Claudio Paul CANIGGIA | 1989-1992

[Messias18]

Stats by Messias18 (with suggestions from julgui, coolactive and Plava Čigra)

Name: Claudio Paul Caniggia

Nickname: "El Pájaro" ("The Bird") | "El hijo del viento" ("The son of the wind")
Club: Atalanta


"Electrical, controversial, hot-blooded. This was Claudio Caniggia." - 3m1n3m (old forum)

INFO:

Claudio Paul Caniggia (born 9 January 1967 in Henderson, Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football forward, who played 50 times for the Argentine national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. Caniggia made a hundred meters in 10.70s while competing in Argentina athletic tournaments at provincial level. It was 100 and 200 meters and long jump. However, he did not get to athletic of Nationals because he dedicated himself to football. He competed much until he became a professional football player in River Plate. Caniggia could as a player cover 100 meters in 11.2 seconds. He lives in Marbella, Spain.


Club career

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At club level, Caniggia played for River Plate (1985-88), Hellas Verona (1988-89), Atalanta (1989-92 and 1999-2000), AS Roma (1992-93), S.L. Benfica (1994-95), Boca Juniors (1995-98), Dundee (2000-01) and Glasgow Rangers (2001-03). He has become a club legend and cult-hero at many of the clubs he has played at.

Caniggia was a key player in both the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, but was not picked under the strict regime of coach Daniel Passarella for France '98. Caniggia got a 13-month ban for taking cocaine in 1993 and has a history of enjoying the high life.

Caniggia was globally recognized as one of the fastest footballers in the world, thus, he was given the nickname of "el hijo del viento" which means "the son of wind". On 3 April 2009, Caniggia was inducted into Dundee FC's Hall of Fame (International Award).

International career

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Caniggia was capped 50 times for Argentina, scoring 16 goals. He played at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, scoring 4 goals in 8 matches. Contrary to popular belief and largely due to loose interpretation, Caniggia was not a striker, but rather a playmaker forward. Throughout the Copa América 1991, Caniggia asserted his dominance and was arguably the most dynamic player. He scored 2 goals and made 4 assists in the tournament. He also helped Argentina win the 1992 Confederations Cup, in which he scored a goal in the final itself.

To Argentine football fans, Claudio has always been an eccentric footballer, playing for many different clubs in many different countries, which is why it is impossible to associate him with a single club. Instead he holds a unique place in their affections. Because when they think of El Pajaro, it is always in the "celeste and blanca" colours of the national team. Claudio is synonymous with World Cups, winning goals and triumphs in the Argentinian jersey.

Caniggia is great friends with Argentine legend Diego Maradona; the duo once celebrated a goal with a kiss on the lips. Claudio's wife at that time, model Mariana Nannis, said: "At times I believe Diego is in love with my husband. It must be the long hair and big muscles."

1990 World Cup

At the 1990 World Cup, Caniggia scored two key goals to help Argentina reach the final. He came off the bench in the inaugural match against Cameroon, memorably being fouled thrice in a single dribble as he carried the ball forward, the last, by Benjamin Massing earning the Cameroonian a straight red card (Massing kicked Caniggia so hard his own shoe came off). In the subsequent matches, Caniggia was in the starting lineup. In the second round, Argentina faced Brazil, and with the score 0-0 after 80 minutes, a pass by Diego Maradona left Caniggia one on one against Brazilian goalkeeper Taffarel; Caniggia dribbled past him and scored on the empty goal, giving Argentina the victory and eliminating Brazil from the tournament in what was seen as a huge upset. The goal gave him legendary status among the Argentine fans for knocking out their chief rivals.

Argentina then beat Yugoslavia on penalty kicks, advancing to semifinals, where they played against Italy. The Italians had not conceded any goals in five matches, and were up 1-0 at halftime. In the second half, Caniggia headed a cross into the net of goalkeeper Walter Zenga, ending his record streak at 517 minutes without conceding a goal, and sending the match into extra time. After no change in the score, penalty kicks were taken, and Argentina won again through this method, advancing to the final. Caniggia had been cautioned in the first round match against the Soviet Union, , and then received another yellow card against Italy for a deliberate hand-ball-play, which earned him a suspension. He had to watch the final between his team and Germany from the stands, which Argentina lost 0-1.

1994 World Cup

Caniggia scored two goals in the 1994 World Cup, both of them in the first round match against Nigeria, the first from a Batistuta freekick rebound and second one from a cleverly taken free kick by Diego Maradona, which he finished sublimely putting the ball in top right hand corner. This was the last match in which Maradona would be involved with the national team and is considered one of the best teams Argentina has ever had.

