Pablo Fernando Aurrecochea Medina (born March 3, 1981, in Artigas, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan retired footballer. He was best known for wearing kits adorned with cartoon characters such as Tom and Jerry, Krusty the Clown, The Incredible Hulk, Batman, He-Man, El Chapulín Colorado and others.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Fernando Aurrecochea Medina | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Artigas, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Nacional Montevideo | ||
| 1999–2001 | Argentinos Juniors | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Talleres (RE) | 30 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Tacuary | 95 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Cerro Porteño (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2008 | Bucaramanga | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Guaraní | 131 | (0) |
| 2014 | Deportivo Capiatá | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Deportes Antofagasta | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Atlanta | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Argentino de Merlo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editPablo Aurrecochea started his professional football career with Uruguayan football club Nacional, however it wasn't until he moved to Argentina, first with Argentinos Juniors and then Talleres de Remedios de Escalada before he started to establish himself as a first-choice goalkeeper. This would see him move to Paraguayan Primera División side Tacuary and for the next several seasons he would become a regular member of the team until the 2007 league season saw him loaned off to another Paraguayan side in Cerro Porteño.[2] Pablo would return from his loan period and play for Tacuary again in a further 5 league games, however that wasn't enough for him to regain his position within the team and he left to join top tier Colombian side Bucaramanga.
In 2009 Pablo would join another Paraguayan side in Guaraní and was initially tried out in some of the 2009 Copa Libertadores group games.[3] Throughout the league season he would gradually go on to establish himself at the club and by the 2010 Paraguayan Primera División season he was part of the team that won the 2010 Apertura.
Honours
edit- Guaraní
- Torneo Apertura (1): 2010
References
edit- ^ "Pablo Aurrecochea, a Goalkeeper in Funny Kits". damncoolpictures.com. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Pablo Aurrecochea". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Guaraní Boca Juniors: Copa Libertadores 2009". football-lineups.com. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
External links
edit- Pablo Fernando Aurrecochea at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Pablo Fernando Aurrecochea at ESPN FC
- P. Aurrecochea (Pablo Fernando Aurrecochea) at Soccerway