*Museum Gem* Osvaldo "OSSIE" Ardiles 1978 ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM for FIFA World Cup 1978 Championship ADIDAS TRAINING WORN JACKET!

*Provenance: Argentina World Cup 1978 Team Physician*


A 1978 Argentina Football Association medal presented to Argentina national football team player Ossie Ardiles in honor of his participation in the team's 1978 FIFA World Cup victory.


The medal features the Argentina Football Association logo with the engraved "O. Ardiles" on one side and the text "XI Copa Mundial de la FIFA 1978/ Argentina Campeon" on the other.


Player Profile:


Osvaldo César Ardiles (born 3 August 1952), often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is an Argentine football manager, pundit and former midfielder who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as part of the Argentina national team.




A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with Glenn Hoddle and compatriot Ricardo Villa, as a player for Tottenham Hotspur. He left England for a period on loan as a result of the outbreak of the Falklands War in 1982, thus missing most of the 1982–83 English season.




After retirement, Ardiles began his management career in England, coaching Swindon Town, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion, before returning to Tottenham to become the first Premier League manager from Argentina. As manager of Spurs in the mid-1990s, he played several matches utilizing a formation that had five forwards,[citation needed] a formation that had not been used in English football since the 1960s. During his career, Ardiles has also coached in Mexico, Croatia, Japan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Israel, Paraguay and his native Argentina. In Ireland, he is a pundit for RTÉ Sport.


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