 Borgetti in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Águilas UAS[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Atlas | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Atlas | 61 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2004 | Santos Laguna | 295 | (205) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Sinaloa | 14 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Pachuca | 15 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Al-Ittihad | 15 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Cruz Azul | 26 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Monterrey | 27 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Guadalajara | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Puebla | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Morelia | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | León | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 525 | (271) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | Mexico | 89 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría (Spanish: [xaˈɾeð βoɾˈxeti] ; born 14 August 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who currently works as a commentator for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico.[3]
As a player, Borgetti was known as a prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, and was renowned for his heading ability.[4] With 46 goals, Borgetti is the second all-time leading goal scorer (behind Javier Hernández) of the Selección de fútbol de México. He is the Santos Laguna top goal scorer with 205 goals. He was popularly known by the nickname of El Zorro del Desierto ("The Desert Fox") in reference to his debut team, Atlas, and his birthplace.[5]
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ El futbol de la UAS con una gran historia (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mexican Striker Jared Borgetti Joins ESPN Deportes as Fútbol Picante's Analyst". ESPN Media Zone. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Turner, Mikhail. "25 Lethal Headers in World Football". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "¿Por qué a Jared Borgetti le apodan el Zorro del Desierto?". AS.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.