Editing Osvaldo Ardiles

{{Short description|Argentine association football player and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| image = Osvaldo Ardiles (1981).jpg
| image_size = 225
| caption = Ardiles with Tottenham Hotspur in 1981
| fullname = Osvaldo César Ardiles<ref name=BDFutbol>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l80487.html |title=Ardiles: Osvaldo César Ardiles: Manager |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|8|3|df=y}}<ref name=BDFutbol/>
| birth_place = [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]], Argentina
| height = 1.70 m<ref name=BDFutbol/>
| position = [[Central midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]
| years1 = 1973
| clubs1 = [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1974
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético Belgrano|Belgrano]]
| caps2 = 16
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1975–1978
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
| caps3 = 109
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 1978–1988
| clubs4 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps4 = 238
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 1982–1983
| clubs5 = → [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] (loan)
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1985
| clubs6 = → [[St George FC|St George Budapest]] (loan)
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1988
| clubs7 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| caps7 = 5
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1988–1989
| clubs8 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
| caps8 = 8
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1989
| clubs9 = [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]]
| caps9 = 5
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 1989–1991
| clubs10 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| caps10 = 2
| goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = 412
| totalgoals = 34
| nationalyears1 = 1975–1982
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 51
| nationalgoals1 = 8
| manageryears1 = 1989–1991
| managerclubs1 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs2 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| manageryears3 = 1992–1993
| managerclubs3 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| manageryears4 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs4 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| manageryears5 = 1995
| managerclubs5 = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| manageryears6 = 1996–1998
| managerclubs6 = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| manageryears7 = 1999
| managerclubs7 = [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]
| manageryears8 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs8 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
| manageryears9 = 2001
| managerclubs9 = [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo|Al-Ittihad]]
| manageryears10 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs10 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| manageryears11 = 2003–2005
| managerclubs11 = [[Tokyo Verdy]]
| manageryears12 = 2006
| managerclubs12 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| manageryears13 = 2007
| managerclubs13 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
| manageryears14 = 2008
| managerclubs14 = [[Cerro Porteño]]
| manageryears15 = 2012
| managerclubs15 = [[FC Machida Zelvia|Machida Zelvia]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Argentina]]|}}
}}

'''Osvaldo César Ardiles''' (born 3 August 1952), more commonly known as '''Ossie Ardiles''',<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/feb/13/1 | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Ossie Ardiles | first=Nicky | last=Bandini | date=13 February 2009 | access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref> is an Argentine [[Association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|manager]], [[pundit]] and former player.

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 F.C.|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. He won the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] as part of the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]].

After retirement, Ardiles began his management career in England, coaching [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] and [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], before returning to Tottenham to become the first [[Premier League]] manager from Argentina.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/premier-league/2015-2016/the-rise-and-fall-of-british-or-irish-managers-in-the-premier-league_sto4938537/story.shtml|title=The rise and fall of British or Irish managers in the Premier League|date=5 October 2015|work=Eurosport}}</ref> As manager of ''Spurs'' in the mid-1990s, he played several matches utilizing a formation that had five forwards,{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} a formation that had not been used in English football since the 1900s.

During his career, Ardiles has also coached in Mexico, Croatia, Japan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Israel, Paraguay and his native Argentina. In [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], he is a pundit for [[RTÉ Sport]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2010/0601/1224271637051.html | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | title=Ardiles joins Bill and the Boys | date=1 June 2010 | access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

==Club career==
Ardiles was born in [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]],<ref name=BDFutbol/> and played for [[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto de Córdoba]] from a young age.<ref>{{harvnb|Ardiles|2009|p=8}}</ref> As a youngster, Ardiles played football in the streets and was given the nickname ''Pitón'' (python) by his brother because of his snake-like [[Dribbling#Association football|dribbling]] skills.<ref name="FourFourTwo">{{Cite news | last = Allen | first = Matt | title = Ossie Ardiles | periodical = FourFourTwo; One-on-One | publisher = [[Haymarket Group]] | pages=12–16 |date=April 2008 }}</ref> He was named as ''[[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]]''{{'}}s best player of the interior in 1974, and abandoned his law degree studies in order to play professional football.<ref>{{harvnb|Ardiles|2009|p=13}}</ref>

He also played for [[Club Atlético Belgrano]] and [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]. After the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] he moved to England to play for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] where he spent ten seasons.

