Aldo Duscher
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Álvaro Pedro Duscher | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Esquel, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Newell's Old Boys | 31 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Sporting CP | 55 | (6) |
| 2000–2007 | Deportivo La Coruña | 157 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Racing Santander | 34 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Sevilla | 37 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Espanyol | 19 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Enosis Neon | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | Veria | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 348 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Argentina U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2000 | Argentina U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2005 | Argentina | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Álvaro 'Aldo' Pedro Duscher (born 22 March 1979) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Renowned for his physical presence on the pitch, he also held an Austrian passport, and spent most of his professional career in Spain, playing in more than 300 official games for four different clubs – most notably at Deportivo.
Over the course of 11 seasons, Duscher amassed La Liga totals of 247 games and five goals. He also had a two-year spell in Portugal with Sporting.
Born in Esquel, Chubut Province, Duscher made his professional debuts in 1996, with Newell's Old Boys. In 1998 the 19-year-old moved to Europe to play with Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he won the Primeira Liga in his second season.
Duscher was then signed by Deportivo de La Coruña, for a price of €13 million. After just five La Liga appearances in his first year he featured more in the following years, as a complement and future replacement to veteran Brazilian Mauro Silva; on 10 April 2002 his tackle led to a breakage in David Beckham's metatarsal in a UEFA Champions League game against Manchester United, which almost cost the English player his presence in the FIFA World Cup.
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