Jorge Burruchaga

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Personal information
Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Full name	Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Date of birth	October 9, 1962
Place of birth	Gualeguay, Argentina
Nickname	Burru
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
?	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-81 1982-85 1985-92 1992-93 1995-98	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-	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) was an Argentine professional football player, and currently a football coach. He played both as an attacking midfielder and striker.

El 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. He also participated in all Argentine matches at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 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^[1] in a match-fixing scandal involving his side FC Valenciennes and Olympique de Marseille.^[2]^[3]

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.

[edit] Career 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

^ 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

(Spanish) Short Bio
(Spanish) Biography

Club Atlético Independiente - Current Squad

	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

	Argentina squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Champions (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