Hernán Crespo

Hernán Jorge Crespo was born on July 5, 1975 in Florida, Argentina. He is an Argentine international football player currently playing in the Italian Serie A for Internazionale, having signed from English Premier League champions Chelsea on a 2 year loan deal on 7 August 2006, although Chelsea have an option to recall him after one season. He is recognized for his powerful aerial ability. He is also renowned for being one of the most effective goal poachers in the game, due to his anticipatory off-the-ball movement. Crespo has scored four World Cup goals; against Sweden in 2002 and against Côte d'Ivoire, Serbia and Montenegro and Mexico in 2006.

Hernán Crespo was several times compared to Gabriel Batistuta. Former Argentine coach José Pekerman still sees Crespo as the leader for the strike force and his form and fitness are all important for Argentine Team. Crespo was included in the FIFA 100 list comprising the best footballers in the world at present. Hernán Crespo, along with Argentine team mate Juan Sebastián Verón, is one of the world's most expensive players of all time (currently the most expensive being Zinedine Zidane). Ever since he joined Parma in 1996 from River Plate, he has never been sold for less than £16,000,000 and currently has a combined transfer fee of £68,000,000 - over half of which was down to one move, from Parma to Lazio for £37,000,000.