Jorge Burruchaga

Jorge Burruchaga (born 9 October 1962) is a former Argentine football player. He has played for Argentina national team.

Jorge Burruchaga

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Date of birth	(1962-10-09) 9 October 1962
Place of birth	Gualeguay, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder (retired)
Youth career
	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	Arsenal de Sarandí	49	(7)
1981–1985	Independiente	146	(53)
1985–1992	Nantes	140	(27)
1992–1993	Valenciennes	32	(10)
1995–1998	Independiente	89	(19)
Total		456	(116)
National team
1981	Argentina U20	2	(0)
1983–1990	Argentina	59	(13)
Teams managed
2002–2005	Arsenal de Sarandí
2005–2006	Estudiantes
2006–2007	Independiente
2008–2009	Banfield
2009–2010	Arsenal de Sarandí
2011–2012	Libertad
2012–2014	Atlético de Rafaela
2015–2016	Atlético de Rafaela
Honours Men's football Representing Argentina (as player) FIFA World Cup Winner 1986 Mexico Runner-up 1990 Italy Copa América 1989 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal de Sarandí	1980	Primera B	15	1	—		—		15	1
	1981		34	6	—		—		34	6
	Total		49	7	—		—		49	7
Independiente	1982	Primera División	52	17	—		—		52	17
	1983		55	23	—		—		55	23
	1984		29	10	—		12	6	41	16
	1985		10	3	—		—		10	3
	Total		146	53	—		12	6	158	59
Nantes	1985–86	Division 1	36	9	1	0	7	1	44	10
	1986–87		30	6	1	1	2	0	33	7
	1987–88		10	2	3	0	—		13	2
	1988–89		6	2	3	1	—		9	3
	1989–90		27	4	3	0	—		30	4
	1990–91		3	0	2	0	—		5	0
	1991–92		28	4	1	0	—		29	4
	Total		140	27	14	2	9	1	163	30
Valenciennes	1992–93	Division 1	32	10	2	1	—		34	11
Independiente	1994–95	Primera División	11	1	—		6	2	17	3
	1995–96		27	6	—		7	1	34	7
	1996–97		31	9	—		2	0	33	9
	1997–98		20	3	—		5	0	25	3
	Total		89	19	—		20	3	109	22
Country	Argentina		284	79	—		32	9	316	88
	France		172	37	16	3	9	1	197	41
Career total			456	116	16	3	41	10	513	129

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina	1983	7	3
	1984	12	2
	1985	9	3
	1986	10	2
	1987	1	1
	1988	0	0
	1989	7	0
	1990	11	2
Total		57	13

Honours

Club

Independiente

• Primera División: 1983 Metropolitano
• Copa Libertadores: 1984
• Intercontinental Cup: 1984
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1995
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1995

Nantes

• Ligue 1 runner-up: 1985–86

International

Argentina

• FIFA World Cup: 1986; runner-up: 1990

Individual

• Copa América Top Scorer: 1983
• French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1985–86
• IFFHS Argentina All Time Dream Team (Team B): 2021