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Hernan Crespo

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Hernan Jorge Crespo is an Argentine international footballer, currently playing in the Italian Serie A for Internazionale, having signed from Premier League side Chelsea on a two-year loan deal on 7 August 2006. He was born in the Florida neighborhood of the Vicente Lopez Partido, Greater Buenos Aires, next to Buenos Aires. He is famed for his powerful aerial ability, which allows him to score goals from considerable distances. 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 was included in the FIFA 100 list, compiled by Pele, which featured 125 players whom he identified as the best in the world.

He made his debut with River Plate during the 1993/94 season, scoring 13 goals in 25 league appearances. He helped River Plate win the Apertura league title, the second of two championships held in Argentina in that year. He helped River win the Apertura title again in 1994. In 1996, Crespo helped River win the Copa Libertadores, the South American club championship, scoring twice in the home leg of the final in Buenos Aires.