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

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and former player.

Club career

Cristante began to play professionally in Argentina in 1990 with

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

. In August 1993 he was transferred to

Club Toluca Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican professional football club based in Toluca, State of Mexico. The club plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, from which they have never been relegated. The club was f ...

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

Club Atlético Platense Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Pla ...

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

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

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. The following year he played for

Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera Divi ...

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

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

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

1995 Copa América The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, w ...

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

Honours

Player

Gimnasia y Esgrima * Copa Centenario de la AFA:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Toluca *

Primera División de México Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

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

Campeón de Campeones Campeón de Campeones () is an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Liga MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup cha ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

CONCACAF Champions' Cup The CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as CONCACAF Champions League (2008–2023), is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America, a ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristante, Hernan Men's association football goalkeepers 1969 births Living people Footballers from La Plata Argentine men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1995 Copa América players Liga MX managers Argentine expatriate football managers CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 20th-century Argentine sportsmen