Osvaldo Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles revolutionized Argentine football abroad as the first World Cup winner to play in English football post-1978. His 1978 World Cup victory included 6 starts and a 100% pass accuracy in the final against the Netherlands. Ardiles made 311 appearances for Spurs, scoring 25 goals, and his 1981 FA Cup win was the first by an Argentine in English domestic cup history—a full 10 years before anyone else replicated that feat. His legacy includes a 1982 World Cup appearance, outlasting 9 of the 11 Argentine starters from the 1978 final.