José Luis Brown

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Jose Luis Brown (born November 11, 1956 in Ranchos, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former football defender and current coach.

Nicknamed Tata, he started in the youth system of Estudiantes de La Plata, and made his professional début in 1975. He was the captain of the team that won the 1982 and 1983 Argentine championship titles.

After eight full seasons with Estudiantes, Brown played in 1985 for Deportivo Español and Boca Juniors, before moving to Europe. He played for French Stade Brestois (1987), Colombian Nacional de Medellin (1988), and Spanish Real Murcia (1989). From 1989 to 1990 he played for Racing Club de Avellaneda.

With the Argentina national football team he played 36 matches, scoring only one goal. Yet that one was the opening goal in the 1986 World Cup Final in Mexico, which Argentina won 3-2, against West Germany. Later in the game, Brown suffered an injury on his right arm and had to have it fixed to his body for the remainder. He refused to let coach Bilardo consider a replacement.

After retirement he worked as an assistant for different coaches, including Oscar Ruggeri for San Lorenzo and Carlos Salvador Bilardo while directing Boca Juniors. In 2000 he took an offer to direct together with Héctor Enrique the newly promoted to first division Club Almagro. After one season, the duo moved to Nueva Chicago, but had to resign after 11 matches because of bad results. In 2002 he's hired by Bolivian Club Blooming, again to resign after only 16 matches, though with a better performance.

He then decided to work again with Bilardo, coaching the youth divisions of Estudiantes with much success. When Bilardo left Estudiantes, Brown took over the direction of second division Atlético Rafaela for 30 matches. Brown left the club after arguments with the directives of the club in April 2005, and returned to Almagro, which were relegated to second division. As of October 2006, Brown is coach of Rafaela's other major club, Ben Hur [1].

	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