Oscar Alberto Dertycia Álvarez (born 3 March 1965) is an Argentine retired

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who played as a striker, who later worked as a

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Club career

Born in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Dertycia started playing professionally with hometown club Instituto de Córdoba, moving in 1985 to

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. During his four-year spell, he won the Copa Libertadores and finished runner-up in the Intercontinental Cup in his first season

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, and was also crowned the Primera División's top scorer in 1988–89, finishing with 20 goals. In the following summer, the player known as ''Tiburón'' ('the shark') due to his powerful playing style joined Italy's ACF Fiorentina, playing alongside the likes of Roberto Baggio and

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. After finding some form following a difficult start, a serious knee injury sustained in a clash with compatriot

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in January 1990 ended his season early, while in his absence the team reached

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of the

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. Only three foreign players were allowed to play in each match, and the club filled Dertycia's vacant slot with

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(a year later ''La Viola'' signed another Argentine with similar attributes,

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, to lead the attack to great effect). With no prospect of another opportunity at Fiorentina, Dertycia moved on to Spain, first with Cádiz CF where he garnered a firm fanbase, being nicknamed '' Mister Proper'' due to the distinctive

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he now sported (his body's reaction to the stress caused by the injury in Italy combined with the demands of a young family in a new country). However, his heyday would be at

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: signed in 1991 as a replacement for Rommel Fernández, he was a useful offensive weapon for the Canary Islands side under compatriot

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and beside Diego Latorre and

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. Never an undisputed starter, he did amass 16

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goals in his first two seasons combined, being intimately connected to the second of Tenerife's last-day defeats of Real Madrid in consecutive seasons which handed the championship to rivals

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on both occasions. Dertycia had one final season in the country – still in the top flight, where he went on to amass totals of 137 games and 39 goals – with

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, then returned to his native Córdoba to play in the

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. After short spells, including in

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and

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, he retired in 2002 at the age of 37. He later worked as a club coach and at a children's training academy in Córdoba.

International career

After appearing with the Argentine under-20 team at the

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, scoring once to help his country reach the final, Dertycia received his first call-up for the full side in 1984, under

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, and was a member of the

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squad that finished the tournament in fourth place. He was in contention for a place in the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy until being injured while playing in that country at club level.

Style of play

An aggressive and physically strong player, Dertycia was a powerful, quick and opportunistic

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with an eye for goal, excellent positional sense and who excelled in the air. He was also a hard-working player who was adept at making attacking runs, and could play off of his team-mates as well as provide them with assists; these capabilities also enabled him to be deployed as a

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throughout his career.

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