Jorge Achucarro

Jorge Achucarro
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Daniel Achucarro
Date of birth	6 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Cerro Porteño (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2007	Cerro Porteño
2008–2011	Atlas
2009–2010	→ Newell's Old Boys (loan)
2011–2012	Banfield
2012–2013	Atlético Colón
2013–2014	Nacional
2014–2015	12 de Octubre
2015	Deportivo Capiatá
2015–2016	Chacarita Juniors
2016	Boca Unidos
2016–2017	General Díaz
2017	Rubio Ñu
2017–2018	Deportivo Capiatá
2019	Club 4 de Agosto
2019	Club 8 de Setiembre
International career
2004	Paraguay U23
2003–2010	Paraguay
Managerial career
2019	Cerro Porteño U16
2019–	Cerro Porteño (assistant)
2024	Cerro Porteño (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Daniel Achucarro (born 6 November 1981) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current assistant manager of Cerro Porteño.

Achucarro has played for the Paraguay national football team.

Career[edit]

Club career[edit]

Achucarro began his professional playing career in 1998 with Cerro Porteño, where he made over 200 appearances before leaving the club in 2008 to join the Mexican side Atlas.

In 2009, he was signed by Newell's Old Boys as a replacement for the club's former striker, the Paraguayan Santiago Salcedo.

Later and coaching career[edit]

In March 2019, Achucarro returned to the pitch, joining Paraguayan lower side Club 4 de Agosto in Areguá.^[3] However, he moved to another club in the summer 2019, joining Club 8 de Setiembre in Valle Pucú, Areguá.^[4]

Beside playing for 8 de Setiembre, which he was crowned champion of the 2019 Liga Regional de Areguá with,^[5] Achucarro was also hired as U16 head coach at his former club Cerro Porteño.^[6] On 9 October 2019, he was promoted as assistant coach to interim head coach, Víctor Bernay, for the rest of the season.^[7] Achucarro stayed at the club for the 2020 season in a different role.^[8]

References[edit]

^ Jorge Achucarro at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Jorge Achucarro". ESPN Soccernet.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Achucarro vuelve al fútbol para vestir de blanco y negro, hoy.com.py, 6 March 2019
^ “Achu” cambia de club en Areguá, abc.com.py, 20 July 2019
^ Achucarro y Ángel Ortiz, campeones en Areguá, versus.com.py, 14 October 2019
^ Achucarro volvió a Cerro, abc.com.py, 3 September 2019
^ Jorge Achucarro, ready to contribute his experience, tigosports.com.py, 9 October 2019
^ Cerro: Zapag confirma a Chiqui y los cambios en la estructura, hoy.com.py, 20 December 2019

External links[edit]

Jorge Daniel Achucarro at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
Jorge Daniel Achucarro – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Jorge Achucarro at Soccerway
Jorge Achucarro (2013/14) at ESPN FC
Jorge Achucarro (2015/16) at ESPN FC
Jorge Daniel Achucarro - Primera División statistics at Fútbol XXI^{[dead link]} (in Spanish)

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[1] Jorge Achucarro at National-Football-Teams.com

[2] "Jorge Achucarro". ESPN Soccernet.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Achucarro vuelve al fútbol para vestir de blanco y negro, hoy.com.py, 6 March 2019

[4] “Achu” cambia de club en Areguá, abc.com.py, 20 July 2019

[5] Achucarro y Ángel Ortiz, campeones en Areguá, versus.com.py, 14 October 2019

[6] Achucarro volvió a Cerro, abc.com.py, 3 September 2019

[7] Jorge Achucarro, ready to contribute his experience, tigosports.com.py, 9 October 2019

[8] Cerro: Zapag confirma a Chiqui y los cambios en la estructura, hoy.com.py, 20 December 2019

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