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Encyclopedia > Jorge Valdano
Jorge Valdano
Personal information
Full name Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos
Date of birth October 4, 1955 (1955-10-04) (age 52)
Place of birth    Las Parejas, Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1971-1975
1975-1979
1979-1984
1984-1987		 Newell's Old Boys
Deportivo Alavés
Real Zaragoza
Real Madrid		 49 (11)
? (21)
143 (46)
85 (40)   
National team
1975-1986 Argentina 22 (7)
Teams managed
Real Madrid youth
CD Tenerife
Real Madrid
Valencia

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals) is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Las Parejas is a city in the southwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on National Route 178. ... This article is about association football players. ... Club Atlético Newells Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903. ... Deportivo Alavés, usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish Segunda División football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country. ... Real Zaragoza (or Real Saragossa) is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragón. ... Real Madrid redirects here. ... Real Madrid redirects here. ... Club Deportivo Tenerife is a Spanish football team, based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... Real Madrid redirects here. ... Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia or Los Che) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. ...

Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine former football player. 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. is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Las Parejas is a city in the southwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on National Route 178. ... Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. ... Soccer redirects here. ... The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ... Real Madrid redirects here. ...


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. 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. Club Atlético Newells Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deportivo Alavés, usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish Segunda División football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Second Division is the lower of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. ... Real Zaragoza (or Real Saragossa) is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragón. ... This article is about the year. ... La Quinta del Buitre was the name given to the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. ... Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to liver characterised by presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... The word commentator has many different meanings. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Club Deportivo Tenerife is a Spanish football team, based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... In the sports leagues — especially soccer leagues — of many countries, relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the worst team(s) (often the bottom three) of a higher league into a lower league at the end of the season. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia or Los Che) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in June June 27: Shelby Foote June 27: John T. Walton June 26: Richard Whiteley June 25: John Fiedler June 25: Chet Helms June 24: Paul Winchell June 21: Jaime Cardinal Sin June 20: Jack Kilby...


Valdano played 22 times for Argentina, scoring seven goals, four of them in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. 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. The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup, was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11. ...


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]. For other uses, see Raúl González (disambiguation). ...

Contents

Titles

  • 1995 - Spanish Championship, as coach (Real Madrid)

Primera División (First Division) is the top category of Argentine football (soccer), and it is organized by the Argentine Football Association. ... The Copa de la Liga (League Cup) was a Spanish football cup created in 1982. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ... (Professional Football League), commonly known as the Primera División or simply La Liga, is the top professional football league in Spain. ... The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ...

Famous quotes

  • Football is beginning to be a lie well documented by the media.
  • [Diego] Maradona has no peers on the pitch, but he has turned his life into a show, and is now living a personal ordeal that should not be imitated.
  • The coach proposes and the player disposes, but the limits that the tactics impose on us are every day obfuscating more the expression of new talents. A pity.
  • Every team that is good to the ball, is also good to the public.
  • The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: What is a sunrise for?, what are caresses for? what is the smell of coffee for? Each question sounded like a sentence: they are for pleasure, for emotion, for living.
  • Football is made up of subjective feeling, of suggestion - and, in that, Anfield is unbeatable. Put a shit hanging from a stick in the middle of this passionate, crazy stadium and there are people who will tell you it's a work of art. It's not: it's a shit hanging from a stick [...] if football is going the way Chelsea and Liverpool are taking it, we had better be ready to wave goodbye to any expression of the cleverness and talent we have enjoyed for a century[1].
  • Football is an excuse to make us happy.

Maradona redirects here. ... Borges redirects here. ... Anfield is a football stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England. ... Current season Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are a professional English football club based in west London. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ...

References

  1. ^ "English teams are robbing game of skill, says Valdano" - The Guardian

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Is Valdano right to accuse Benítez and Mourinho of ruining football? | Sport | guardian.co.uk (9806 words)
Valdano may be a philosopher, but he is definitely a lover of the "beautiful game" and there is much to support his argument that the EPL (not Liverpool and Chelsea)and English supporters need to reassess what kind of football to we want to watch.
Jorge Valdano is a witty fellow, but his complaining is just as relevant as the ritual complaining from fans whose favourite side didn't make it.
Valdano clearly wasn't au faix with British teams of the 70's and 80's, who (with notable exceptions) were content, in the absence of nutmegs etc, to hack the bejeesus out of a better team to win.
Jorge Valdano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (493 words)
Jorge Alberto Valdano (born October 4, 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe Province) is a former Argentine football player and, for many, a reference in World Football, sometimes called 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.
Valdano started playing when he was 16 years old for Santa Fe club Newell's Old Boys, where he also started playing professionally, as well as with the Argentine national football team, in 1972.
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