He helped Tottenham win the [[FA Cup]] in his third season there ([[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]]), and collaborated with pop duo [[Chas & Dave]] as well as the rest of the Tottenham players for a song, "[[Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley)|Ossie's Dream]]". He played a big part in another FA Cup triumph the following year, but did not play in the final because it had already been arranged with Spurs’ management that he would leave early to join up with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]'s [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 World Cup]] squad.

In the wake of the [[Falklands War]] between Britain and Argentina it became difficult for him to return to White Hart Lane and he went on loan to [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in France. After one season in Paris, he returned to Tottenham, helping the club to win the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in 1984 (coming on as a substitute in the second leg of the [[1984 UEFA Cup Final|final]]). In the autumn of 1987, he was caretaker coach under caretaker manager [[Doug Livermore]] of Tottenham between the resignation of [[David Pleat]] and the appointment of [[Terry Venables]].<ref>''Note:'' Ardiles asserts in his autobiography that he was caretaker manager between Pleat and Venables. This is incorrect. See [[List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. managers]] and references there.</ref> Ardiles left Spurs in 1988.
He then played for [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] and [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], before being appointed as manager of Swindon Town in July 1989. He played part of the [[1989 American Soccer League]] season with the [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]].

On 7 February 2008, Ardiles, along with his fellow countryman [[Ricardo Villa]], was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/halloffame080108.html |title=Hall of Fame|publisher=Tottenhamhotspur.com |access-date=29 June 2010}}</ref>

==International career==
Ardiles was called up to the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] senior team by manager [[César Luis Menotti]] in 1975. He was a member of the World Cup winning squad in 1978.<ref>{{harvnb|Ardiles|2009|p=6}}</ref> At the 1982 World Cup he wore the [[Squad number (association football)|number 1 shirt]], as Argentina's policy at the time was to number their players alphabetically by surname, with an exception made so [[Diego Maradona]] could wear his preferred number 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/storie/12-08-2017/88-buffon-44gatti-1-ardiles-storia-numeri-pazzi/centrocampista-numero-1.shtml|title=L'88 di Buffon, il "44Gatti" e l'1 di Ardiles: storia dei numeri pazzi|newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|first=Martina|last=Mazzaro|date=13 August 2017|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref>

== Management career ==
[[File:Oswaldo Ardiles.jpg|thumb|170px|Ardiles in 2006]]
In July 1989, Ardiles moved into football management with second division [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] when [[Lou Macari]] resigned to join [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] in July 1989. He wowed fans by replacing the long ball style which had been so successful with a new "Samba style", which saw the Town playing attacking football. Part of this change was the new "diamond formation" which Ardiles implemented: a [[Formation (association football)#4–4–2|4–4–2]] style with left-sided, right-sided, attacking and defensive midfielders.

Ten months after he had joined, Ardiles led Swindon to their highest ever league position, finishing fourth in the second division. After beating Blackburn in the first leg of the play-off semi-final, the fans paid tribute with a tickertape reception in the second leg. Swindon went on to win promotion to the top flight for the first time in their history—beating [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in the Play-off final—only to have the promotion taken from them ten days later, when the Football League demoted them for irregular payments to players.

The following season, Ardiles was told to sell players to keep the club alive and [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] hero [[Alan McLoughlin]] was the first big-money departure. With Swindon rocked by their pre-season troubles, their form deserted them. By the end of February, relegation threatened, and when [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]] offered Ardiles the chance to become their new boss, he accepted, becoming the club's first foreign manager. But his time on Tyneside was not a success and he lasted 12 months in the job before being sacked, with the Magpies bottom of the second division, though they achieved safety under his successor [[Kevin Keegan]].

