his career at VfB Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga in 2007, before moving to Real Madrid in 2010. In his five seasons i ...
in defensive midfield.
Loan to Roma
On 31 August 2011, Gago moved on loan to Italian
Serie A
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side
Roma, with a view to a permanent move, until the end of the
2011–12 season. His number 5 jersey was conferred to the recently signed
Nuri Şahin, formerly of
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...
. Upon arriving in the Italian capital, he refuted suggestions that he was too similar to his new teammate
Daniele De Rossi
Daniele De Rossi (; born 24 July 1983) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and is currently manager of side SPAL. He is mostly known for his time playing with his hometown club Roma in Serie A, ...
, by saying that the pair had differences that would work well together.
Gago made his debut on 11 September in a 2–1 home loss to
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
, as a substitute for
Aleandro Rosi for the last 15 minutes. He scored his only goal for Roma against
Lecce
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on 20 November, a long-range strike in a 2–1 victory; two weeks later he was sent off in a 3–0 defeat at
Fiorentina.
Compared to his previous seasons at Real Madrid, Gago's one year at Roma was untroubled by injury.
[ After a 7th-placed finish, the ''Giallorossi'' were unable to meet Madrid's offer of €7 million to make his deal permanent.
]
Valencia and Vélez Sarsfield loan
On 19 July 2012, shortly after returning from loan to Real Madrid, Valencia
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purchased Gago for a reported fee in the region of €3.5 million, on a four-year deal. He debuted on 19 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against his previous club.
In January 2013, Vélez Sársfield signed Gago on a six-month loan without a buying option. He had previously rejected offers from Russia and Turkey. His brief spell at ''El Fortín'' was marred by further muscle and knee problems.[ In his seven games, he managed one goal, concluding a 3–0 home win over Chile's ]Deportes Iquique
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity.
Iquique has spent ...
in the second stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores on 20 February.
Return to Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors bought 50% of Gago's playing rights from Valencia for a fee of €1.7 million in July 2013. He signed a three-year deal in the aim of making the Argentina squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rig ...
. On 13 September 2015 in the Superclásico
Superclásico is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and s ...
away to River Plate, he left the game after 24 seconds due to a left Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcane ...
injury; he returned to action in late January.
On 24 April 2016, Gago suffered the same injury after 44 minutes at home to River Plate, returning at the end of November. In March 2017, his contract was extended for three more years. He suffered another injury on international duty that October, and did not recover until May 2018.
Boca Juniors reached the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals
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The ...
against rivals River, and the second leg had to be played at Gago's former club ground in Madrid due to hooliganism. He came on in the 89th minute for captain Pablo Pérez just before the game went to extra time, and suffered another Achilles injury in the 116th minute. Having used all four substitutes and had Wilmar Barrios sent off, Boca fell to a 3–1 loss with nine men.
Return to Vélez Sarsfield
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Gago was released by Boca and signed a one-year contract with Vélez Sarsfield. His new manager was his former Real Madrid and international teammate, Gabriel Heinze
Gabriel Iván Heinze (; born 19 April 1978) is an Argentine football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Newell's Old Boys. As a player, he operated as a defender, either as a left-back or a centre-back.
Nicknamed ''Gringo'' ...
. He made his comeback after nine months on 24 August 2019 in a 3–1 home win over Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
. In November 2020, he announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 34.
International career
Gago was part of the under-20 squad which won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.
Venues
Qualification
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. He made his senior international debut on 7 February 2007 in a 1–0 friendly win away to France. He played in the 2007 Copa América
The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, known simply as the 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The c ...
, and was part of the team which won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics
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.
Gago was one of over 100 players used by Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FI ...
in 2010 FIFA World Cup
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qualification, but also one of the highest-profile absentees for the final tournament in South Africa. He returned to the squad for the 2011 Copa América
The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...
.
Gago was named in Argentina's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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. He made his World Cup
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debut in Argentina's 2–1 defeat of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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at the Estádio do Maracanã, coming on as a half-time substitute for Hugo Campagnaro. He was named in the starting line-up for the team's second match, a 1–0 win over Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Tu ...
in Belo Horizonte
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, and remained a starter until being replaced by Lucas Biglia in the quarter-finals. Gago replaced Enzo Pérez after 86 minutes of the final, which Argentina lost 0–1 to Germany after extra time.
