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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramón and the second or maternal family name is Burgos.

Germán Burgos
Burgos with Atlético Madrid in 2013
Personal information
Full name Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos
Date of birth (1969-04-16) 16 April 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Almagro de Florida
1985–1989 Ferro Carril Oeste
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1994 Ferro Carril Oeste 104 (0)
1994–1999 River Plate 94 (0)
1999–2001 Mallorca 12 (0)
2001–2004 Atlético Madrid 63 (0)
Total 273 (0)
International career
1995–2002 Argentina 35 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Carabanchel
2011 Catania (assistant)
2011 Racing Club (assistant)
2011–2020 Atlético Madrid (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Germán Adrián Ramón Burgos (Spanish pronunciation: [xeɾˈmam ˈbuɾɣos]; born 16 April 1969), nicknamed El Mono Burgos ([el ˈmono ˈβuɾɣos]), is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current manager.

During his 15-year senior career, he played for Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Mallorca and Atlético Madrid, the latter two clubs in Spain. He was an Argentine international from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s.

After retiring, Burgos worked as assistant coach at several teams under his compatriot Diego Simeone, most notably Atlético Madrid whom they joined in 2011.[2]

Playing career

Club

Born in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Burgos started playing professionally with Ferro Carril Oeste. In 1994, he signed with Argentine Primera División giants Club Atlético River Plate where he was dubbed Mono (monkey) because of his height and disheveled appearance,[3] going on to win several titles during his spell, notably the 1994 Apertura where his team did not lose one single match.[4]

Burgos moved abroad in July 1999, joining Spain's RCD Mallorca.[5] During his two-year spell in the Balearic Islands, he played understudy to compatriot Leo Franco; on 27 November 1999, he was suspended for 11 games for punching RCD Espanyol player Manolo Serrano in a match played the previous week, in an action that eluded the referee but was caught on camera.[6][7]

Burgos signed for Atlético Madrid in the 2001–02 season, with the capital club in Segunda División.[8] He had his best year in the country in an eventual return to La Liga after a two-year absence, but appeared less in the following two campaigns, retiring at the end of 2003–04 aged 35.

Burgos was remembered for his performance in a Madrid derby against Real Madrid in the first season back in the top flight of the Colchoneros, in which he saved Luís Figo's penalty kick with his nose, causing a bloody injury; he played on, and his side eventually scored an equaliser to earn a 2–2 draw.[9]

International

Burgos earned 35 caps for Argentina, over seven years.[10] He was second-choice at both the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, backing up Carlos Roa in the former tournament and Pablo Cavallero four years later.[11]

Burgos was the starter in the latter half of the qualifying campaign for the 2002 World Cup (unseating Roberto Bonano) and it was generally expected that he would be the first choice in the finals,[12] but manager Marcelo Bielsa ultimately chose Cavallero.

Coaching career

In 2010, after working with AD Alcorcón as goalkeepers' coach, Burgos started his managerial career also in Spain, coaching amateurs RCD Carabanchel.[13] In the following years, he worked as assistant to former club and country teammate Diego Simeone at Catania Calcio, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Atlético Madrid.[14]

In April 2014, against Getafe CF, Burgos became the first coach in the world to use Google Glass during a competitive game.[15] After Simeone was sent to the stands by the referee in the first leg of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League semi-finals against Arsenal, and was therefore suspended for the second leg and the final after Atlético advanced,[16] he took charge of the team as they defeated Olympique de Marseille.[17]

With Simeone still suspended, Burgos took over again when Atlético faced Real Madrid in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup, won 4–2 in Estonia.[18] Unable to reach an agreement with the board, he announced his intention to leave at the end of the 2019–20 season.[19]

Personal life

Outside football, Burgos was also a musician, having started his career while still an active player. He acted as frontman of rock band The Garb.[20][21][22][23]

In 2003, Burgos was successfully treated for cancer.[24]

Honours

River Plate

Atlético Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b c "Germán Adrián "MONO BURGOS"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ De la Vara, David (1 December 2019). "Qué representa el Mono Burgos para el Cholo Simeone" [What does Mono Burgos mean to Cholo Simeone] (in Spanish). Goal. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ^ Cordovilla, Anna; Martínez, Roberto (22 July 2001). "El 'Mono' Burgos bautizó a Saviola como el 'Conejo'" ['Mono' Burgos dubbed Saviola 'Conejo'] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Germán Burgos" (in Spanish). Universo River. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Djokaj podría ir al Mallorca por 200 'kilos'" [Djokaj could join Mallorca for 200 'kilos'] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 July 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ Paradinas, Juan José; Candia, Patricio (27 November 1999). "Germán Burgos, castigado con 11 partidos por su agresión a Serrano" [Germán Burgos, punished with 11 games for his assault on Serrano]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Las sanciones más altas de la historia del fútbol español" [The biggest bans in the history of Spanish football]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. ^ Torelló, Roger (14 July 2001). "El 'Mono' Burgos viene para subir" ['Mono' Burgos arrives to promote] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  9. ^ Malagón, Manuel (11 April 2012). "El Mono Burgos se dejó la nariz en un derbi" ['Mono' Burgos split his nose in a derby]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  10. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Argentina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
  11. ^ "El meta Pablo Cavallero desplaza a Burgos y Bonano en Argentina" [Goalie Pablo Cavallero surpasses Burgos and Bonano in Argentina]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  12. ^ "German Burgos". BBC Sport. 22 May 2002. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. ^ "'El Mono' Burgos dimite como técnico del Carabanchel" ['El Mono' Burgos resigns as coach of Carabanchel]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 October 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  14. ^ "El 'Mono' Burgos será el segundo entrenador de Simeone" ['Mono' Burgos will be Simeone's assistant manager]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  15. ^ Duncan, Hannah (14 April 2014). "Atletico Madrid coach German Burgos uses Google Glass during Getafe victory". Metro. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Diego Simeone handed Europa League final touchline ban". ESPN. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  17. ^ ""Atletico are one of Europe's best": Trio react to Europa League victory". La Liga News. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Diego Costa double helps Atlético beat Real Madrid 4–2 in UEFA Super Cup". The Guardian. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  19. ^ Suárez, Isaac; Kostopoulos, Panos (26 May 2020). "Goodbye Mono Burgos, as Nelson Vivas steps forward at Atletico Madrid". Marca. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. ^ Borasteros, Daniel (16 July 2003). "Germán 'Mono' Burgos agita con su música la cárcel de Valdemoro" [Germán 'Monkey' Burgos shakes Valdemoro prison with his music]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  21. ^ "El mono Burgos" [Monkey Burgos] (in Spanish). Taringa. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  22. ^ Pérez, Miguel (26 May 2012). "El portero del rock" [Rock's goalkeeper]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  23. ^ Corrigan, Dermot (26 April 2018). "Atletico Madrid assistant Mono Burgos rocks the touchline against Arsenal". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  24. ^ "Burgos: I killed off the musician!". FIFA. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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