Jared Borgetti

Santos Laguna

Borgetti began his club career with Atlas in the Primera División de México on 6 March 1994, debuting in a 3–1 loss to América. After two successful seasons, he signed with Santos Laguna, where he claimed three golden boot titles for most goals in the season in his seven-year participation with club. With Santos, he won two league championships. Borgetti later signed a one-year contract with promoted team Dorados de Sinaloa, where he stated he wanted to play in his home team, before joining Pachuca, at the latter where he had little activity due to the qualifying games for the World Cup.

Bolton Wanderers

On 4 August 2005, Borgetti signed a two-year deal with English club Bolton Wanderers for a fee of around £1 million. He became the first Mexican to play for an English club. He made his official English debut in a 2–0 Premier League win over Newcastle United twenty days after signing, and scored his first goal for the club during Bolton's UEFA Cup tie against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on September 15, scoring again in the competition against Besiktas on 20 October. He went on to score in the FA Cup against Watford and in the League Cup against West Ham and Leicester City. Having also scored two league goals against Manchester City and Charlton Athletic, Borgetti ended the season with seven goals in all competitions.

Al-Ittihad

After the 2005–06 season, Borgetti was released by Bolton. He eventually signed with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad.…

On the international stage, Borgetti made his debut with Mexico on 5 February 1997, in a match against Ecuador. His greater impact came during the qualification campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, beginning in late 2000. Following Mexico’s successful qualification, Borgetti became a regular starter. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Borgetti scored a header against Italy in a group stage match that ended 1–1. FIFA later highlighted the technical difficulty of the goal, noting how Borgetti redirected the ball past Gianluigi Buffon while closely marked by Paolo Maldini. Borgetti’s most notable tournament performance came at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he scored three goals against Brazil and Germany, contributing to Mexico’s fourth-place finish. In the match against Brazil, he was required to retake a penalty twice due to infractions; the third attempt was blocked, but he later scored the decisive goal in a 1–0 victory. On 17 August 2005, Borgetti scored his 36th international goal in a World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica, surpassing Luis Hernández as Mexico’s all-time leading scorer. He continued to add to his tally in subsequent competitions, including the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where he scored multiple goals before an injury prevented him from participating in the 2007 Copa América. Borgetti’s final international appearance came on 22 June 2008, in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Belize, where he scored twice. He retired from the national team as its…

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International

Borgetti is of Italian descent through his grandfather, who migrated from Cuneo, Piedmont, to Sinaloa. Because of this, he was able to get an Italian passport, though he has stated that this was solely for the purpose of playing football in England. This allowed Borgetti to be registered as an EU-member player.