Fernando Gastón Córdoba is a retired football

Football (soccer)

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 midfielder from Argentina

Argentina

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. Córdoba started his career at Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 at the age of 19 before moving to Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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 where he helped the team reach the semifinal stage of the Copa Libertadores. He had a brief stint in Italian

Italy

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 football by playing for Sampdoria

U.C. Sampdoria

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 in the 1998/1999 season. Afterwards Córdoba played for Colón de Santa Fe

Colón de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...

, Sporting Cristal

Sporting Cristal

Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

, Olimpia

Olimpia Asunción

Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....

, Quilmes

Quilmes Atlético Club

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 and Club Atlético Belgrano.

While playing for Olimpia he became a fan favorite after scoring a goal in the final of the 2002 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores 2002

The 2002 Copa Libertadores de América was the 43rd edition of CONMEBOL's premier club football tournament. It was won by the Paraguayan club Olimpia; their third title.-First round:...

 which was eventually won by Olimpia.

Titles

• Copa Libertadores: 2002 (with Olimpia)
• Recopa Sudamericana
  Recopa Sudamericana
  The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
  
  : 2003 (with Olimpia)