Claudio Borghi
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Claudio Daniel Borghi | |
| Date of birth | September 26, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Castelar (Buenos Aires), Argentina | |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder (retired) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Independiente (manager) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1987 1987-1988 1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1990-1991 1991 1992 1992-1993 1994 1995 1995-1998 1998-1999 |
Argentinos Juniors Como Neuchâtel Xamax FC River Plate Flamengo Independiente Unión de Santa Fe Huracán Colo Colo Platense UAT Correcaminos O'Higgins Audax Santiago Wanderers |
39 (8) 7 (0) ? (?) 21 (1) 6 (0) 12 (1) 7 (1) 22 (1) ? (?) 12 (0) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 6 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1985-1986 | Argentina | 9 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2002-2003 2006-2008 2008- |
Audax Colo-Colo Independiente |
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Claudio Daniel Borghi, (born on 28 September 1964 in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province), is an Argentine former Football (soccer) player and successful head coach.
Borghi started his career as an offensive midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s. He was considered a bright young star for Argentina, and great hopes were put in his shoulders when he was called up for Argentina national football team in Mexico 1986. Nevertheless, he did not shine in the tournament won by Argentina, and was never again called for the selección.
Borghi then played in Europe for several years, with uneven success. He returned to Argentina in 1988, and later played for other Latin American clubs. It was only in Chile where he returned to show his early skills as a footballer, winning the Recopa and Supercopa for Colo-Colo in 1992.
After retiring, he started a career as a coach also in Chile, which has been so far quite successful; in 2006 he won the both the Clausura and Apertura tournaments with Colo-Colo, and led the team to the final of the Copa Sudamericana. He was named South American manager of the year for 2006 due to the success of Colo Colo in the Copa Sudamericana.
Borghi was signed to become the 19th coach of Independiente in the last 10 years when he takes over in June of 2008.[1]
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[edit] Honours
[edit] Player
[edit] Coach
- National champion with Colo-Colo as head coach, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2007.
- Award for Best Coach of the year 2006 with Colo-Colo
| Preceded by Anibal "Maño" Ruíz |
South American Coach of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Gerardo Martino |
[edit] Facts
- Borghi is affectionately nicknamed Bichi.
- Borghi has an extreme fear of planes, which causes him trouble every time the Colo-Colo team must play abroads.
- Borghi has an addiction to cigarettes, he's commonly seen smoking in the matches.
- During the period 2004-2005 Borghi was trainer of an amateur team at the Chilean private University Universidad de las Américas
- Claudio Borghi has been a fan of Racing Club since childhood.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Playing career at National Football Teams
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