Jonatan Cristaldo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jonatan Cristaldo

| fullname = Jonatan Ezequiel Cristaldo

| image = Кристальдо 1.jpeg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Cristaldo with Metalist Kharkiv in 2011

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|3|5}}

| birth_place = Ingeniero Budge, Argentina

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = São Bernardo

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs1 = Vélez Sarsfield

| years1 = 2006–2011

| clubs1 = Vélez Sarsfield

| caps1 = 85

| goals1 = 21

| years2 = 2011–2014

| clubs2 = Metalist Kharkiv

| caps2 = 62

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 2013–2014

| clubs3 = → Bologna (loan)

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2014–2016

| clubs4 = Palmeiras

| caps4 = 43

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2016–2017

| clubs5 = Cruz Azul

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = → Monterrey (loan)

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2017

| clubs7 = Vélez Sarsfield

| caps7 = 5

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2018–2021

| clubs8 = Racing Club

| caps8 = 40

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2021

| clubs9 = Newell's Old Boys

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2022

| clubs10 = Independiente Petrolero

| caps10 = 22

| goals10 = 12

| years11 = 2023

| clubs11 = Oriente Petrolero

| caps11 = 28

| goals11 = 7

| years12 = 2024

| clubs12 = Independiente Petrolero

| caps12 = 12

| goals12 = 2

| years13 = 2024–

| clubs13 = São Bernardo

| caps13 = 4

| goals13 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalteam1 = Argentina U20

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Argentina

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 9 September 2024

| nationalteam-update = 7 June 2011

}}

Jonatan Ezequiel Cristaldo (born 5 March 1989), nicknamed "Churry", is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club São Bernardo.

Club career

Cristaldo made his debut for Vélez Sársfield in a 0–2 home defeat to Rosario Central on 22 April 2007 in the 2007 Clausura.{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=cl07&Team=vel |title=Closing '07 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |access-date=19 December 2010 |archive-date=4 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014739/http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=cl07&Team=vel |url-status=dead }} He scored his first goal also in a home game against Rosario Central (2–1 victory) in the 2008 Clausura.{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/match.cfm?Championship=cl08&match=138 |title=March report |publisher=Argentine Soccer |date=10 May 2008 |access-date=19 December 2010 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314140417/http://www.argentinesoccer.com/match.cfm?Championship=cl08&match=138 |url-status=dead }}

Cristaldo won his first Argentine league championship with Vélez in the 2009 Clausura. During the championship, he was at first a substitute for the striking partners Hernán Rodrigo López and Joaquín Larrivey; however as of the 11th fixture, he became a regular starter along López in the attack. Nonetheless, a meniscus injury suffered in the penultimate fixture against Lanús left him out of the final game against runners-up Huracán, in which the tournament was decided.{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1142255 |title=Jonathan Cristaldo sufrió rotura de menisco |newspaper=La Nación |language=es |date=22 June 2009 |access-date=19 December 2010 }} In total, the striker played 14 games and scored 4 goals during the competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=cl09&Team=vel |title=Closing '09 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |access-date=19 December 2010 }}

In the following semester, Cristaldo started by scoring in Vélez' 1–0 home victory over Boca Juniors in the first round of the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, securing his team's qualification.{{cite news |url=http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=161223&id=314051&dis=1&sec=1 |title=Vélez le ganó a un desconocido Boca y lo eliminó de la Copa |newspaper=Télam |language=es |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=19 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531174118/http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=161223&id=314051&dis=1&sec=1 |archive-date=31 May 2011 }} He was also, along Maximiliano Moralez, his team's top scorer on that semester's league championship (2009 Apertura) with 5 goals in 13 games.{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=ap09&Team=vel |title=Opening '09 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |access-date=19 December 2010 }} One of his goals was scored with a bicycle kick from outside the penalty area (6th fixture 2–0 win over Huracán).{{cite news|url=http://www.infobae.com/deportes/474565-0-0-Velez-volvio-la-victoria-una-magnifica-tarde-Jonathan-Cristaldo |title=Vélez volvió a la victoria con una magnífica tarde de Jonathan Cristaldo |newspaper=Infobae |language=es |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=19 December 2010 }}

Cristaldo started 2010 suffering an injury that left him out of most of Vélez' Clausura tournament and Copa Libertadores games. He only played 4 league games in the semester, all of them coming on from the bench.{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=cl10&Team=vel |title=Opening '10 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |access-date=19 December 2010 }} In the second semester, he was mostly a substitute for the striker partnership of Juan Manuel Martínez and Santiago Silva (who together scored 21 goals). However, he saw action regularly, coming on as a substitute in 16 of the 19 games of the tournament (he also played one as a starter).{{cite web |url=http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=jcrs&Championship=ap10&Team=vel |title=Opening '10 statistics |publisher=Argentine Soccer |access-date=19 December 2010 }} He ended the semester with 5 league goals, and one more in the Copa Sudamericana.