2002 World Cup

After refusing to cut his long hair despite the rules of national coach Daniel Passarella, he was frozen out of the national team for a number of years. He made a brief comeback to the Marcelo Bielsa-coached squad for the 2002 World Cup, but did not play. Nevertheless, he did manage to receive a red card for cursing at the referee from the bench in Argentina's last match against Sweden.

HONOURS:

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Caps
Argentina: 50 appearances / 16 goals

Club
1985–1988 River Plate - 51 appearances / 8 goals
1988–1989 Hellas Verona - 21 appearances / 3 goals
1989–1992 Atalanta - 85 appearances / 22 goals
1992–1994 Roma - 20 appearances / 4 goals
1994–1995 Benfica - 23 appearances / 8 goals
1995–1998 Boca Juniors - 60 appearances / 28 goals
1999–2000 Atalanta - 17 appearances / 1 goals
2000–2001 Dundee - 25 appearances / 8 goals
2001–2003 Rangers - 50 appearances / 13 goals
2003–2004 Qatar SC - 15 appearances / 5 goals

Trophies & Tournaments:
1985-1986 Primera División Argentina - River Plate
1986 Copa Libertadores - River Plate
1986 Intercontinental Cup - River Plate
1986 Copa Interamericana - River Plate
1990 FIFA World Cup - Argentina (runner-up)
1991 Copa América - Argentina
1992 Confederations Cup - Argentina
2002 Scottish Cup - Rangers
2002 Scottish League Cup - Rangers
2002-03 Scottish Premier League - Rangers
2003 Scottish League Cup - Rangers
2003-2004 Prince Cup - Qatar SC

VIDEOS:

Spoiler: show

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Caniggia

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Caniggia

http://onegil.tripod.com/index.htm

http://www.elbuenfutbol.com/2010/04/01/ ... -caniggia/

http://www.excalciatori.com/2009/12/cla ... iggia.html

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football ... roID=45711

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football ... ton=Search

[Phil]

I heard Caniggia ran the 100 meters in 10"07 seconds if so then he surely has to be faster than pretty much any footballer and deserves99 for top speed

[Alcohomicide]

I heard Caniggia ran the 100 meters in 10"07 seconds if so then he surely has to be faster than pretty much any footballer and deserves99 for top speed

Absolute tosh.

[Phil]

lol yeh i thought that couldn't be true

[Oriello]

I seen that tidbit of information on wikipedia, they stated he ran that speed in 1984 I believe, some five years earlier. I am not sure you can base it on an event in his youth too much, the main concern is whether he displayed that sort of speed consistently as a footballer around this time period. From what I seen of him in 1990 World Cup videos yes he was fast, but the fastest ever Not sure of that.

[Alcohomicide]

lol yeh i thought that couldn't be true

I was not doubting that he ran that time, he probably did. What I was doubting was whether it should affect his stats. For instance, he ran that time in special conditions, not on a grass pitch with football boots, etc. It is about the speed a player shows when they play, in my opinion, and I think these stats take into consideration that he was a fast player.

If Usian Bolt played footie but rarely run all game, and only opted to jog at Neville pace when he did, then even though we know he is the fastest known sprinter in the world, it would make him play incorrectly to give him red stats for speed. -Nods-

[coolactive]

I watched him live in 1990 Italy and I must say that he was quick but 95 is really too much.
Second, his long passing represented here are not accurate. I mean LPA and LPS for Cannigia are below 80 for sure. He used to have fast, straight short passes and then ran into space.
Also, his heading ability should be point or two up. He scored some very important goals with his head - something like Tevez these days.

[danielfrancog]

this should be the profile picture

[sencesor]

[Brezza]

Nothing wrong with a bit of Man-love

[coolactive]

...and i would like to add LINES Special ability....for BOTH of them

[sencesor]

[zinaldo1982]

Caniggia was never that quick for me but because he played against mostly slow south american players he seemed quicker than he really was and his record over 100 metres was 10.70 so not exactly that quick so someone should bring that top speed of his down to about 93 maybe.

Yes he was quick but come on quicker than walcott and lennon i doubt it,especially in top speed than walcott who actually is quicker than henry ever was and we all know henry was quicker than caniggia.

[julgui]

SUGGEST in NEW FORMAT.


Pics in Atalanta


Nickname: El Pájaro (The Bird), El hijo del viento (The son of the wind)

Balance: 76 > 73
Acceleration: 94-95 > 93 Not only had an incredible speed, he took advantage of this in his tremendous acceleration.
Dribble Speed: 94 > 92 Not only had an incredible speed, he took advantage of this in his tremendous acceleration.
Curling: 82 > 73 IMO it seems a very low rate. Just remember the goal against Nigeria where the ball takes a big effect.
Header: 75 > 77 Possessed a more than decent header.
Mentality: 82 > 76 Able to run and kept the same conditions during most of the game, it should raise the value.


