{{Short description|Argentine footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Claudio Bieler | image = | caption = | fullname = Claudio Daniel Bieler<ref name="FCWC 2008">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209121359/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |archive-date=9 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|1}} | birth_place = Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina | height = 1.79 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Huracán de Vera | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Colón | years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Colón | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Atlético Rafaela | caps2 = 36 | goals2 = 16 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = Colo-Colo | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = LDU Quito | caps4 = 63 | goals4 = 35 | years5 = 2010–2012 | clubs5 = Racing Club | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = → LDU Quito (loan) | caps7 = 32 | goals7 = 18 | years8 = 2012 | clubs8 = LDU Quito | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = Sporting Kansas City | caps9 = 44 | goals9 = 13 | years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Quilmes | caps10 = 27 | goals10 = 14 | years11 = 2016–2017 | clubs11 = Belgrano | caps11 = 34 | goals11 = 6 | years12 = 2017–2019 | clubs12 = San Martín Tucumán | caps12 = 49 | goals12 = 20 | years13 = 2019 | clubs13 = Independiente del Valle | caps13 = 7 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2020–2023 | clubs14 = Atlético Rafaela | caps14 = 113 | goals14 = 46 | years15 = 2024 | clubs15 = Agropecuario | caps15 = 15 | goals15 = 3 | years16 = 2024– | clubs16 = Huracán de Vera | caps16 = 8 | goals16 = 4 | club-update = 8 May 2025 }}
'''Claudio Daniel Bieler''' ({{IPA|es|ˈklawðjo ˈβjeleɾ}}; born March 1, 1984) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Huracán de Vera.
==Club career==
===Rise in career=== In 2005 Bieler made his professional debut with Primera División Argentina squad Colón de Santa Fe. The following year he was loaned to Primera B Nacional Argentina squad Atlético Rafaela, where he led the league with sixteen goals. In 2007, he caught the eye of fellow Argentine Claudio Borghi who signed him to Colo-Colo. Bieler attained the 2007 Clausura championship in Chile with Colo Colo.
===LDU Quito=== At LDU Quito, he built a reputation as a very capable striker. He was an integral part of the squad that won the 2008 Copa Libertadores (where he had a goal wrongfully disallowed for offsides in the final game) and the squad that was the runner-up of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. He was the team's top-scorer in 2008 with 17 goals, and was the Ecuadorian Serie A's top-scorer in 2009 with 22 goals. He provided the winning goal in Liga's win in the first leg of the 2009 Recopa Sudamericana and scored one of three goals in the second leg at home. In the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, he was the tournament's top-scorer with eight goals, including two hat-tricks against Argentine team Lanús and Uruguayan team River Plate.
He scored his first hat-trick for Serie A on February 12, 2012, in the match between LDU Quito and Olmedo, where LDU Quito won 5–0. He garnered interest from Mexican clubs, although he expressed his wish to retire with Liga de Quito.
===Racing Club=== On January 6, 2010 Racing Club de Avellaneda signed the striker to a three-and-a-half-year contract with 50% of the Bieler sporting rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/11705 |title='Olé' asegura que Bieler firmó esta madrugada por Racing|website=futbolecuador.com|date=January 6, 2010|accessdate=May 15, 2013}}</ref>
===Sporting Kansas City=== Bieler signed with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer as a designated player on December 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/12/sporting-kc-signs-claudio-bieler-designated-player |title=Sporting KC signs Claudio Bieler as Designated Player | Sporting Kansas City |publisher=Sportingkc.com |date=December 18, 2012 |accessdate=May 15, 2013 |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221105348/http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/12/sporting-kc-signs-claudio-bieler-designated-player |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sporting paid an undisclosed transfer fee to LDU Quito to obtain Bieler.
