José Luis Brown

José Luis Brown

Brown during the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Brown
Date of birth	(1956-11-11) November 11, 1956 (age 56)
Place of birth	Ranchos, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1975–1983	Estudiantes de la Plata	290	(27)
1983–1986	Atlético Nacional	87	(14)
–	Deportivo Español	5	(0)
–	Boca Juniors	?	(?)
–	Stade Brestois	31	(1)
1987–1989	Real Murcia	28	(1)
1989	Racing Club	9	(1)
National team
1983–1989	Argentina	36	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Jose Luis Brown (born November 11, 1956) is an Argentine former football defender, 1986 World Champion, and current coach.

Playing career [edit]

Nicknamed Tata, he started in the youth system of Estudiantes de La Plata, and made his professional début in 1975. He was the captain of the team that won the 1982 and 1983 Argentine championship titles.

After eight full seasons with Estudiantes, he joined Deportivo Español and then Boca Juniors in 1985, before leaving Argentina to play abroad for Colombian side Nacional de Medellin, French Stade Brestois and Spanish Real Murcia. In 1989 he returned to Argentina, joining Racing Club de Avellaneda where he retired from football later that year.

With the Argentine national team he played 36 matches, scoring one goal. That one goal proved to be decisive however, as it was the opening goal in the 1986 World Cup Final in Mexico, which Argentina won 3-2 against Germany. Late in the game, Brown suffered an injury on his right arm and had to have it fixed to his body for the remainder. He refused to let coach Bilardo consider a substitution.

Titles as a player [edit]

Season	Club	Title
Metropolitano 1982	Estudiantes	Primera Division Argentina
Nacional 1983	Estudiantes	Primera Division Argentina
1986	Argentina	World Cup

Coaching career [edit]

After retiring, Brown worked as an assistant for different coaches, including Oscar Ruggeri at San Lorenzo and Carlos Salvador Bilardo while managing Boca Juniors. In 2000 he accepted an offer to jointly manage newly promoted outfit Club Almagro with Héctor Enrique. After one season, the duo moved to Nueva Chicago, but had to resign after 11 matches because of bad results. In 2002 he was hired by Bolivian side Blooming, again to resign after only 16 matches, though leaving a better image.

He then decided to work again with Bilardo, coaching the youth divisions of Estudiantes with much success. When Bilardo left Estudiantes, Brown took over second division side Atlético Rafaela for 30 matches. Brown left the club after differences with club executives in April 2005, and returned to Almagro, which by then were relegated to second division. After a stint in 2006 as coach of Rafaela's second major club, Ben Hur,^[1] Brown took over Ferrocarril Oeste in May 2007.^[2]

In December 2007 Brown became coach of the Argentina Under-17 team, with former national teammate Sergio Batista at the helm of the Under-20 team. As Batista's assistant at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Argentina won the gold medal in football.

References [edit]

Argentina squads v t e Argentina squad – 1983 Copa América DF Brown DF Bujedo MF Burruchaga DF Camino DF Clausen GK Fillol (c) FW Gareca DF Garré MF Giusti MF Insúa DF Jorge MF Marangoni DF Mouzo FW Márcico MF Olarticoechea MF Ponce GK Pumpido FW Ramos MF Rinaldi MF Russo MF Sabella DF Trossero Coach: Bilardo v t e Argentina squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Almirón 2 Batista 3 Bochini 4 Borghi 5 Brown 6 Passarella 7 Burruchaga 8 Clausen 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Valdano 12 Enrique 13 Garré 14 Giusti 15 Islas 16 Olarticoechea 17 Pasculli 18 Pumpido 19 Ruggeri 20 Tapia 21 Trobbiani 22 Zelada Coach: Bilardo v t e Argentina squad – 1987 Copa América Fourth Place 1 Alfaro 2 Batista 3 Caniggia 4 Dertycia 5 Brown 6 Díaz 7 Funes 8 Acosta 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Percudani 12 Siviski 13 Garré 14 Giusti 15 Islas 16 Olarticoechea 17 Pasculli 18 Goycochea 19 Ruggeri 20 Tapia 21 Theiler 22 Bartero Coach: Bilardo v t e Argentina squad – 1989 Copa América Third Place 1 Pumpido 2 Batista 3 Alfaro Moreno 4 Balbo 5 Brown 6 Basualdo 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Calderón 12 Clausen 13 Díaz 14 Enrique 15 Giusti 16 Monzón 17 Ruggeri 18 Islas 19 Sensini 20 Troglio 21 Gorosito 22 Falcioni Coach: Bilardo ‹ The template below (Argentina U-17 squad 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship) is being considered for possible deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.› v t e Argentina squad – 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship Runners-up 1 Martínez 2 González Pirez 3 Kruspzky 4 Marín 5 Balbuena 6 Espíndola 7 Cirigliano 8 Díaz Ponce 9 Villalba 10 González 11 Araujo 12 Arce 13 Tagliafico 14 Diego Martínez 15 Orfano 16 Quintulen 17 Rosales 18 Olid Apaza 19 Sosa 20 Rotondi Coach: Brown ‹ The template below (Argentina squad 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup) is being considered for possible deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.› v t e Argentina squad – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 1 Martínez 2 González Pirez 3 Kruspzky 4 Marín 5 Balbuena 6 Espíndola 7 Cirigliano 8 Bitancourt 9 Villalba 10 González 11 Araujo 12 Arce 13 Tagliafico 14 Rasmussen 15 Orfano 16 Quignon 17 Dal Cason 18 Olid Apaza 19 Sosa 20 Rotondi 21 Pucheta Coach: Brown