Jorge Valdano

Jorge Valdano
Personal information
Full name Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos
Date of birth October 4, 1955 (1955-10-04) (age 55)
Place of birth    Las Parejas, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1971–1975
1975–1979
1979–1984
1984–1987		 Newell's Old Boys
Deportivo Alavés
Real Zaragoza
Real Madrid		 049 (11)
063 (21)
143 (46)
085 (40)   
National team
1975–1986 Argentina 022 (7)
Teams managed
1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997		 Real Madrid youth
CD Tenerife
Real Madrid
Valencia

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Valdano and the second or maternal family name is Castellanos.

Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player and the current Director General of Real Madrid CF.

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Biography

He is sometimes nicknamed The Philosopher of Football. He was part of the Argentine team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico (he scored Argentina's second goal in their 3-2 victory over Germany), a starter in Spanish giant Real Madrid, and later became sporting director of the Spanish club.

Career

Valdano started playing when he was 16 years old for Rosario's club Newell's Old Boys, where he also started playing professionally, as well as with the Argentina national football team, in 1972. In 1975 he was transferred to Deportivo Alavés of the Spanish Second Division, where he played until 1979. In that year he moved to Real Zaragoza of the first division, and then to Real Madrid in 1984, playing with the Quinta del Buitre. He helped them win the UEFA Cup in 1985 and 1986, scoring once in the 1985 final and twice in the 1986 final. Stricken by Hepatitis, he decided to retire in 1988, and became a sports commentator and Real Madrid youth team's coach. In the 1991/1992 season he became CD Tenerife's coach, helping it avoid relegation, and qualifying for the UEFA Cup in the following season. He went back to Real Madrid, now as coach, and won them the 1994/1995 league. He finally coached Valencia CF in 1996/1997, before becoming Real Madrid's Sporting Director until his resignation in June 2005. In June 2009 he came back to Real Madrid as Director General and Presidential Aide of Real Madrid.

International Career

Valdano played 22 times for Argentina, scoring seven goals, four of them in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, including one in the final itself. Other than the 1986 triumph, he also took part in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, but missed most of the tournament after being injured in Argentina's second game, against Hungary.

Writer

Valdano also wrote the book Sueños de fútbol ("Dreams of football") and edited the book Cuentos de fútbol ("Football short stories") by diverse authors. Real Madrid's current captain, Raúl González named his first born son in honor to Valdano [1].

Career statistics

[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
1973 Newell's Old Boys Primera División
1974
1975
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1975-76 Deportivo Alavés Segunda División
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80 Real Zaragoza La Liga 34 9
1980-81 17 3
1981-82 29 9
1982-83 34 17
1983-84 29 8
1984-85 Real Madrid La Liga 26 17
1985-86 32 16
1986-87 27 7
Total Argentina 49 11
Spain 291 107
Career total 340 118

Titles

Quotes

References

  1. ↑ Jorge VALDANO
  2. ↑ "English teams are robbing game of skill, says Valdano" - The Guardian

External links


Argentina squad – Copa América 1975
1 Ardiles • 2 Asad • 3 Bóveda • 4 Gallego • 5 Gatti • 6 Kempes • 7 D.Killer • 8 M.Killer • 9 Luque • 10 Pavoni • 11 Pavón • 12 Rebottaro • 13 Valdano • 14 Valencia • 15 Zanabria • Coach: Menotti
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Argentina squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Ardiles • 2 Baley • 3 Barbas • 4 Bertoni • 5 Calderón • 6 Díaz • 7 Fillol • 8 Galván • 9 Gallego • 10 Maradona • 11 Kempes • 12 Hernández • 13 Olarticoechea • 14 Olguín • 15 Passarella • 16 Pumpido • 17 Santamaría • 18 Tarantini • 19 Trossero • 20 Valdano • 21 Valencia • 22 Van Tuyne • Coach: Menotti
 Argentina
Argentina squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup winners (2nd title)
1 Almirón • 2 Batista • 3 Bochini • 4 Borghi • 5 Brown • 6 Passarella • 7 Burruchaga • 8 Clausen • 9 Cuciuffo • 10 Maradona (c) • 11 Valdano • 12 Enrique • 13 Garré • 14 Giusti • 15 Islas • 16 Olarticoechea • 17 Pasculli • 18 Pumpido • 19 Ruggeri • 20 Tapia • 21 Trobbiani • 22 Zelada • Coach: Bilardo
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La Liga Foreign Player of the Year - Don Balón Award

