Jorge Burruchaga

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Personal information
Jorge Luis Burruchaga

Full name	Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Date of birth	October 9, 1962 (1962-10-09) (age 45)
Place of birth	Gualeguay, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
?	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1981 1982-1985 1985-1992 1992-1993 1995-1998	Arsenal de Sarandí Independiente FC Nantes FC Valenciennes Independiente	(?) 146 (53) 140 (27) 32 (10) 89 (19)
National team
1983-1990	Argentina	59 (13)
Teams managed
2002-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007	Arsenal de Sarandí Estudiantes Independiente
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Luis Burruchaga (born October 9, 1962 in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos) is a former Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. He played both as an attacking midfielder and striker and is famous for scoring the winning goal in the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

1 Career
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Burru was part of the team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup, scoring the goal that gave Argentina the 3:2 victory against Germany in the final match. also participated in all Argentine matches at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He scored a total of 13 goals for Argentina in 59 games between 1983 and 1990.^[1]

With Independiente he won an Argentine league in 1983, a Copa Libertadores (top scorer with 6 goals), and an Intercontinental Cup in 1984.

In 1994, he was banned for two years from French football accused of passive corruption^[2] in a match-fixing scandal involving his side FC Valenciennes and Olympique de Marseille.^[3]^[4]

Burruchaga coached Arsenal de Sarandí since its arrival to first division in 2002, and succeeded in keeping the team far from the bottom of the standings. For the 2005/06 season, he signed with Estudiantes de La Plata. In May 2006, he moved to Independiente and resigned on April 2007.

[edit] Trivia

1st match : February 12, 1982 (Independiente 4 - 1 Estudiantes)
1st goal : February 27, 1982 (Unión San Vicente 2 - 3 Independiente 40')
last match : April 10, 1998 (Vélez Sársfield 3 - 0 Independiente)

[edit] References

^ rsssf: Argentina record international footballers
^ The New York Times - "Argentine Charged in Marseilles Case"
^ Reveu de l'Actualité Juridique Français - "Conclusions sous Conseil d'Etat, 27 Octobre 1999, Fédération Française de Football" (French)
^ When Saturday Comes - "A Season in Brief, Le Championnat 1992-93" issue 233

[edit] External links

Career statistics at National Football Teams
(Spanish) Short Bio
(Spanish) Biography

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Pumpido (Comizzo) • 2 Batista • 3 Balbo • 4 Basualdo • 5 Bauza • 6 Calderón • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Caniggia • 9 Dezotti • 10 Maradona • 11 Fabbri • 12 Goycochea • 13 Lorenzo • 14 Giusti • 15 Monzón • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Sensini • 18 Serrizuela • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Simón • 21 Troglio • 22 Cancelarich • Coach: Bilardo

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd Title)

1 Almirón • 2 Batista • 3 Bochini • 4 Borghi • 5 Brown • 6 Passarella • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Clausen • 9 Cuciuffo • 10 Maradona • 11 Valdano • 12 Enrique • 13 Garré • 14 Giusti • 15 Islas • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Pasculli • 18 Pumpido • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Tapia • 21 Trobbiani • 22 Zelada • Coach: Bilardo