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Roberto Ayala was born on April 14, 1973 in Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina and is credited as an association football player and association football coach. As of 2026, Roberto Ayala is 53 years old. The listed height is 177 cm.
My Take
Ayala is the kind of defender I quietly admire most. At 177 cm he was never the towering centre back the position seems to demand, yet he anchored Argentina's backline and held his own across Valencia, Milan and Napoli against Europe's most physical strikers. To me that says he won with positioning, timing and intelligence rather than brute force, and the nickname El Raton fits that low-key cunning perfectly. There is something deeply appealing about a player who earns trust through consistency instead of spectacle, and I like to imagine he passes that same calm reliability on to the players he now coaches.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roberto Ayala
- Name (Japanese)
- ロベルト・アジャラ
- Reading
- ろべると・あじゃら
- Born
- April 14, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
- Height
- 177 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
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3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Roberto Ayala born?
Born April 14, 1973 (age 53).
Where is Roberto Ayala from?
Roberto Ayala is from Paraná, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.
What does Roberto Ayala do?
Roberto Ayala works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Roberto Ayala?
Roberto Ayala is 177 cm.
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