Jorge Olguín

Mostly deployed as a centre back in club football, Olguín was positioned as a right back with the national team by coach César Luis Menotti. Among his achievements as a player there is one World Cup with the Argentina national football team, the Copa Libertadores, and six Argentine league titles. He started his career at San Lorenzo in 1971, he played for the club for 8 years, in that time they won three trophies (1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional and 1974 Nacional). In 1978 Olguín was included in Argentina's world cup squad. Following his success at the world cup he was sold to Independiente, where he spend some time battling Pedro Monzón for a place in the first team. Olguín was called up to join Argentina's defence of the world cup in Spain 1982, but the Albicelestes has a poor campaign, being knocked out in the 2nd group phase. In 1983 Olguín won his only trophy with Independiente, they claimed the 1983 Metropolitano, finishing 1 point above his former team, San Lorenzo. In 1984 Olguín was sold to Argentinos Juniors, where he won a further 2 league titles. In 1985 he helped Argentinos win their first and only Copa Libertadores title. He continued to play for Argentinos until his retirement in 1988.

After retirement as a player Olguin has become a football manager, he has taken charge of teams in Argentina, Japan and Costa Rica.

Argentinos Juniors Colón Almagro Deportivo Español Avispa Fukuoka Deportivo Saprissa Club Santa Bárbara Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Villa Dálmine

Club

San Lorenzo Metropolitano: 1972 Nacional: 1972, 1974 Independiente Metropolitano: 1983 Argentinos Juniors Metropolitano: 1984 Nacional: 1985 Copa Libertadores: 1985 Copa Interamericana: 1986

International

Argentina FIFA World Cup: 1978

Individual

IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team C): 2021