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CD Tenerife – Managers

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Real Madrid C.F. – Managers

Johnson (1910–20) · de Cárcer (1920–26) · Llorente (1926–27) · Bernabéu (1926–27) · Berraondo (1927–29) · Quirante (1929–30) · Hertzka (1930–32) · Firth (1932–1934) · Bru (1934–41) · Armet (1941–43) · Encinas (1943–45) · Quincoces (1945–46) · Albéniz (1946–47) · Quincoces (1947–48) · Keeping (1948–50) · Albéniz (1950–51) · Scarone (1951–52) · Ipiña (1952–53) · Fernández (1953–54) · Villalonga (1954–57) · Carniglia (1957–59) · Muñoz (1959) · Carniglia (1959) · Fleitas (1959–60) · Muñoz (1960–74) · Molowny (1974) · Miljanić (1974–77) · Molowny (1977–79) · Boškov (1979–82) · Molowny (1982) · di Stéfano (1982–84) · Amaro (1984–85) · Molowny (1985–86) · Beenhakker (1986–89) · Toshack (1989–90) · di Stéfano (1990–91) · Antić (1991–92) · Beenhakker (1992) · Floro (1992–94) · del Bosque (1994) · Valdano (1994–96) · Iglesias (1996) · del Bosque (1996) · Capello (1996–97) · Heynckes (1997–98) · Hiddink (1998–99) · Toshack (1999) · del Bosque (1999–2003) · Queiroz (2003–04) · Camacho (2004) · García Remón (2004) · Luxemburgo (2004–05) · López Caro (2005–06) · Capello (2006–07) · Schuster (2007–08) · Ramos (2008–09) · Pellegrini (2009–10) · Mourinho (2010–)
Valencia CF – Managers

Kinké (1921–22) · Sancho (1922–23) · Fivebr (1923–28) · Herriot (1928–29) · Fivebr (1929–31) · Galloway (1931–33) · Greenwell (1933–34) · Fivebr (1934–35) · Balsa (1935–36) · Encinas (1939–42) · Rino (1942–43) · Cubells (1943–46) · Pasarín (1946–48) · Quincoces (1948–54) · Iturraspe (1954–56) · Miró (1956–58) · Quincoces (1958–59) · Bumbel (1959–60) · Balmanya (1960–62) · Scopelli (1962–63) · Pasieguito (1963–64) · Mundo (1964–65) · Barinaga (1965–66) · Mundo (1966–68) · Joseíto (1968–69) · Buque & Artigas (1969–70) · Di Stéfano (1970–74) · Ćirić (1974–75) · Milošević (1975) · Mestre (1975–76) · Herrera (1976–77) · Mestre (1987) · Domingo (1977–79) · Pasieguito (1979) · Di Stéfano (1979–80) · Pasieguito (1980–82) · Mestre (1982) · Miljanić (1982–83) · Koldo (1983) · Paquito (1983–84) · Gil (1984–85) · Valdez (1985–86) · Di Stéfano (1986–88) · Gil (1988) · Espárrago (1988–91) · Hiddink (1991–93) · Real (1993) · Núñez (1993–94) · Hiddink (1994) · Rielo (1994) · Parreira (1994–95) · Aragonés (1995–96) · Valdano (1996–97) · Rielo (1997) · Ranieri (1997–99) · Cúper (1999–2001) · Benítez (2001–04) · Ranieri (2004–05) · López Habas (2005) · Sánchez Flores (2005–07) · Koeman (2007–08) · Voro (2008) · Emery (2008–)