César Fabián Delgado Godoy (born 18 August 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a winger. He also played as a central midfielder, making piercing forward runs through the center of the opposition's defence. His nickname ''"Chelito"'' is derived from that of Marcelo Delgado (known as "El Chelo") because of their same last name. Since 2013, he also holds Mexican citizenship.

Club career

Born in Rosario, Argentina, Delgado started his career at Rosario Central. He joined Cruz Azul for the 2003 Apertura, where he finished with 16 appearances and eight goals. Delgado made 21 appearances in the subsequent Apertura, again scoring eight goals. In the 2004 Apertura, Delgado scored another six goals in 15 games. On 8 January 2008, Delgado moved to French club Lyon who paid a transfer fee of €11 million. He made his

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debut on 20 January 2008 against RC Lens. Delgado came on as an 85th-minute substitute Lisandro López on 21 October 2009 against

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in the

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and scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory. It was Lyon's first win in the UEFA Champions League against English opposition. On 10 June 2011, Delgado signed with C.F. Monterrey, and participated in the 2011 Mexican League Apertura, CONCACAF Champions League and Club World Cup tournaments.

International career

Delgado played for Argentina in the 2004 Copa América, scoring one goal, and was part of their gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He played several matches for the Argentina national football team during 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, but due to injury he did not make the 23-man squad for the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Delgado goal''.

Honours

Club

Cruz Azul *

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Lyon *

: 2007–08 * Coupe de France: 2007–08 Monterrey *

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: 2011–12,

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International

Argentina *

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Individual

* FIFA Club World Cup top scorer: 2012, 2013

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado, Cesar Argentine footballers 1981 births Living people Olympic footballers of Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Argentina international footballers Association football forwards Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 Copa América players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players Rosario Central footballers Cruz Azul footballers C.F. Monterrey players Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Olympique Lyonnais players Ligue 1 players Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Argentine emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Mexican footballers Expatriate footballers in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics