Jorge Brítez

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Jorge Brítez
Full name	Jorge Orlando Brítez
Date of birth	August 2, 1981 (1981-08-02) (age 26)
Place of birth	Villarrica, Paraguay
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cerro Porteño
Number	6
Youth clubs
	Club Presidente Hayes
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003 2004-2005 2006 2007-present	Club Presidente Hayes Real Valladolid Sporting Libertad Maccabi Haifa Moreirense Olimpia Nacional de Montevideo Cerro Porteño	13 (0)
National team²
	Paraguay	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Brítez (born: August 2, 1981) is a Paraguayan football player. Jorge played in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria as well as the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. There he was spotted by officials from a Spanish club and moved on to Europe but never fulfilled his potential there ultimately returning to his native Paraguay. Stints abroad to Israel and Portugal didn't bear any fruits for Brítez' career for the second time so he returned to Paraguay where he plays today.

[edit] Stint in Israel

After playing with the Paraguayan national team, Jorge was spotted by scouts of Maccabi Haifa. He joined the squad along with Dante López but the two had trouble acclimating to life in Israel. Britez was expected to take on a defensive midfield role but Haifa officials later found out that that was not his natural position. He ended up finishing his only season in Israel and moving on to play club football in Portugal.