3 Pablo Aimar Quotes

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"Pablo César Aimar Giordano" is an Argentine professional Association football/footballer. A technically gifted and creative Midfielder#Attacking midfielder/attacking midfielder with a vast array of skills, Aimar excels as an advanced playmaker, where he is best able to utilise his dribbling, vision, and passing ability to create chances for team-mates. Due to his talent and flamboyance, he was given the nicknames El Payaso (the clown) and "El Mago" (the wizard) throughout his career. Aimar also holds a Spanish nationality law/Spanish passport. As a youth, compatriot Lionel Messi stated in 2002 that Aimar was one of his biggest influences as a player.

After starting his senior career at Club Atlético River Plate/River Plate in 1996, he amassed La Liga totals of 215 games and 32 goals over eight seasons with Valencia CF/Valencia and Real Zaragoza between 2001 and 2008, before spending five years in Portugal with S.L. Benfica/Benfica, winning nine major titles between the three teams. In 2013, he joined Johor Darul Takzim F.C./Johor Darul Takzim in Malaysia, but was released in April 2014 after struggling with injuries.