Osvaldo César Ardiles (born 3 August 1952 in Bell Ville, Córdoba Province - Argentina), nicknamed “Ossie” in the UK, when playing for Tottenham Hotspur FC, is a former attacking midfielder and football manager, who won the FIFA World Cup 1978 with Argentina.

Really competitive and skilled midfielder, he became a sort of cult hero in England, together with Glenn Hoddle and Argentinean Ricardo Villa, playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1980s and winning two FA Cups (1981 and 1982) and the UEFA Cup 1984.

On 7 February 2008, Ossie Ardiles, along with his fellow countryman Ricky Villa, was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame.

Manager in different nations (UK, Japan, Croatia among the others), in the mid-1990s, when he was coaching Tottenham Hotspur, he famously played several matches utilizing a formation with five forwards. It was something never used in English football since the 1950s!

Club Cerro Porteno (Paraguay) in 2008 has been his last club as manager. During the FIFA World Cup in South Africa Ardiles was enlisted by RTÉ Sport for their squad of pundits.

Did you know?
- Osvaldo Ardiles got 63 caps and 8 goals with Argentina from 1973 and 1982
- He appeared in the film Escape to Victory (1981) with Pelé, Bobby Moore and Michael Caine.
- Ardiles wore the number 1 shirt in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Argentina numbered their players alphabetically in both 1978 and 1982, with the notable exception of Diego Maradona. In 2006 FIFA established the number 1 must be used by a goalkeeper.