Cards
S01 - Reaction
S03 - 1-on-1 Finish / Goals in Rome, Argentina vs Brazil and many other examples show his temper when one-on-1 Finish.
S14 - Quick Turn
P06 - Speed Merchant / You do not need no explanation, only to watch the videos enough.
P15 - Goal Poacher / Thanks to its speed, the son of the wind, enabled him to exploit that aspect of playing at the back of defenders.

Hidden Skills:
*Dribbling
*Tactical Dribble
*Lines / DF Pos.
*Side


INFO:

Claudio Paul Caniggia (born 9 January 1967 in Henderson, Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football forward, who played 50 times for the Argentine national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. Caniggia made a hundred meters in 10.70s while competing in Argentina athletic tournaments at provincial level. It was 100 and 200 meters and long jump. However, he did not get to athletic of Nationals because he dedicated himself to football. He competed much until he became a professional football player in River Plate. Caniggia could as a player cover 100 meters in 11.2 seconds
At club level, Caniggia played for River Plate (1985-88), Hellas Verona (1988-89), Atalanta (1989-92 and 1999-2000), AS Roma (1992-93), S.L. Benfica (1994-95), Boca Juniors (1995-98), Dundee (2000-01) and Glasgow Rangers (2001-03). He has become a club legend and cult-hero at many of the clubs he has played at.
Caniggia was a key player in both the 1990 and 1994 World Cup finals, but was not picked under the strict regime of coach Daniel Passarella for France '98. Caniggia got a 13-month ban for taking cocaine in 1993 and has a history of enjoying the high life.
Caniggia was globally recognized as one of the fastest footballers in the world, thus, he was given the nickname of "el hijo del viento" which means "the son of wind". On 3 April 2009, Caniggia was inducted into Dundee FC's Hall of Fame (International Award).
Caniggia was capped 50 times for Argentina, scoring 16 goals. He played at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, scoring 4 goals in 8 matches. Contrary to popular belief and largely due to loose interpretation, Caniggia was not a striker, but rather a playmaker forward. Throughout the Copa América 1991, Caniggia asserted his dominance and was arguably the most dynamic player. He scored 2 goals and made 4 assists in the tournament. He also helped Argentina win the 1992 Confederations Cup, in which he scored a goal in the final itself.
To Argentine football fans, Claudio has always been an eccentric footballer, playing for many different clubs in many different countries, which is why it is impossible to associate him with a single club. Instead he holds a unique place in their affections. Because when they think of El Pajaro, it is always in the "celeste and blanca" colours of the national team. Claudio is synonymous with World Cups, winning goals and triumphs in the Argentinian jersey.
Caniggia is great friends with Argentine legend Diego Maradona; the duo once celebrated a goal with a kiss on the lips. Claudio's wife at that time, model Mariana Nannis, said: "At times I believe Diego is in love with my husband. It must be the long hair and big muscles."


HONOURS:

Caps
Argentina: 50 appearances/ 16 goals

Club
1985–1988 River Plate 51 appearances/ 8 goals
1988–1989 Hellas Verona 21 appearances/ 3 goals
1989–1992 Atalanta 85 appearances/ 22 goals
1992–1994 Roma 20 appearances/ 4 goals
1994–1995 Benfica 23 appearances/ 8 goals
1995–1998 Boca Juniors 60 appearances/ 28 goals
1999–2000 Atalanta 17 appearances/ 1 goals
2000–2001 Dundee 25 appearances/ 8 goals
2001–2003 Rangers 50 appearances/ 13 goals
2003–2004 Qatar SC 15 appearances/ 5 goals

Trophies & Tournaments:
1985-1986 Primera División Argentina River Plate
1986 Copa Libertadores River Plate
1986 Intercontinental Cup River Plate
1986 Copa Interamericana River Plate
1990 FIFA World Cup Argentina
1991 Copa América Argentina
1992 Confederations Cup Argentina
2002 Scottish Cup Rangers
2002 Scottish League Cup Rangers
2002-03 Scottish Premier League Rangers
2003 Scottish League Cup Rangers
2003-2004 Prince Cup Qatar SC

VIDEOS:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=p2tUrz9C2O4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=z-zASeMnkCg[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=LPwc2IoEtYU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=3X3p0_R0Y5E[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=KeRlJJbtdHc[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=OqOSIBMhhRg[/youtube]

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Caniggia

http://onegil.tripod.com/index.htm

http://www.elbuenfutbol.com/2010/04/01/ ... -caniggia/ (in Spanish)

http://www.excalciatori.com/2009/12/cla ... iggia.html (in Italian)

[HFClub]

Great post really. I agree with all of Julgui's suggestions, except Mentality, i think thats too high.