Bieler was released by Kansas City on January 20, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/01/20/sporting-kansas-city-agrees-part-ways-forward-claudio-bieler |title=Sporting Kansas City agree to part ways with forward Claudio Bieler |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707025528/http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2015/01/21/claudio-bieler-way-out-sporting-kansas-city-after-losing-spot-dom-dwyer |archivedate=July 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
===Belgrano=== On 6 January 2016 Bieler signed with CA Belgrano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/futbol/claudio-bieler-ya-es-de-belgrano|title=Claudio Bieler ya es de Belgrano|trans-title= Claudio Bieler is already with Belgrano|website=mundod.lavoz.com.ar|date=January 6, 2016}}</ref>
===Last years=== In the first half of 2024, Bieler played for Agropecuario.<ref>{{cite news |title=Claudio Bieler rescindió contrato en Agropecuario y fue ofrecido a Colón |url=https://onefootball.com/es/noticias/claudio-bieler-rescindio-contrato-en-agropecuario-y-fue-ofrecido-a-colon-39621543 |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=OneFootball |date=9 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> In October of the same year, he joined Huracán de Vera in the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jugó en Racing, fue goleador del fútbol argentino y debutó en el Regional Amateur |url=https://www.ole.com.ar/ascenso/ascenso-regional-amateur-ruben-tito-ramirez-futbol-argentino-racing-apertura-goleador_0_Uv9bIxAdhA.html |website=Olé |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=es |date=17 October 2024 |quote=Claudio Bieler, campeón de America con Liga de Quito, compartirá delantera con Tito en Huracán de Vera.}}</ref>
==International career== Due to his performance playing for LDU Quito, elements of the Ecuadorian press have suggested that Bieler should play for the Ecuador national team. When asked to comment on the remarks, he has publicly stated that he would change nationalities to play for Ecuador.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww1.elcomercio.com/solo_texto_search.asp?id_noticia=191418&anio=2009&mes=8&dia=10 |access-date=October 22, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=07h38|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2009/10/21/1/1372/claudio-bieler-le-gustaria-nacionalizarse-ecuatoriano.html?p=1371&m=100|title=A Claudio Bieler le gustaría nacionalizarse ecuatoriano|language=es|work=El Universo|date=October 21, 2009|accessdate=May 15, 2013}}</ref> On February 4, 2010, he was called up by Argentine manager Diego Maradona,<ref>[http://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=333156&id_seccion=9] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207163448/http://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=333156&id_seccion=9|date=February 7, 2010}}</ref> but ended up not playing because of a suspected injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/12364|title=Dudas por Bieler|language=Spanish|trans-title=Doubts about Bieler |date=February 20, 2010 |accessdate=May 18, 2010|website=futbolecuador.com}}</ref> In May 2010, Bieler returned to Ecuador to undergo the naturalization process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futbolecuador.com/stories/publica/14073 |title=El Taca será ecuatoriano|language=Spanish|trans-title=El Taca will be an Ecuadorian|date=May 17, 2010|accessdate=May 18, 2010|website=futbolecuador.com}}</ref> However, he is not eligible to play for the Ecuador national team.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120802075510/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/01/66/54/21/fifastatutes2012e.pdf FIFA.com] FIFA. (PDF)</ref>
==Honours== ;Colo-Colo<ref name=Soccerway>{{Soccerway|claudio-daniel-bieler/22986}}</ref> * Primera División de Chile (1): 2007 Clausura
;LDU Quito<ref name=Soccerway /> * Copa Libertadores (1): 2008 * Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2009 * Copa Sudamericana (1): 2009
;Independiente del Valle *Copa Sudamericana (1): 2019
;Sporting Kansas City<ref name=Soccerway /> * MLS Cup (1): 2013
==Personal life== Bieler became a citizen of Ecuador in 2011 since he is in a free union with Ecuadoran girlfriend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/07/22/1/1372/claudio-bieler-ya-tiene-cedula-jugar-como-ecuatoriano.html |title=Claudio Bieler ya tiene cédula para jugar como ecuatoriano |trans-title=Claudio Bieler already naturalized to play as Ecuadorian |language= es |publisher=El Universo |date=July 22, 2011 |accessdate=May 15, 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{MLS player|claudio-bieler}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831150708/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13164&SEOFutbolista=Bieler+Claudio |date=dmy |title=Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI}} {{in lang|es}} {{dead link|date=October 2017}} * {{BDFA|37596}} * {{ESPN FC|103948}} * {{Soccerway|claudio-daniel-bieler/22986}}
{{2009 South American Team of the Year}} {{Copa Sudamericana top scorers}} {{Ecuadorian Serie A top scorers}}
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