- Member of the Argentina National Football Team who won the FIFA World Cup (1986), two Copa América (1991, 1993), the FIFA Confederations Cup (1992); runner-up at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- Defender for Boca Juniors (1980-1984), River Plate (1985-1988), Logroñés (Spain, 1988-89), Real Madrid (Spain, 1989-90), Vélez Sarsfield (1990-1992), Ancona (Italy, 1992), Club América (Mexico, 1993), Real Jaén (Spain, 1994), San Lorenzo de Almagro (1994-1997) and C.A. Lanús (1997); in all 569 games and 48 goals.
- Honours with Boca Juniors: Argentine League (1981). Honours with River Plate: Argentine League (1986), Libertadores Cup (1986), Intercontinental Cup (1986), Interamerican Cup (1987). Honours with Real Madrid: La Liga (1990). Honours with Club América: CONCACAF Champions League (1992). Honours with San Lorenzo de Almagro: Argentine League (1995).
- Father of, with Nancy Otero, Daiana Ruggeri (b. 1990), Candela Ruggeri (b. 1992) and twins Stephan Ruggeri & Federica Ruggeri (b. 1996).
- 97 appearances for Argentina National Football Team (1983-1994); scored 7 goals. Member of the Copa América 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, and the Mexico '86, Italy '90 and USA '94 squads.
- Named in the South America Team of the year in 1986 and 1991.
- Won the Don Balón Award as the 'Best Foreign Player of the Year' in 1989.
- In 1991 he won the "Olimpia de Oro" (Argentine Athlete) and "Olimpia de Plata" (Argentine Footballer) awards.
- Named the South American Footballer of the Year in 1991.
- Was captain of the Argentina National Football Team (1991-1993), Vélez Sarsfield (1992) and Club América (1993).
- Retired from football at the age 35. (December 1997)
- Head coach of San Lorenzo de Almagro (1998-2001, 2006), C.D. Guadalajara (Mexico, 2001-02), Tecos F.C. (Mexico, 2003), C.A. Independiente (2003), Elche C.F. (Spain, 2003-04) and Club América (Mexico, 2004).
- Received the "Diploma of Merit 1990-2000" at the 2000 Konex Award.
- Panelist of the TV shows: El equipo de primera (1996) (season 1998 and 2001), Puro Fútbol (2003), El show del fútbol (2009), 90 Minutos de Fútbol (2007) (season 2017-2020), Pasión por el fútbol (2017) (until 2020), ESPN F90 (2020) and Equipo F (2021).
- Worked as analyst of France '98 for Telefe, Korea/Japan '02 for Televisa, Russia 2018 for TV Pública and Qatar '22 for ESPN.
- Contestant of the TV show Bailando por un sueño (2005) segment "Bailando 2016".
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