- Jorge Rinaldi
Football player infobox
playername = Jorge Rinaldi
fullname = Jorge Roberto Rinaldi
height = 1.78
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|3|23
cityofbirth =Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1980-1984
1985
1986-1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1992
clubs = San Lorenzo
Sporting de Gijón
Boca Juniors
River Plate
Gençlerbirliği S.K.
San Lorenzo
caps(goals) = 185 (46) (total)
? (?)
53 (18)
18 (2)
? (?)
(see above)
nationalyears = 1983-?
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 14 (0)
pcupdate =June 2 ,2008 Jorge "Chancha" Rinaldi (born
March 23 1963 inBuenos Aires ) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina,Spain andTurkey and represented theArgentina national football team .Rinaldi started his professional career with San Lorenzo in 1980 at the age of 17. In 1982 he helped the club to win the Argentine 2nd division and gain promotion back to the Argentine Primera.
In 1985 he joined
Sporting de Gijón inSpain but things did not work out for him there and he returned to Argentina in early 1986 to play forBoca Juniors .In 1988 Rinaldi was sold directly to Boca's fiercest rivals, River Plate making him one of a select band of players to have played for Boca and River.
After one season with River, Rinaldi joined
Gençlerbirliği S.K. in Turkey. In 1990 he returned to Argentina and his first club, San Lorenzo, in 1992 it became clear that he was no longer part of the managers plans and he took the difficult decision to retire at the age of only 28.Since retirement Rinaldi has held several coaching positions including youth coach and caretaker manager at San Lorenzo and worked as a journalist for Clarín.
Titles
External links
*es icon [http://old.ole.com.ar/suplementos/sanlorenzo/2000/03/24/t-00201j.htm Diario Olé article]
*es icon [http://www.museodesanlorenzo.com.ar/contenido/MUSEO1/005.htm Museo de San Lorenzo profile]
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