Rolando Hernán Cristante Mandarino (born 16 September 1969), known as Hernán Cristante, is an Argentine professional

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and former player, currently in charge of

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club Juárez.

Club career

Cristante began to play professionally in Argentina in 1990 with

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. In August 1993 he was transferred to

Club Toluca Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Primera División de México, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega i ...

, Mexico and in 1994, he returned to the Argentine team,

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. In 1995, he returned to Toluca for one year, then in 1996, he joined another Argentine team

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. The following year he played for

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of Argentina. In 1998, he left for Toluca, and has been playing there since. In 2002, Cristante completed his training to become a professional coach, and in 2004 he opened the Centro de Formación Deportivo Hernán Cristante (Sports Training Center) with the goal of developing young soccer talent. In 2007, he played his 500th professional game, and is currently the number one foreign player in Mexico for total number of games played in the Primera División. He had a serious knee injury and was released from Club Toluca in June 2010. He has been nominated four times since 1999 as the best goalkeeper in Mexico.

Record

Cristante set a record of not conceding a goal for 772 consecutive minutes on 4 December 2008, during a 0–0 draw against

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International career

Hernán Cristante was part of Argentina's ''Seleccion Nacional'' on three occasions, in 1989, 1992, and again in 1995, and was a member of his nation's squad for the

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; in total he made six appearances for the national side.

Honours

Player

; Gimnasia y Esgrima *

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; Toluca *

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: Verano 1999, Verano 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

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Notes

External links

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Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cristante, Hernan Association football goalkeepers 1969 births Living people Footballers from La Plata Argentine footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Leones Negros UdeG footballers Liga MX players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Argentina under-20 international footballers Argentina international footballers 1995 Copa América players Liga MX managers Argentine expatriate football managers