Jorge Valdano

Retired
Last club: Real Madrid Most games for: Real Madrid Retired since: Jul 1, 1987

Date of birth/Age: Oct 4, 1955 (68)
Place of birth: Las Parejas
Citizenship: Argentina

Height: N/A
Position: Centre-Forward

Former International: Argentina
Caps/Goals: 23 / 7

Last position:

Chief Executive Officer Club: Real Madrid

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Argentina
-		Argentina	Jul 17, 1975	23	7	César Menotti	19 years 09 months 13 days

Stats of Jorge Valdano

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			22	7	1	-	4	5	1	-	-	-	225'	1.576'
	World Cup	9	4	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	170'	681'
	International Friendlies	7	2	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	247'	494'
	World Cup qualification	5	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	368'	368'
	Copa América	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	33'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Montevideo	Jul 18, 1975	Uruguay	Argentina	2:3		2			65'		25'
	Copa América 1975
	Group A	Caracas	Aug 3, 1975	Venezuela	Argentina	1:5	on the bench
	Group A	Belo Horizonte	Aug 6, 1975	Brazil	Argentina	2:1					57'		33'
	Group A	Rosario	Aug 10, 1975	Argentina	Venezuela	11:0	on the bench
	Group A	Rosario	Aug 16, 1975	Argentina	Brazil	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Feb 27, 1976	Argentina	Brazil	1:2	Not in squad
		Kiew	Mar 20, 1976	USSR	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Chorzow	Mar 24, 1976	Poland	Argentina	1:2	Not in squad
			Mar 27, 1976	Hungary	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Apr 8, 1976	Argentina	Uruguay	4:1	Not in squad
		Rio de Janeiro	May 19, 1976	Brazil	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jun 9, 1976	Uruguay	Argentina	0:3	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Nov 28, 1976	Argentina	USSR	0:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Feb 27, 1977	Argentina	Hungary	5:1	Not in squad
		Madrid	Mar 22, 1977	Argentina	Iran	5:2 on pens	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	May 29, 1977	Argentina	Poland	3:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 5, 1977	Argentina	Germany	1:3	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 12, 1977	Argentina	England	1:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 18, 1977	Argentina	Scotland	1:1	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jun 26, 1977	Argentina	France	0:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jul 3, 1977	Argentina	Yugoslavia	1:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	Jul 12, 1977	Argentina	East Germany	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Mar 29, 1978	Argentina	Bulgaria	3:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Apr 5, 1978	Argentina	Romania	2:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Apr 25, 1978	Uruguay	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
		La Boca, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal	May 3, 1978	Argentina	Uruguay	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 1978
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 2, 1978	Argentina	Hungary	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 6, 1978	Argentina	France	2:1	Not in squad
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 10, 1978	Italy	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 14, 1978	Argentina	Poland	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 18, 1978	Argentina	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Rosario	Jun 21, 1978	Argentina	Peru	6:0	Not in squad
	Final	Buenos Aires	Jun 25, 1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3:1 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Apr 25, 1979	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:1	Not in squad
		Bern	May 22, 1979	Netherlands	Argentina	7:8 on pens	Not in squad
		Roma	May 26, 1979	Italy	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Glasgow	Jun 2, 1979	Scotland	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
	Copa América 1979
	Group B	La Paz	Jul 18, 1979	Bolivia	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Rio de Janeiro	Aug 2, 1979	Brazil	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Aug 8, 1979	Argentina	Bolivia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Aug 23, 1979	Argentina	Brazil	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Berlin	Sep 12, 1979	Germany	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		Belgrad	Sep 16, 1979	Yugoslavia	Argentina	4:2	Not in squad
		London	May 13, 1980	England	Argentina	3:1	Not in squad
		Dublin	May 16, 1980	Ireland	Argentina	0:1	Not in squad
		Wien	May 21, 1980	Austria	Argentina	1:5	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 9, 1980	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 12, 1980	Argentina	Poland	2:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 15, 1980	Argentina	ČSR	1:0	Not in squad
		Mar del Plata	Dec 4, 1980	Argentina	USSR	1:1	Not in squad
		Córdoba	Dec 16, 1980	Argentina	Switzerland	5:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jan 1, 1981	Argentina	Germany	2:1	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jan 4, 1981	Argentina	Brazil	1:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 28, 1981	Argentina	Poland	1:2	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Nov 11, 1981	Argentina	ČSR	1:1	Not in squad
			Mar 9, 1982	Argentina	ČSR	0:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Mar 24, 1982	Argentina	Germany	1:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Apr 14, 1982	Argentina	USSR	1:1						75'	75'
		Buenos Aires	May 5, 1982	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:1						80'	80'
