Héctor De Bourgoing

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Personal information
Héctor De Bourgoing
Full name	Héctor Adolfo De Bourgoing
Date of birth	July 23, 1934 (age 72)
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	-
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1954-1956 1957-1959 1959-1963 1964-1969 1969-1970	Tigre River Plate Nice Bordeaux Racing Paris
National team
1962-1964 1966	Argentina France	5 (0) 3 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Héctor De Bourgoing is a retired football defender. He was born on July 23, 1934, in the city of Posadas in the Misiones Province of Argentina. He played international football for Argentina and France.

[edit] Club Career

De Bourgoing started his career at Club Atlético Tigre in the Argentine 1st division in 1953. In 1957 he was transferred to Argentine giants River Plate where he won his first and only major title in his first season with the club.

During 1959 he was enticed into a move to France to play for Nice, he played for them for 4 years before moving to Bordeaux in 1963 and finally retiring from football in 1970 at Racing Paris.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1957	River Plate	Primera Division Argentina

[edit] International career

De Bourgoing was selected to play for Argentina on 5 occasions before moving to Europe, where under the rules of the day he could change international allegiance to play for France. He represented the French national team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal in a 2-1 defeat by Argentina's deadly rivals Uruguay.

	France squad - 1966 FIFA World Cup
1 Aubour \| 2 Artelesa \| 3 Baraffe \| 4 Bonnel \| 5 Bosquier \| 6 Budzinski \| 7 Chorda \| 8 Combin \| 9 Couecou \| 10 De Bourgoing \| 11 De Michele \| 12 Djorkaeff \| 13 Gondet \| 14 Hausser \| 15 Herbet \| 16 Herbin \| 17 Muller \| 18 Piumi \| 19 Robuschi \| 20 Simon \| 21 Carnus \| 22 Schuth \| Coach: Guérin