[Messias18]

I can agree with all, but I will go for a lower mentality than the julgui's suggestion

[Plava Čigra]

Updated to fit new format. Applied most of julgui's and coolactive's suggestions and inserted a few of my own. Changes...

1. Changed Era from 1989-1990 to 1989-1992. Added new pictures to match that Era.

2. Balance: 73-->76 - I can agree with this raise, especially because of his Height/Weight. Also it's pretty hard to keep your balance while running at such speed.

2. Top Speed: 97-->95, Acceleration: 93-->94, Dribble Speed: 92-->94 - While I'm sure that he was one of the fastest players to play the game (with or without the ball), I don't think he needs 97 for TS (if we want to be realistic and look into modern Ladders). For example, Agbonlahor (181 cm/72 kg) is on TS: 96.

3. Short Pass Accuracy: 73-->76, Short Pass Speed: 73-->76 - He wasn't Henry in terms of short passing, but he had decent precision and speed on short distances. 73 for both SPA and SPS seemed too low to me.

4. Long Pass Accuracy: 81-->78, Long Pass Speed: 83-->79 - His crosses were solid, but I don't think he needs yellow values for his long passing.

5. Curling: 73-->82,

6. Header: 75-->77,

7. Mentality/Tenacity: 76-->78 - In my opinion, Mentality should definitely stay in green area.

8. Removed *Tactical Dribble (I never saw him as the type of player that uses this Special Ability... maybe I'm wrong, but I can't recall anything similar to that ). Added *Lines.

9. Added new Cards: P06: Speed Merchant, P12: Incisive Run, P15: Goal Poacher, S01: Reaction, S03: 1-on-1 Finish, S14: Quick Turn + Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded.

10. Added Growth type: Standard (thought about Early Peak, but I'm not sure he deteriorated that much in his mid 20s). Added Info, Videos and Additional Links. Switched poster to Messias18. Added julgui, coolactive and me into credits.

[juan92]

i was comparing at marc overmars's(another excellent and fast WF, besides both of them gots allmost same height and weight) and caniggia's posts and i found some things to discuss, for example overmars BB is 79 and cani its 76. well cani was a weak player(overmars too), weaker than overmars, but dont really sure if 3 points down on him, maybe if cani gots 77 of his BB that would be find. overmars TS its 97 and ACC its 98 and cani's TS 95 ACC 94, i think that there were no differences between both of them TS so cani's should be in 97 too, the real difference was in ACC, overmars was the best that i saw at this area, he could get his max speed in just seconds, we was unbelievable so cani's ACC in 94 are allright. overmars DA is 86 and DS 95, cani's 85 and 94. i think that their DA should be in par, both in 86, but their DS are perfect. besides cristiano ronaldo's (now) TS is in 95, and cani was better than him. well thats all... please coment

[xeneize]

i was comparing at marc overmars's(another excellent and fast WF, besides both of them gots allmost same height and weight) and caniggia's posts and i found some things to discuss, for example overmars BB is 79 and cani its 76. well cani was a weak player(overmars too), weaker than overmars, but dont really sure if 3 points down on him, maybe if cani gots 77 of his BB that would be find. overmars TS its 97 and ACC its 98 and cani's TS 95 ACC 94, i think that there were no differences between both of them TS so cani's should be in 97 too, the real difference was in ACC, overmars was the best that i saw at this area, he could get his max speed in just seconds, we was unbelievable so cani's ACC in 94 are allright. overmars DA is 86 and DS 95, cani's 85 and 94. i think that their DA should be in par, both in 86, but their DS are perfect. besides cristiano ronaldo's (now) TS is in 95, and cani was better than him. well thats all... please coment

agree with you except in DA, 85 for "el pajaro" looks good. and for me the TS for canigia can be TS: 96/97, is the same for me.
good sugestions

[jurgens]

Can't see how cruyff has 97 ACC and cani 94.. Cani needs to be at least 95. His acc was fucken crazy. You could always seem him punt and then super accelrate it right after it, much like krasic... that was his main way of beating players. His TS was great.. I'd say better than this, but his ACC should be higher for sure. DA is too high, not much better than an 83.. didn't really use close control. Curls too high, didn't show much curl on crosses etc or shots I'd take it down to a 78/79.