In June 1992, Ardiles replaced [[Bobby Gould]] as manager of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], who had just missed out on the third division playoffs in 1991–92. At the end of the 1992–93 season, Ardiles guided Albion to victory over [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in the Division Two playoff final. Shortly afterwards he walked out of the Hawthorns to return his former club Tottenham as manager, but his management spell was nowhere near as successful as his spell as a player. Tottenham finished 15th in the Premiership and despite the expensive acquisition of [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] and [[Ilie Dumitrescu]] in the 1994 close season, Ardiles was sacked in October 1994 with Tottenham languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League. They had just been punished for financial irregularities committed during the late 1980s: with a 1-year [[FA Cup]] ban, £600,000 fine and 12 league points deducted. The punishment was later amended to a £1.5million fine and six points deducted but the FA Cup ban and points deduction were later quashed.

Ardiles became coach of [[J. League Division 1]] side [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] in January 2000, but was sacked in June 2001, following a poor start to the season.<ref>{{cite news | title = Ardiles axed as Yokohama coach | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1366135.stm | work = BBC Sport | date = 2 June 2001| access-date = 19 January 2008}}</ref> From 2003 to 2005 he coached [[Tokyo Verdy]], with whom he won the [[2004 Emperor's Cup]], In July 2005 Ardiles was fired after a nine-game winless streak.<ref>{{cite news | title = Ardiles sacked by Japanese side | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4695923.stm | work = BBC Sport | date = 19 July 2005 | access-date = 19 January 2008}}</ref> In mid-2006, he moved to Israel to coach [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]], though he quit after only a few months in charge on 18 October 2006, due to severe differences of opinion with the club's board of directors. After a short break he was appointed [[Club Atlético Huracán]] manager, in his native Argentina, in September 2007; he steered the club to 7th in the table before resigning at the end of the [[2007–08 in Argentine football|Apertura 2007]].

He joined Paraguayan club [[Cerro Porteño]] in May 2008<ref>[http://www.geofutbol.com/2008/04/29/osvaldo-ardiles-dirigira-a-cerro-porteno/ Osvaldo Ardiles will lead to Cerro Porteño] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203161124/http://www.geofutbol.com/2008/04/29/osvaldo-ardiles-dirigira-a-cerro-porteno/ |date=3 December 2008 }}</ref> but was sacked in August of the same year after a string of poor results and was replaced by [[Pedro Troglio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1700/paraguay/2008/08/12/816095/cerro-porteno-fire-ossie-ardiles|title=Cerro Porteno Fire Ossie Ardiles {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>

== Media career ==
Ardiles was enlisted by [[RTÉ Sport]] for their squad of pundits ahead of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/worldcup/2010/0601/rte_worldcup_panellists.html |work=[[RTÉ Sport]] |title=Ardiles and Hamann join RTÉ for World Cup |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=1 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604020932/http://www.rte.ie/sport/worldcup/2010/0601/rte_worldcup_panellists.html |archive-date=4 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first=Fergus |last=Black | url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-hopes-ossie-and-squad-will-spur-fans-to-back-home-team-2203365.html | work=[[Irish Independent]] | title=RTÉ hopes Ossie and squad will spur fans to back home team | date=2 June 2010 | access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Carl |last=O'Malley | url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | title=RTÉ roll out big guns for their 56 live games | date=2 June 2010 | access-date=2 June 2010 | archive-date=21 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053654/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> He returned to RTÉ's team for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/worldcup/2014/0605/621813-rte-world-cup/ |title=Friedel, Ardiles & Lennon join RTÉ for World Cup |work=[[RTÉ Sport]] |publisher=RTÉ |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=5 June 2014 |quote=Joining them will be former German international Didi Hamann, Argentine World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles, former Celtic manager Neil Lennon, ex-USA international Brad Friedel and Real Madrid coach Paul Clement. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220813/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/worldcup/2014/0605/621813-rte-world-cup/ |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>

Ardiles played Carlos Rey in the 1981 [[World War II]] film ''[[Escape to Victory]]''.