In January 2011, Cristaldo joined Ukrainian FC Metalist Kharkiv, that bought 80% of the player's transfer rights from Vélez Sársfield for a US$5 million fee.{{cite web |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1202426&s=arg&type=story |title=Cristaldo se despidió de Vélez |publisher=ESPN Deportes |language=es |date=6 January 2011 |access-date=6 January 2011 }}

In August 2014, Cristaldo joined Brazilian side Palmeiras, signing a four-year deal.{{cite news|url=http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/431936_palmeiras-oficializa-contratacao-de-atacante-argentino-cristaldo-por-4-anos|title=Palmeiras oficializa contratação de atacante argentino Cristaldo por 4 anos|date=12 August 2014|access-date=16 December 2015|publisher=ESPN Brasil|language=pt}}

In June 2016, Mexican side Cruz Azul confirmed the signing of Cristaldo from Palmeiras for a fee that was reported to be in the region of US$3 million.{{cite news|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/palmeiras/noticia/2016/06/palmeiras-recebe-oferta-de-r-10-milhoes-e-deve-negociar-cristaldo.html|title=Palmeiras aceita oferta por Cristaldo|date=28 June 2016|access-date=29 June 2016|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt}}

After a six-month loan spell with Monterrey, Cristaldo returned to play for Vélez Sarsfield on a free transfer, for the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División.{{Cite web|last=Tagliaferri|first=Guillermo|date=2017-08-15|title=Vélez cerró el regreso de Jonathan Cristaldo y renovó con Fabián Cubero|trans-title=Vélez closed the return of Jonathan Cristaldo and renewed with Fabián Cubero|url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/velez-cerro-regreso-jonathan-cristaldo-renovo-fabian-cubero_0_HkUl2kb_b.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Clarin|language=es}}

International career

In January 2009, Cristaldo was selected to represent the Argentina national under-20 football team at the South American Youth Championship. During the first round, he was a starter in the attack along Andrés Ríos, but lost his place in the final round. Argentina did not qualify for the World Cup, and Cristaldo ended the tournament with 8 games and 2 goals.

One year later, in January 2010, the striker was selected by Diego Maradona, coach of the Argentina national team, to play a friendly match against Costa Rica, in a squad formed by Argentine league players. Cristaldo was an unused substitute in the game.

New manager Sergio Batista handed Cristaldo his full international debut in the 2–1 defeat against Poland in June 2011.

=International appearances and goals=

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final score	Goal	Result	Competition
3 4 3 4 \| 1.	5 June 2011	Warsaw, Poland	{{fb\|POL}}	2–1	0	Lost	Friendly

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Date

Venue

Opponent

Final score

Goal

Result

Competition

3 4 3 4

| 1.

5 June 2011

Warsaw, Poland

2–1

Lost

Friendly

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|State League !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Palmeiras \|2014 \|17	2	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	0	0	19	2
2015 \|22	6	9	3	colspan="2"\|–	13	3	1	1	45	13
2016 \|3	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	0	0	10	4
Total !42	9	11	3	0	0	18	5	0	0	72	19{{cite web\|url=http://www.palmeiras.com.br/futebol/elenco/506-Jonatan%20Cristaldo \|title=Cristaldo \|access-date=2016-01-18 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125093234/http://www.palmeiras.com.br/futebol/elenco/506-Jonatan%20Cristaldo \|archive-date=25 January 2016 }} Statistics {{in lang\|pt}}

Honours

;Vélez Sársfield

Argentine Primera División (1): 2009 Clausura

;Palmeiras

References

External links

[http://www.velezsarsfield.com.ar/futbol/plantel/perfil/22-jcristaldo.shtml Profile] at Vélez Sarsfield's official website {{in lang|es}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160125093234/http://www.palmeiras.com.br/futebol/elenco/506-Jonatan%20Cristaldo Profile] at Palmeiras' official website {{in lang|pt}}
{{BDFA|51736|Jonathan Ezequiel Cristaldo}}
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Category:1989 births

Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires Province

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Argentina men's under-20 international footballers

Category:Argentina men's international footballers

Category:Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers

Category:FC Metalist Kharkiv players

Category:Bologna FC 1909 players

Category:SE Palmeiras players

Category:Cruz Azul footballers