He has a prominent scar from his right ear to his chest, product of
having been scalded with boiling water when he was a young boy. He
declined plastic surgery since he would have to be out of the
playground for four months.
76 appearances for the Argentina National Football Team (2004-2015); scored 13 goals. Member of the Copa América 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, and the Germany '06 and the South Africa '10 squads.
He was born and raised in the humble neighbourhood of Ejército de Los
Andes, known as "Fuerte Apache", from where he got the nickname of
Apache.