==Personal life==
He married fellow Argentine Silvia Navarro in December 1973.<ref>{{harvnb|Ardiles|2009|p=12}}</ref> Ardiles' cousin, José, was shot down and killed while piloting an [[IAI Dagger]], the [[Israel|Israeli]] version of the [[Dassault Mirage 5|Mirage 5]], by [[Sea Harrier]] XZ455 on 1 May 1982 during one of the first air engagements of the [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Domeneghetti |first1=Roger |title=Everybody Wants To Rule The World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s |date=4 May 2023 |publisher=[[Yellow Jersey Press]] |isbn=9781787290594 |page=226}}</ref>

Ardiles son, Pablo, was at one time a player and manager of [[Hertford Town F.C.|Hertford Town]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/22303919.shock-former-welwyn-garden-city-star-ardiles-leaves-hertford-town-hotseat/| title=Shock as former Welwyn Garden City star Ardiles leaves Hertford Town hotseat| publisher=Welwyn Hatfield Times| date=26 November 2009| access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/legends-lose-out-1/| title=Legends lose out| work=Tottenham Hotspur| date=18 July 2010| access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>

In January 2014, Ardiles and Ricardo Villa were involved in a car crash in the [[Falkland Islands]] during the filming of Camilo Antolini's ''[[30 for 30]]'' documentary ''White, Blue and White''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/275733.html|title=Ardiles and Villa unhurt after Falklands crash - ESPN.co.uk|date=21 January 2014|work=ESPN UK|access-date=4 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164007/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/275733.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ardiles sustained minor injuries in the accident, and required more than 20 stitches in his head.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25823043|title=Ossie Ardiles involved in car accident in Falkland Islands|date=21 January 2014|work=BBC Sport|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
[[File:Ardiles villa fa cup.jpg|thumb|170px|Ardiles with teammate [[Ricardo Villa]] posing with the FA Cup trophy, May 1981]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="nft">{{NFT|18616|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba|Instituto]]
|[[1973 Argentine Primera División|1973]]
|[[Argentine Primera División]]
|14||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Club Atlético Belgrano|Belgrano]]
|[[1974 Argentine Primera División|1974]]
|Argentine Primera División
|16||2||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
|[[1975 Argentine Primera División|1975]]
|rowspan="4"|Argentine Primera División
|16||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1976 Argentine Primera División|1976]]
|41||7||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1977 Argentine Primera División|1977]]
|52||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1978 Argentine Primera División|1978]]
||||||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!109||11||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|[[1978–79 Football League|1978–79]]
|rowspan="10"|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|38||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1979–80 Football League|1979–80]]
|40||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1980–81 Football League|1980–81]]
|36||5||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1981–82 Football League|1981–82]]
|26||2||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1982–83 Football League|1982–83]]
|2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1983–84 Football League|1983–84]]
|9||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1984–85 Football League|1984–85]]
|11||2||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1985–86 Football League|1985–86]]
|23||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1986–87 Football League|1986–87]]
|25||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1987–88 Football League|1987–88]]
|28||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!238||16||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] (loan)
|[[1982–83 French Division 1|1982–83]]
|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]
|14||1||||||||||3||||||
|-
|[[St George FC]] (loan)
|[[1985 National Soccer League|1985]]
|[[National Soccer League]]
|1||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|[[1987–88 Football League|1987–88]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|5||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
|[[1988–89 Football League|1988–89]]
|First Division
|8||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]]
|[[1989 American Soccer League|1989]]
|[[American Soccer League (1988–89)|American Soccer League]]
|5||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
|[[1989–90 Football League|1989–90]]
|rowspan="2"|Second Division
|2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1990–91 Football League|1990–91]]
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!412||34||||||||||||||||
|}

===International===
[[File:Bertoni ardiles kempes.jpg|thumb|170px|Ardiles (center) with [[Daniel Bertoni]] (left) and [[Mario Kempes]] (right) in 1981]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|1975||8||4
|-
|1976||9||1
|-
|1977||11||0
|-
|1978||12||2
|-
|1979||1||0
|-
|1981||2||0
|-
|1982||8||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||51||8
|}

