Esteban Becker
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esteban Becker Churukian | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Bernal, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Torrijos (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1984 | Independiente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1988 | Quilmes | ||
| 1989 | Ciempozuelos | ||
| 1993–1994 | Loeches | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2002 | RSD Alcalá | ||
| 2003–2004 | S.S. Reyes | ||
| 2008–2009 | Ciempozuelos | ||
| 2009–2010 | Fuenlabrada | ||
| 2011–2012 | San Fernando | ||
| 2012–2015 | Equatorial Guinea Women | ||
| 2015–2017 | Equatorial Guinea[1] | ||
| 2021 | Racing Murcia | ||
| 2021– | Torrijos | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Esteban Becker Churukián (born 31 August 1964) is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Tercera División RFEF club CD Torrijos.
Early life
[edit]Becker was born in Bernal, Buenos Aires to Argentine parents – a Jewish father of German descent and a Christian mother of Armenian descent.
Club career
[edit]Becker played in the youth ranks for Independiente from 1974 to 1984. He played professionally with Quilmes and with Ciempozuelos and Loeches and even an offer from Atletico de Madrid in 1989. Due to his Jewish roots, he represented his country at 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a silver medal.[2]
Managerial career
[edit]After coaching a number of clubs in Spanish lower divisions, Becker signed as the coach of Equatorial Guinea women's team in 2012.[3] He won the 2012 African Women's Championship which the country hosted.[4] In 2013, he was appointed as the technical director of all the three national sides of Equatorial Guinea.[citation needed]. In January 2015, he was appointed as the manager of Equatorial Guinea, three weeks before the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Esteban Becker n’est plus le sélectionneur de la Guinée équatoriale‚ afriquefoot.rfi.fr, 13 June 2017
- ^ "English".
- ^ "El argentino Esteban Becker Churukian, nuevo entrenador del Nzalang femenino". Guinea Ecuatorial Press. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Banyana Banyana Fall At the Final Hurdle Against Hosts Equatorial Guinea". All Africa. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea appoint Esteban Becker before Africa Cup of Nations". The Guardian. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Esteban Becker manager profile at BDFutbol
- Official website
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Quilmes Partido
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Maccabiah Games competitors for Argentina
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games medalists in football
- Argentine football managers
- Women's association football managers
- Equatorial Guinea women's national football team managers
- Equatorial Guinea national football team managers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers
- Argentine expatriate football managers
- Argentine expatriates in Equatorial Guinea
- Expatriate football managers in Equatorial Guinea
- Argentine people of German-Jewish descent
- Argentine sportspeople of Armenian descent
- Argentine emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- RSD Alcalá managers
- CF Fuenlabrada managers
- Tercera División managers
- Tercera Federación managers
- UD San Sebastián de los Reyes managers