Biography of Roberto Ayala -

Roberto FabiÃ¡n Ayala (born April 14, 1973 in
ParanÃ¡) is an Argentina|Argentinian soccer
player, who currently plays for the Spain|Spanish
team Valencia CF|Valencia.  He plays in central
defence.

On the club level, Ayala has played for
Ferrocarril Oeste (1991-94), Club AtlÃ©tico River
Plate|River Plate (1994-95), SSC Napoli|Napoli
(1995-98), and A.C. Milan|Milan (1998-2000). Ayala
played for Argentina national football
team|Argentina in the Football World Cup 1998|1998
World Cup and was a non-playing squad member in
the Football World Cup 2002|2002 edition. He was
then an over-age player as Argentina won the
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|gold medal at
the Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004
Summer Olympics. 

In his club career for Valencia, he reached the
final of the 2001 UEFA Champions League, losing it
to Bayern Munich on penalties. The next year, the
squad won the 2001/02 Spanish La Liga. In the
2003/04 season, they won again the Spanish La Liga
and the UEFA Cup (again after 41 years). 
In the 2004/2005 a couple of injuries kept Ayala
from playing most of the Liga, the UEFA Super Cup
2004 victory against Porto, the Spanish Supercup,
the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup. His
absences didn't help Valencia's last-season's poor
performance.

Since his father's name is also Roberto, he
prefers to be known as FabiÃ¡n Ayala. 


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==External Links==
*http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/archive/index.php
/t-27064 Forum talk: Ayala's life (English)
*http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rayala-intl.ht
ml Statistics with Argentina
*http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/2773/crayalen.
html Club Statistics
*http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/e
nvivos/fichas/1/113/369.html Valencia

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