==Managerial statistics==
<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=1578 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ENG}} 
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|1991
{{WDL|95|32|33|30}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ENG}}
|align="left"|1991
|align="left"|1992
{{WDL|52|12|18|22}}
|-
|align="left"|[[West Bromwich Albion]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ENG}}
|align="left"|1992
|align="left"|1993
{{WDL|55|30|11|14}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ENG}}
|align="left"|1993
|align="left"|1994
{{WDL|56|17|14|25}}
|-
|align="left"|[[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|MEX}}
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|1995
{{WDL|19|7|7|5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|JPN}}
|align="left"|1996
|align="left"|1998
{{WDL|124|72|7|45}}
|-
|align="left"|[[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|CRO}}
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|1999
{{WDL|19|9|5|5}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|JPN}}
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|2001
{{WDL|40|21|2|17}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ARG}}
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|2003
{{WDL|59|25|16|18}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Tokyo Verdy]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|JPN}}
|align="left"|2003
|align="left"|2005
{{WDL|67|22|20|25}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ISR}}
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|2006
{{WDL|7|3|2|2}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|ARG}}
|align="left"|2007
|align="left"|2007
{{WDL|12|5|4|3}}
|-
|align="left"|[[FC Machida Zelvia]]
|align="left"|{{fbicon|JPN}}
|align="left"|2012
|align="left"|2012
{{WDL|42|7|11|24}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|642|257|150|235}}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Huracán'''
*[[Argentine Primera División|Primera División]] runner-up: [[1976 Argentine Primera División|1976]]

'''Tottenham Hotspur'''
* [[FA Cup]]: [[1981 FA Cup final|1980–81]], [[1982 FA Cup final|1981–82]]
* [[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1981 FA Charity Shield|1981]] (shared)<ref>{{cite web|title=1981/82 Charity Shield|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1981-82CharityShield.htm|publisher=footballsite.co.uk|access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> 
* [[UEFA Cup]]: [[1984 UEFA Cup final|1983–84]]
* [[Football League Cup]] runner-up: [[1981–82 Football League Cup|1981-82]]

'''Argentina'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]

'''Individual'''
* [[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]] World 11: 1978, 1982, 1983
* [[Football League 100 Legends]] list (as the only Argentinian)
* [[Football League First Division]] [[PFA Team of the Year]]: 1979
* [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] Hall of fame
* [[English Football Hall of Fame]]: 2009
* [[Golden Foot]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/en/legends/item/452-osvaldo-ardiles.html|title=Golden Foot – Osvaldo Ardiles|access-date=2 March 2015|publisher=Goldenfoot.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209042523/http://goldenfoot.com/en/legends/item/452-osvaldo-ardiles.html|archive-date=9 February 2015}}</ref>
* [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Argentina All Times Dream Team: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1239|title=IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM|date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Swindon Town'''
* [[Football League Second Division]] play-offs: [[1990 Football League Second Division play-off final|1990]]

'''West Bromwich Albion'''
* [[Football League Second Division]] play-offs: [[1993 Football League Second Division play-off final|1993]]

'''Shimizu S-Pulse'''
* [[J.League Cup]]: [[1996 J.League Cup|1996]]

'''Tokyo Verdy'''
* [[Emperor's Cup]]: [[2004 Emperor's Cup|2004]]

'''Individual'''
* [[J. League Manager of the Year]]: 1998

==References==
;Specific
{{reflist}}

;General
* {{Citation|last1=Ardiles|first1=Ossie|title=Ossie's Dreams|publisher=[[Bantam Press]]|year=2009|isbn=978-0-593-06213-5}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FIFA player|174354}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{Soccerbase manager|998|Ossie Ardiles}}
* {{J.League manager}}
* [http://futbolistasblogspotcom.blogspot.com/search/label/ardiles Profile and Statistics] at Futbolistasblogspotcom.blogspot.com {{in lang|es}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025237/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=32 |date=20 October 2007 |title=Futbol Factory profile}} {{in lang|es}}

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