Matías Almeyda foi volante argentino campeão da Libertadores 1996 pelo River Plate e do Campeonato Italiano 1999-2000 pela Lazio, com passagens pelas Copas de 1998 e 2002.
Almeyda
Matías Almeyda was born in Azul, in the province of Buenos Aires, in 1973, and was a strong defensive midfielder with great commitment, much remembered for his fighting spirit on the pitch. He started at River Plate, where he won the Copa Libertadores in 1996, and then transferred to Lazio in 1997. In Italy, he was an important player in Sven-Göran Eriksson's team that won the Italian championship in 1999-2000, the Coppa Italia and the European Super Cup, and also played for Parma, Inter Milan and Brescia. For the Argentina national team, he played in the World Cups of 1998 and 2002. As a manager, he led River Plate back to the top division in 2012 and won the MX League (Clausura 2017) and the Concacaf Champions League 2018 with Guadalajara, in addition to managing San Jose Earthquakes and other clubs.