		Rosario	May 12, 1982	Argentina	Romania	1:0							90'
	World Cup 1982
	Group 3	Barcelona	Jun 13, 1982	Argentina	Belgium	0:1					63'		27'
	Group 3	Alicante	Jun 18, 1982	Argentina	Hungary	4:1	CF					24'	24'
	Group 3	Alicante	Jun 23, 1982	Argentina	El Salvador	2:0	on the bench
	Group C	Barcelona	Jun 29, 1982	Italy	Argentina	2:1	on the bench
	Group C	Barcelona	Jul 2, 1982	Argentina	Brazil	1:3	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Santiago de Chile	May 12, 1983	Chile	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Jun 23, 1983	Argentina	Chile	1:0	Not in squad
		Asunción	Jul 14, 1983	Paraguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Jul 21, 1983	Argentina	Paraguay	0:0	Not in squad
	Copa América 1983
	Group B	Quito	Aug 10, 1983	Ecuador	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Aug 24, 1983	Argentina	Brazil	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Buenos Aires	Sep 7, 1983	Argentina	Ecuador	2:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Rio de Janeiro	Sep 14, 1983	Brazil	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Kolkata	Jan 17, 1984	Argentina	Poland	1:1	Not in squad
		São Paulo	Jun 17, 1984	Brazil	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
		Montevideo	Jul 18, 1984	Uruguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Aug 2, 1984	Argentina	Uruguay	0:0	Not in squad
		Barranquilla	Aug 24, 1984	Colombia	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
			Sep 1, 1984	Switzerland	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
			Sep 5, 1984	Belgium	Argentina	0:2	Not in squad
		Düsseldorf	Sep 12, 1984	Germany	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
			Sep 18, 1984	Mexico	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Oct 25, 1984	Argentina	Mexico	1:1	Not in squad
		Asunción	Apr 24, 1985	Paraguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Salvador	May 5, 1985	Brazil	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	May 9, 1985	Argentina	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	May 15, 1985	Argentina	Chile	2:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification South America
	Group 1	San Cristóbal	May 26, 1985	Venezuela	Argentina	2:3					82'		8'
	Group 1		Jun 2, 1985	Colombia	Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 9, 1985	Argentina	Venezuela	3:0							90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 16, 1985	Argentina	Colombia	1:0		1					90'
	Group 1	Lima	Jun 23, 1985	Peru	Argentina	1:0							90'
	Group 1	Buenos Aires	Jun 30, 1985	Argentina	Peru	2:2							90'
	International Friendlies
		Los Angeles, California	Nov 14, 1985	Argentina	Mexico	1:1	Not in squad
		Puebla, Puebla	Nov 17, 1985	Mexico	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
		Paris	Mar 26, 1986	France	Argentina	2:0							90'
		Oslo	Apr 30, 1986	Norway	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	May 3, 1986	Israel	Argentina	2:7	Not in squad
	World Cup 1986
	Group A	Mexico City	Jun 2, 1986	Argentina	South Korea	3:1	LW	2					90'
	Group A	Puebla, Puebla	Jun 5, 1986	Italy	Argentina	1:1	CF		1				90'
	Group A	Mexico City	Jun 10, 1986	Argentina	Bulgaria	2:0	CF	1					90'
	Round of 16	Puebla, Puebla	Jun 16, 1986	Argentina	Uruguay	1:0	CF						90'
	Quarter-Finals	Mexico City	Jun 22, 1986	Argentina	England	2:1	CF						90'
	Semi-Finals	Mexico City	Jun 25, 1986	Argentina	Belgium	2:0	CF			33'			90'
	Final	Mexico City	Jun 29, 1986	Argentina	Germany	3:2	CF	1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Zürich	Jun 10, 1987	Argentina	Italy	1:3	Not in squad
		Buenos Aires	Jun 20, 1987	Argentina	Paraguay	0:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 1987
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jun 27, 1987	Argentina	Peru	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Buenos Aires	Jul 2, 1987	Argentina	Ecuador	3:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Buenos Aires	Jul 9, 1987	Uruguay	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	Buenos Aires	Jul 11, 1987	Colombia	Argentina	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Buenos Aires	Dec 16, 1987	Argentina	Germany	1:0	RW					88'	88'
		Berlin	Mar 31, 1988	Argentina	USSR	2:4	Not in squad
		Berlin	Apr 2, 1988	Germany	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Melbourne	Jul 6, 1988	Argentina	Saudi Arabia	2:2	no information available
			Jul 10, 1988	Argentina	Brazil	0:0	Not in squad
		Sydney	Jul 14, 1988	Australia	Argentina	4:1	Not in squad
		Canberra	Jul 16, 1988	Argentina	Saudi Arabia	2:0	Not in squad
		Sevilla	Oct 12, 1988	Spain	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
			Mar 9, 1989	Colombia	Argentina	1:0	Not in squad
		Guayaquil	Apr 13, 1989	Ecuador	Argentina	2:2	Not in squad
		Santiago de Chile	Apr 20, 1989	Chile	Argentina	1:1	Not in squad
	Copa América 1989
	Group B	Goiânia	Jul 2, 1989	Argentina	Chile	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Goiânia	Jul 4, 1989	Argentina	Ecuador	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Goiânia	Jul 8, 1989	Argentina	Uruguay	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Goiânia	Jul 10, 1989	Argentina	Bolivia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Rio de Janeiro	Jul 12, 1989	Brazil	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Rio de Janeiro	Jul 14, 1989	Uruguay	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Rio de Janeiro	Jul 16, 1989	Argentina	Paraguay	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Cagliari	Dec 21, 1989	Italy	Argentina	0:0	Not in squad
		Los Angeles, California	Jan 17, 1990	Mexico	Argentina	2:0	Not in squad
		Glasgow	Mar 28, 1990	Scotland	Argentina	1:0						46'	45'
Squad: 28, Starting eleven: 18, Substituted in: 4, On the bench: 6, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,