Esteban Becker Churukián (born 31 August 1964) is an Argentine football

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and former player. He currently manages Tercera División RFEF club CD Torrijos.

Early life

Becker was born in Bernal,

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to Argentine parents – a Jewish father of German descent and a Christian mother of Armenian descent.

Club career

Becker played in the youth ranks for Independiente from 1974 to 1984. He played professionally with

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of th ...

and with

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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 The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first tim ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, winning a silver medal.

Managerial career

After coaching a number of clubs in Spanish lower divisions, Becker signed as the coach of Equatorial Guinea women's team in 2012. He won the

2012 African Women's Championship The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea. Qualification A total o ...

which the country hosted. In 2013, he was appointed as the technical director of all the three national sides of Equatorial Guinea.. In January 2015, he was appointed as the manager of Equatorial Guinea, three weeks before the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Esteban 1964 births Living people People from Quilmes Partido Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers 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 people of Armenian 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