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40 appearances for Argentina National Football Team (1996-2003). Member of the France '98 and South Korea/Japan '02 squads.

Midfielder for River Plate (Buenos Aires, 1992-1996, 2009-2011), Sevilla F.C. (Spain, 1996-97), S.S. Lazio (Italy, 1997-2000), Parma Calcio 1913 (Italy, 2000-2002), Inter Milan (Italy, 2002-2004), Brescia Calcio (Italy, 2004), Quilmes A.C. (Quilmes, 2005), Lyn Oslo (Norway, 2007) and CA Fénix (La Reja, 2009); in all 408 games and 11 goals.

Honours with River Plate: Argentine Primera División (1991 Apertura, 1993 Apertura, 1994 Apertura); Copa Libertadores (1996). Honours with S.S. Lazio: Italian Cup (1998, 2000); Italian Super Cup (1998); UEFA Cup Winners Cup (1999); UEFA Super Cup (1999); Serie A (2000). Honours with Inter Milan: Italian Cup (2002).

Won the silver medal with Argentina in the 1996 Olympic Games.

Named the Serie A Footballer of the Year in 1999.

Father of, with Luciana García Pena, Sofía Almeyda (b. 2001), Azul Almeyda (b. 2003) and Serena Almeyda (b. 2006).

Captain of River Plate (2010-2011).

Descended to Primera B Nacional with River Plate in 2011.

Retired from football twice in 2005 and 2011.

Played well over 150 games for River Plate.

Played well over 100 games at the Serie A.

Head coach of River Plate (Buenos Aires, 2011-2012), C.A. Banfield (Banfield, 2013-2015), C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico, 2015-2018) and San Jose Earthquakes (USA, 2018-).

As a coach, he won the B Nacional (2012) with River Plate; the B Nacional (2014) with C.A. Banfield; two Copa MX (2015 Apertura, 2017 Clausura), the Supercopa MX (2016) and the Liga MX (2017 Clausura) with C.D. Guadalajara.

Won the Alumni Award as the Best Coach of the Primera B Nacional in 2012.

He revealed suffered from depression and fall into alcoholism in 2005 after retired from football.

Met his 2nd wife Luciana García Pena at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Named the Liga MX Manager of the Season in 2017.

Named the CONCACAF Men's Football Coach of the Year in 2018.