Luis Antonio Amuchástegui

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Luis Amuchástegui

Full name	Luis Antonio Amuchástegui
Date of birth	December 12, 1960 (1960-12-12) (age 47)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1983 1984 1985-1986 1986-1987 1988-1991 1992	Racing de Córdoba San Lorenzo River Plate América Racing de Córdoba General Paz Juniors	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)
National team
1983	Argentina	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Luis Antonio Amuchástegui (born December 12, 1960 in Córdoba) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team.

Amuchástegui started his career with Racing de Córdoba, he was an important member of the team that contested the final of the Nacional championship in 1980. In 1983 he travelled to Spain to join Valencia CF for a fee of US$300,000 but he could not acclimatise to life in Europe and returned to Argentina without signing the contract, Valencia eventually signed Juan Jose Urruti instead, and Amuchástegui spent several months without a club before joining San Lorenzo de Almagro in 1984.

After a successful season with San Lorenzo he joined River Plate where he was part of the championship winning team of 1985-1986. He then helped the club to win the Copa Libertadores in 1986.

Amuchástegui moved to Mexico in 1986 and played for América. After a few years in Mexico he returned to Argentina to play for Racing de Córdoba and then General Paz Juniors in the lower leagues. In 1992 he joined San Lorenzo for pre-season training but walked out of the club without playing a single game for them. This incident marked his retirement from professional football.