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Roberto Ayala

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b. 1973defender / centre-back / sweeper

Argentina

Photo: Juan Kulichevsky from Argentina · CC BY-SA 2.0

Archive goals

for Argentina

Matches scored in

every one opens its match page below

Tournaments

most in the Copa América (1)

Career span

2000–2007

first 2000-04-26 · last 2007-07-15

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Roberto Fabián Ayala, nicknamed El Ratón, is an Argentine former footballer who played as a centre-back for the Argentina national football team, as well as Valencia and Real Zaragoza in Spain, Milan and Napoli in Italy, and Ferro Carril, River Plate and Racing Club in his native Argentina. — Wikipedia

identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-04

In the line-ups

24 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1998–2007

The archive holds 24 team sheets naming Roberto Ayala in Argentina's starting line-up, from 1998-06-14 to 2007-07-15.

24 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.

The archive also records 3 own goals under this name (2000, 2001, 2007) — own goals never count in a scorer's tally.

International goals in our archive

3 goals across 3 scoring matches · 3 tournaments · 2000–2007

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Competition	Venue
2006-06-30	Germany	D1–1(a)	49'	FIFA World Cup	Berlin
2004-07-13	Uruguay	W4–2(n)	80'	Copa América	Piura
2000-04-26	Venezuela	W4–0(a)	8'	FIFA World Cup qualification	Maracaibo

Honours

13 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Marquee honours

FIFA World Cup

2022

Copa América×2

2021, 2024

La Liga×2

2001–02, 2003–04

Serie A

1998–99

Team honours13
	FIFA World Cup	×1	2022
	Copa América	×2	2021, 2024
	La Liga	×2	2001–02, 2003–04	Valencia
	Serie A	×1	1998–99	Milan
	Argentine Primera División	×1	1994	River Plate
	CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions	×1	2022
	Olympic Gold Medal	×1	2004	Argentina
	Olympic Silver Medal	×1	1996	Argentina
	Pan American Games	×1	1995	Argentina
	UEFA Cup	×1	2003–04	Valencia
	UEFA Super Cup	×1	2004	Valencia
Individual honours6
Player of the year · 1
	UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year		2000–01
Teams of the season · 5
	Copa América Team of the Tournament		2004
	ESM Team of the Year		2003–04
	FIFA World Cup All-Star Team		2006
	IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team B)		2021
	South American Team of the Year		1994

Roberto Ayala

In the line-ups

International goals in our archive

Honours

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