Juan Carlos Murúa

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Juan Carlos Murúa
Personal information
Date of birth
Place of birth	Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956-?  ?  ?-1968	Racing Club Argentinos Juniors Platense	114 (0) 003 (0) 122 (1)
National team
-1959-	Argentina
Teams managed
1968-1969 1970 1971 1983-1985	Gimnasia La Plata Talleres (RE) Gimnasia La Plata Platense Los Andes Huracán Las Heras Independiente Rivadavia Altos Hornos Zapla
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Carlos Murúa is a former Argentine football player and manager who played in the Copa América 1959 .^[1][2]

Murúa was primarily associated with the Greater Buenos Aires team Racing Club de Avellaneda, where he was part of the championship winning team of 1958. He went on to play for Argentinos Juniors and Platense.

[edit] Coaching career

After retiring as a player Murúa took up coaching, he had spells in charge of several Buenos Aires based teams, such as Gimnasia La Plata, Platense and Talleres (RE) where he led the team to a third tier championship and gave José Yudica his first break in management.

Later in his career he coached several teams in the interior including Altos Hornos Zapla during the 1983 and 1985 Nacional championships.^[3][4]

Following his professional career, Murúa has remained one of the best-remembered stars of his era,^[5][6] with his 1958 image appearing, for example, on a 2005 El Grafico trading card,^[7] and is a representative of Argentine soccer at national events.^[8] As of 2007, he is affiliated with the college team U. Veronés.^[9]

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[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Clarin article