Jorge Valdano
Jorge Alberto Valdano 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.
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.
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.
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