Luis Amuchástegui

Luis Amuchástegui
Personal information
Full name	Luis Antonio Amuchástegui
Date of birth	December 12, 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1983	Racing de Córdoba
1984	San Lorenzo
1985–1986	River Plate
1986–1987	América
1988–1991	Racing de Córdoba
1992	General Paz Juniors
International career
1981–1983	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2007

Luis Antonio Amuchástegui (born 12 December 1960 in Córdoba) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team. he played over 200 games for Racing de Córdoba.

Amuchástegui started his career with Racing de Córdoba, he was an important member of the team that contested the final of the Nacional championship in 1980. In 1983, he travelled to Spain to join Valencia CF for a fee of US$300,000 but he could not acclimatise to life in Europe and returned to Argentina without signing the contract, Valencia eventually signed Juan Jose Urruti instead, and Amuchástegui spent several months without a club before joining San Lorenzo de Almagro in 1984.

After a successful season with San Lorenzo he joined River Plate where he was part of the championship winning team of 1985-1986. He then helped the club to win the Copa Libertadores in 1986.

Amuchástegui moved to Mexico in 1986 and played for América. After a few years in Mexico he returned to Argentina to play for Racing de Córdoba and then General Paz Juniors in the lower leagues. In 1992, he joined San Lorenzo for pre-season training but walked out of the club without playing a single game for them. This incident marked his retirement from professional football.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1985–1986	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1986	River Plate	Copa Libertadores

External links

(in Spanish) Futbol Ochentoso article
(in Spanish) En Una Baldosa article
(in Spanish) Clarín article about the failed move to Spain^{[permanent dead link]}