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{{Medal|Winner|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Argentina]]|[[Argentina national football team|Team]]}}
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'''Osvaldo César Ardiles''' (born 3 August 1952), often referred to in Britain as '''Ossie Ardiles''',<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/feb/13/1 | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Ossie Ardiles | first=Paolo | last=Bandini | date=13 February 2009 | access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref> is a [[Argentine]] [[Association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|manager]], [[pundit]] and former [[midfielder]] who won the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] as part of the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]. He now runs his own football school in the UK called the Ossie Ardiles Soccer School.
A competitive and skilled midfielder, Ardiles became a cult hero in England, along with [[Glenn Hoddle]] and compatriot [[Ricardo Villa]], as a player for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. He left England for a period on loan as a result of the outbreak of the [[Falklands War]] in 1982, thus missing most of the 1982–83 English season.
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