Juan José Urruti

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Juan José Urruti
Full name	Juan José Urruti Acosta
Date of birth	May 24, 1962 (1962-05-24) (age 46)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-1983 1983-1986 1986-1988 1988-1990 1991 1991-1992 1993-1995 1996 1997	Racing de Córdoba Valencia Rosario Central Bolívar Platense Bolívar Wilstermann San José Huachipato	82 (14) 74 (8) 35 (5) 88 (9) 8 (0) 75 (11) 21 (3) ? (?)
National team
1980 1981	Argentina U-20 Argentina	4 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan José Urruti (born May 24, 1962 in Rosario) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina Spain Bolivia and Chile.

Urruti started his professional career in 1979 with Racing de Córdoba. In 1980 Racing got to the final of the Nacional championship but eventually lost to Rosario Central.

In 1983 Urruti was signed by Valencia after a deal to buy his Racing Club team mate Luis Amuchástegui fell through at the last minute^[1]. Urruti played for Valencia until 1986, but he only managed to score 8 goals in 74 games.

In 1986 Urruti returned to Argentina to play for Rosario Central, he was part of the team that won the 1986-1987 championship.

In 1988 Urruti was signed by Bolívar in Bolivia, he won two Bolivian league championships either side of a brief return to Argentina in 1991 to play for Club Atlético Platense.

In 1993 Urruti joined Jorge Wilstermann where he won another Bolivian league championship in 1994. He joined San José in 1996 and played out his career with Huachipato in Chile in 1997.