Osvaldo Ardiles for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Ardiles played Carlos Rey in the 1981 World War II film "Escape to Victory". He married Silvia Navarro in December 1973. In January 2014, Ardiles and Ricardo Villa were involved in a car crash in the Falkland Islands during the filming of Camilo Antolini's "30 for 30" documentary "White, Blue and White". Ardiles sustained minor injuries in the accident, and required more than 20 stitches in his head. Osvaldo Ardiles Osvaldo César Ardiles (born 3 August 1952), often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is a football manager, pundit and former
Osvaldo Ardiles Swindon Town when Lou Macari resigned to join West Ham in July 1989. He wowed fans by replacing the long ball style which had been so successful with a new "Samba style", which saw the Town playing attacking football. Part of this change was the new "diamond formation" which Ardiles implemented: a 4–4–2 style with left-sided, right-sided, attacking and defensive midfielders. Ten months after he had joined, Ardiles led Swindon to their highest ever league position, finishing fourth in the second division. After beating Blackburn in the first leg of the play-off semi-final, the fans paid tribute with a tickertape