On 5 October 2017, Gago returned to the national team against Peru
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. In his final international match, he suffered cruciate ligament injuries to his right knee.[
]
Style of play
Gago relished operating in a holding role at Boca Juniors, functioning as a deep-lying playmaker
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
in front of the defence, due to his intelligence and ability to dictate play in midfield with his passing; he has also played in a similar role with the Argentina national team and other clubs. Upon arriving in Europe in 2006, Gago drew comparisons to compatriot and former Real Madrid man Fernando Redondo
Fernando Carlos Redondo Neri (; born 6 June 1969) is an Argentine retired footballer.
A defensive midfielder with the ability to contribute offensively and creatively, he turned professional playing for Argentinos Juniors and played one full ...
, due to his ability to build up play and break down the oppositions' attacks, thus enabling him to contribute both offensively and defensively. His Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
profile described Gago as a "very dynamic footballer who predicates his game on ball movement". He is also capable of reaching the opponent's box, possesses a tremendous vision for the game, ecan cover much ground and knows how to protect the ball.
Managerial career
On 17 January 2021, Gago was appointed manager of Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
side Aldosivi. He lost 2–1 at home to Godoy Cruz on his debut on 14 February. He resigned on 27 September after a run of six consecutive defeats left the team in 23rd.
Gago returned to work on 21 October 2021, signing with Racing Club until the end of the following year. Two days later, he lost 2–1 on his debut at Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...
.
Personal life
Gago, Sergio Agüero
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest play ...
and Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...
had all been teammates as children back in Argentina. Together, the three of them won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.
Venues
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA Worl ...
in the Netherlands
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Gago is a literature and art enthusiast. The first thing he did after landing in Spain was visit the Museo del Prado
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. He earned the nickname "El Pintita" (roughly meaning "the little one trying to look good" in English) ever since Ramón Maddoni scolded him for playing with his hair. Also, his Boca Juniors teammates would call him so because his youth squad coach would scold him, "Stop trying to look good and run!"
Gago is married to professional tennis
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player Gisela Dulko
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with whom he has two sons and a daughter. The couple separated in 2021, after he had an affair with one of her friends.
In September 2005, Gago's father died of a stroke
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while Gago was playing for Boca Juniors against Racing Club. In February 2021, his brother died in the same way while Gago was managing Aldosivi against the same club.
Career statistics
Club
International
Managerial
Honours
Player
Club
Boca Juniors
*Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
: 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2015
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, 2016–17, 2017–18
*Copa Sudamericana
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: 2005
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*Recopa Sudamericana
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: 2005
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, 2006
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*Copa Argentina
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: 2015
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Real Madrid
*La Liga
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: 2006–07, 2007–08
*Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footba ...
: 2010–11
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*Supercopa de España
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: 2008
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Vélez Sarsfield
*Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
: 2012–13 Superfinal
International
Argentina
*FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when ...
: 2005
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*Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...
: 2008
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*FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...
runner-up: 2014
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*Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
runner-up: 2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhut ...
, 2015
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Individual
*South American Team of the Year: 2005, 2006
Manager
Racing Club
*Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina
The Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina was an official List of Argentine football national cups, national football cup of Argentina organized by the Superliga Argentina (association), Superliga Argentina de Fútbol (SAF). : 2022
References
External links
Profile at Realmadrid.com
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Gago's profile and statistics at FootballDatabase
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gago, Fernando
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine people of Spanish descent
Association football midfielders
Argentine footballers
Argentine Primera División players
La Liga players
Serie A players
Boca Juniors footballers
Real Madrid CF players
A.S. Roma players
Valencia CF players
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Argentina youth international footballers
Argentina under-20 international footballers
Argentina international footballers
2007 Copa América players
2011 Copa América players
2015 Copa América players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Argentina
Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Argentine football managers
Aldosivi managers
Racing Club de Avellaneda managers