Jorge Olaechea

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Olaechea and the second or maternal family name is Quijandría.
Jorge Olaechea
Personal information
Full nameJorge Andrés Olaechea Quijandría
Date of birth27 August 1956
Place of birthLima, Peru
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1978José Carlos Mariátegui
1978–1983Alianza Lima
1983–1986Independiente Medellín[1]141(26)
1987–1988Deportivo Cali[2]80(8)
1989–1990Sporting Cristal
1991–1992Bolívar
–1996Deportivo Municipal
National team
1979–1989Peru60(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jorge Andrés Olaechea Quijandría (born August 27, 1956 in Lima, Peru) is a former Peruvian football defender who played 60 times for the Peru national team between 1979 and 1989.[3]

Olaechea represented Peru at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and four Copa América 1979[4] 1983[5] 1987[6] and 1989.

Olaechea played professional club football in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. He helped José Carlos Mariátegui de Ica reach the finals of the 1978 Copa Perú before transferring to Alianza Lima.[7]

Currently he works as a Press Officer for Universitario de Deportes.

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