Jorge Borelli

Jorge Horacio Borelli (born 2 November 1964) is an Argentine football manager and former player who is assistant manager of Tigre.

Jorge Borelli

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Horacio Borelli
Date of birth	(1964-11-02) 2 November 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Tigre (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1985	Platense	58	(1)
1985–1989	River Plate	107	(2)
1989–1991	Tigres UANL	42	(4)
1991–1994	Racing Club	111	(7)
1995–1997	San Lorenzo	9	(0)
Total		327	(14)
International career
1983	Argentina U20	4	(1)
1992–1994	Argentina	13	(0)
Managerial career
	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)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Argentina Copa América Winner 1993 Ecuador FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1992 Saudi Arabia CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Winner 1993 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Borelli was born in Buenos Aires. He played in the defence at both club and international levels. With the Argentina national 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.

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, 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 Gorosito at Tigre.^[5]

Personal life

Borelli was born in Argentina and is of Italian descent. His son Éder Borelli, and father-in-law Vladislao Cap also played football professionally.^[6]

Honours

River Plate

• Primera Division Argentina: 1985–86
• Copa Libertadores: 1986
• Intercontinental Cup: 1986
• Copa Interamericana: 1987

Racing

• Supercopa Libertadores runner-up: 1992

San Lorenzo

• Primera Division Argentina: Clausura 1995

Argentina

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1992
• Copa América: 1993
• Artemio Franchi Trophy: 1993

References

1. rsssf: Copa América 1993 squads Archived 3 January 2007 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
6. S.A, Telewizja Polska (26 April 2021). "Od potomka "Witkacego" po Dybalę. Egzotycznymi śladami Polaków". sport.tvp.pl.

External links

• Jorge Borelli at WorldFootball.net
• Jorge Borelli at BDFA (in Spanish)