Jorge Borelli

Jorge Horacio Borelli (born 2 November 1964, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former football (soccer) player and manager. He is currently the assistant manager of Tigre.

Jorge Borelli
Personal information
Full name Jorge Horacio Borelli
Date of birth (1964-11-02) 2 November 1964
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tigre (Assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Platense 58 (1)
1985–1989 River Plate 107 (2)
1989–1991 UANL Tigres 42 (4)
1991–1994 Racing Club 111 (7)
1995–1997 San Lorenzo 9 (0)
National team
1983 Argentina U20 4 (1)
1992–1994 Argentina 13 (0)
Teams managed
San Lorenzo (assistant)
2002–2003 Nueva Chicago (assistant)
2004–2005 Lanús (assistant)
2006–2007 Rosario Central (assistant)
2007–2008 Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2009 River Plate (assistant)
2011–2012 Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2012 Argentinos Juniors (caretaker)
2015–2016 Almería (assistant)
2019– Tigre (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He played in the defence at both club and international levels, and with the Argentina national football team, he featured in the team's victorious 1993 Copa América campaign[1] in Ecuador, and at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.

Borelli began his career at Platense in 1980, he soon came to the attention of River Plate and signed for the Argentine giants in 1985. In his time at River he helped the club to win the 1985-1986 Primera, their first Copa Libertadores, the Copa Intercontinental and the Copa Interamericana. In 1989, he left River to play for UANL Tigres but in 1991 he returned to Argentina to play for Racing Club de Avellaneda. In 1994, he moved to Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he won the Clausura 1995 tournament. Borelli retired as a player in 1996.

Borelli has a Mexican son, called Eder, who currently plays for UANL Tigres.

Coaching career

After retiring, Borelli became the assistant manager of San Lorenzo.[2] In the 2002/03 season, Borelli was the assistant manager of Néstor Gorosito at Nueva Chicago.[3] In December 2004, he followed Gorosito when he was appointed as manager of Club Atlético Lanús.[2]

In December 2015, Néstor Gorosito was appointed as manager of Spanish club UD Almería and took Borelli with him as his assistant.[4]

On 12 February 2019, Borelli was appointed as the assistant manager of Néstor Gorosito at Tigre.[5]

Honours

Club
River Plate
San Lorenzo

International
Argentina

References
  1. rsssf: Copa América 1993 squads Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Néstor Gorosito es el nuevo técnico de Lanús, infobae.com, 21 December 2004
  3. Pipo Gorosito, ahora desde el banco, lanacion.com.ar, 11 October 2002
  4. Gorosito ya es el nuevo entrenador del Almería, marca.com, 23 December 2015
  5. Néstor Gorosito es el nuevo entrenador de Tigre en reemplazo de Mariano Echeverría, infobae.com, 12 February 2019
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