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Jorge Borelli

Jorge Borelli

Argentine footballer and manager

Jorge Horacio Borelli (born 2 November 1964, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer and current assistant manager of Tigre.

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Career

He played in the defence at both club and international levels, and with the Argentina national football team, he featured in the team's victorious 1993 Copa América campaign[1] in Ecuador, and at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

Borelli began his career at Platense in 1980, he soon came to the attention of River Plate and signed for the Argentine giants in 1985. In his time at River he helped the club to win the 1985-1986 Primera, their first Copa Libertadores, the Copa Intercontinental and the Copa Interamericana. In 1989, he left River to play for UANL Tigres but in 1991 he returned to Argentina to play for Racing Club de Avellaneda. In 1994, he moved to Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he won the Clausura 1995 tournament. Borelli retired as a player in 1996.

Borelli has a Mexican son, called Eder, who currently plays for UANL Tigres.

Coaching career

After retiring, Borelli became the assistant manager of San Lorenzo.[2] In the 2002/03 season, Borelli was the assistant manager of Néstor Gorosito at Nueva Chicago.[3] In December 2004, he followed Gorosito when he was appointed as manager of Club Atlético Lanús.[2]

In December 2015, Néstor Gorosito was appointed as manager of Spanish club UD Almería and took Borelli with him as his assistant.[4]

On 12 February 2019, Borelli was appointed as the assistant manager of Néstor Gorosito at Tigre.[5]

Personal life

Borelli was born in Argentina and is of Italian descent. His son Éder Borelli, and father-in-law Vladislao Cap also played football professionally.[6]

Honours

River Plate

Racing

San Lorenzo

Argentina

References

  1. [1]
    rsssf: Copa América 1993 squads Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Néstor Gorosito es el nuevo técnico de Lanús, infobae.com, 21 December 2004
  3. [3]
    Pipo Gorosito, ahora desde el banco, lanacion.com.ar, 11 October 2002
  4. [4]
    Gorosito ya es el nuevo entrenador del Almería, marca.com, 23 December 2015
  5. [5]
    Néstor Gorosito es el nuevo entrenador de Tigre en reemplazo de Mariano Echeverría, infobae.com, 12 February 2019
  6. [6]
    S.A, Telewizja Polska (26 April 2021). "Od potomka "Witkacego" po Dybalę. Egzotycznymi śladami Polaków". sport.tvp.pl.
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