Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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.
Club career 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 before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002, he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória, Cruzeiro and Coritiba. 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.Víctor Aristizábal se retira por lesión Retrieved 21 December 2007
International career 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.
Personal life Aristizábal's son, Emilio, is also a professional footballer, and currently plays for Atlético Nacional.
Career statistics
Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAtlético Nacional1992Categoría Primera A––0096961993332000533823Total3320001494729Valencia1993–94La Liga70000070Atlético Nacional1994Categoría Primera A261500002615199512200127249Total3817001275024São Paulo1996Série A135002+21571997124005+4178Total25900763215Santos1998Série A41000041199971000071Total1120000112Atlético Nacional2000Categoría Primera A251300412914Deportivo Cali2001Categoría Primera A281400313115Vitória2002Série A211000002110Cruzeiro2003Série A36212+5103926Coritiba2004Série A2560042298Atlético Nacional2005Categoría Primera A312500523627200632170074392120072270041268Total85490016710156Career total334161256123397189
International Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aristizábal goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Víctor Aristizábal"Víctor Aristizábal International Statistics"., Int.soccerway.com Retrieved on 8 August 2014No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 30 May 1993 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile 1–0 1–1 Friendly2 16 July 1993 Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala, Ecuador 2–1 2–1 1993 Copa América3 9 February 1994 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 Friendly4 26 February 1994 Weingart Stadium, Monterey Park, United States 2–2 2–2 Friendly5 2 June 1996 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Perú 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification6 16 June 1997 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 4–1 4–1 1997 Copa América7 11 July 2001 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 2–0 2–0 2001 Copa América8 14 July 2001 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 1–0 2001 Copa América9 17 July 2001 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 2–0 2001 Copa América10 23 July 2001 Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia 1–0 3–0 2001 Copa América11 3–012 26 July 2001 Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia 2–0 2–0 2001 Copa América13 14 November 2001 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay 1–0 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification14 2–015 3–0
Honours Atlético Nacional Fútbol Profesional Colombiano: 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005-I, 2007-I, 2007-II Copa Interamericana: 1990, 1995 Copa Merconorte: 2000
São Paulo Campeonato Paulista: 1998
Santos Copa CONMEBOL: 1998
Vitória Campeonato Baiano: 2002
Cruzeiro Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2003 Copa do Brasil: 2003 Campeonato Mineiro: 2003
Coritiba Campeonato Paranaense: 2004
Colombia Copa América: 2001
Individual Copa América top scorer: 2001 Colombian League top scorer: 2005-I
References
External links
Midfield Dynamo's 10 Heroes of the Copa América Víctor Aristizábal listed in the top 10