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Jorge Valdano
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Jorge Alberto Valdano Castellano, born on 4 October 1955 in Las Parejas, Santa Fe, Argentina, is an Argentine and Spanish association football player, coach, sporting director, and pundit. He played as a forward for clubs including Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid CF, Deportivo Alavés, and Newell's Old Boys. His professional career spanned from 1973 to 1987, during which he represented Argentina in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups.
Valdano is also an author with works such as *Cuentos de futból*, *El último milagro*, and *Los 11 poderes del lider. El futbol como escuela de exito*. He speaks Spanish and has a height of 188 cm and a mass of 83 kg. His nickname is "El filósofo del fútbol".
Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Cuentos de futból
- Los 11 poderes del lider. El futbol como escuela de exito (Spanish Edition) by Jorge Valdano (2013-10-01)
- El último milagro
- Mundial '98
- Los 11 Poderes Del líder / 11 Powers of a Leader
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Las Parejas, Santa Fe, Argentina
Known for
- The Match — Self2026
- Hristo, l'indomable — Self2026
- Quinografía2025
- Topuria y Unzué. Dos luchas, dos sueños2024
- Informe Plus+. La Liga de Valdano2024
- Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend — Self2024
- Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory — Self2022
- The Figo Affair: The Transfer That Changed Football — Self2022
- Informe+. Tenerife 1992 — Himself2022
- Leo: The Film — Jorge Valdano2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 58
- Total plays
- 158
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jorge+Valdano">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,992x
- The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
· 2011 · cited 9,210x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,295x
- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria
· 2018 · cited 7,331x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Full name
- Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos
- Date of birth
- ( 1955-10-04 ) 4 October 1955 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Las Parejas , Argentina
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1973 1975
- Newell's Old Boys
- 1975 1979
- Alavés
- 1979 1984
- Real Zaragoza
- 1984 1987
- Real Madrid
- 1975 1990
- Argentina
- 1991 1992
- Real Madrid (youth)
- 1992 1994
- Tenerife
- 1994 1996
- Real Madrid
- 1996 1997
- Valencia
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Argentina
via TheSportsDB
Official website
Jorge Valdano. Web Oficial
Jorge Valdano. Futbolista en Sudamérica y Europa, jugador en la Selección Argentina, entrenador en diversos equipos y también ha ocupado diferentes cargos ...
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos (born 4 October 1955) is an Argentine former football player, coach, and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He is currently working as a commentator for beIN Sports. Nicknamed "The Philosopher of Football", he played as a forward.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jorge Valdano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.