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CLAUDIO BORGHI # | ARGENTINOS JUNIORS 2003 | MATCH WORN

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Lot description

Team: ARGENTINOS JUNIORS ARGENTINA #9
Season: 2003
Competition: CONMEMORATIVE
Player: CLAUDIO BORGHI
Issued/Worn: WORN


COA: “Dream Auctions” available upon request
NOTE: This shirt belongs to the personal, unpublished collection of a former leader of Argentinos Juniors


FEATURES:
- Made in: Argentina
- Size: L
-100% cotton
- Short Sleeves shirt. Not available in shops.
- Embroidered team crest on the chest – Not available in shops
- Commemorative shirt used in the reopening of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium (26-12-2003)
- Back Number made of vynil. – Not available in shops    

 

     

Did you know?: Borghi started his career as an attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s. He was considered a bright young star for Argentina and tipped by many to be on a level with Diego Maradona.

Borghi's exceptional performance in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup final (Argentinos Juniors lost to Juventus on penalties) drew the attention of A.C. Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, and Borghi was signed for the club in 1987. Borghi was drafted in alongside Dutchmen Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, but, since teams were allowed on only two foreign players, he was loaned out to Como for the 1987–88 season. The next year the maximum number of foreign players was increased to three, but Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi – who had won respect by securing the Scudetto a few months earlier – asked his team to sign another Dutch player, Frank Rijkaard, instead of bringing Borghi back, as Berlusconi wished. Afterwards Borghi left Italy and tried his luck in Switzerland with Neuchâtel Xamax, before returning to South America where he played for River Plate, Flamengo and Independiente. Eventually he wound up in Chile, winning the Recopa Sudamericana and Copa Interamericana with Colo-Colo in 1992, and concluded his playing career with Santiago Wanderers in 1999.

International career

Borghi was called up to the Argentina national team for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, where he won the World Cup with Argentina and played alongside Diego Maradona at his peak.

 

 

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