Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría (; born 14 August 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who currently works as a commentator for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico. Borgetti earned a reputation as a prolific goal scorer, particularly noted for his exceptional heading skills. He spent most of his playing career with Santos Laguna, where he is the club's all-time leading scorer. Borgetti ranks as the third highest scorer in the history of the Mexican football league. On the international stage, Borgetti made over 80 appearances and scored 46 goals, making him the second all-time leading scorer for the national team. He represented

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at the

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in 2002 and 2006.

Club career

Santos Laguna

Borgetti began his club career with

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in the

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on 6 March 1994, debuting in a 3–1 loss to Club América. After two successful seasons, he signed with Santos Laguna, where he claimed three golden boot titles for most goals in the season in his seven-year participation with club. With Santos, he won two league championships. Borgetti later signed a one-year contract with promoted team Dorados de Sinaloa, where he stated he wanted to play in his home team, before joining Pachuca, at the latter where he had little activity due to the qualifying games for the World Cup.

Bolton Wanderers

On 4 August 2005, Borgetti signed a two-year deal with English club

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for a fee of around £1 million. He became the first Mexican to play for an English club. He made his official English debut in a 2–0

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win over Newcastle United twenty days after signing, and scored his first goal for the club during Bolton's

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tie against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 15 September, scoring again in the competition against Besiktas on 20 October. He went on to score in the

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against Watford and in the League Cup against West Ham and Leicester City. Having also scored two league goals against Manchester City and Charlton Athletic, Borgetti ended the season with seven goals in all competitions.

Al-Ittihad

After the 2005–06 season, Borgetti was released by Bolton. He eventually signed with

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n club Al-Ittihad. He made his debut on 9 September 2006, scoring two goals in a 3–2 victory over Saudi team Al-Ta'ee. In December 2006, Borgetti left Al-Ittihad. Teams from the leagues of France, England, and Spain showed interest in signing the player.

Cruz Azul

In mid-December 2006, Santos Laguna showed interest in signing Borgetti and Francisco Fonseca, but unfortunately, days later, Club América signed Vicente Matias Vuoso on loan to Santos. Borgetti and Fonseca turned down the club's offer and later announced that he would return to Mexico as a member of Cruz Azul under a one-year contract. In 2007, Borgetti was called upon by Hugo Sánchez to represent Mexico in a series of international friendly matches and tournaments. His jersey number was 58.

C.F. Monterrey

On 21 December 2007, it was officially announced that Borgetti would play for

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for the next six months in the Mexico Clausura 2008 tournament. Borgetti scored his first goal with the ''Rayados'' in the '' Clásico Regiomontano'' against Tigres UANL, where Tigres won 3–2.

Guadalajara

Starting on 14 January 2009, Borgetti played for

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for six months. He was brought especially to play in the 2009 Copa Libertadores. He always stated that he had accomplished one of his dreams as a footballer, to be on a team where all of the players were Mexican-born and to be on a team with the most championships in the Primera División. Borgetti played seven games in the Torneo Clausura 2009 as a starter and six as a sub, barely recording 220 minutes for the club. In the

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, he played six out of the six games, three as a starter and three as a sub, playing a total of 366 minutes. Shortly after the season ended Borgetti was let go along with other newly recruited teammates due to the club's disappointing season.

Puebla

Since his departure from Guadalajara, Borgetti has gone on to sign with

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as of 13 June 2009 in time for the Apertura 2009 Tournament. In a pre-season game, Borgetti suffered a broken ribcage and had to sit out for the first four weeks of the Apertura Tournament. He scored his first goal on 9 August 2009 against

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. He continued his good form by scoring a header on 22 August 2009, in a 2–1 win against Pachuca. At the end of the season Borgetti left the club to pursue another team. He decided to go back to Mexico with his family and friends.

Morelia

On 27 December 2009 signed a one-year contract with Monarcas Morelia. On 13 February 2010 he scored his first goal with Monarcas Morelia and 249th in Mexico league football. That same goal tied him for 3rd top goal scorer in Mexico league history with José Saturnino Cardozo. On 24 April 2010, he scored his 250th goal, giving him the sole possession of the 3rd position in the top goal scorers of the Mexico League, passing Jose Cardozo who played for Toluca and scored 249 goals.

León

After his departure from Morelia, Borgetti was considering retirement, but after getting an agreement with Club León, he played for the team in Mexico's Liga de Ascenso in the fall of 2010. After failing to make it to the play-offs he was released from his contract. On 5 December 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

On the international stage, Borgetti first played with

on 5 February 1997 against

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. He would not make his mark internationally, however, until the qualification campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup began in late 2000. After the qualification campaign proved successful for Mexico, Borgetti became a regular starter within the squad and went on to score goals for his country at the 2001 Copa América, the 2002 World Cup, and the 2004 Copa América. Borgetti's most successful tournament was the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. He scored three goals against

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and

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and helped Mexico to a fourth-place finish. He also had to retake a penalty twice against Brazil due to various infractions. It was blocked on the third attempt, but he later scored the winning goal that resulted in a 1–0 upset. On 25 March 2007, Borgetti came off the bench, replacing Omar Bravo in a match against

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. Borgetti scored two goals within three minutes. On 8 June 2007, Borgetti played in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring two goals. He also scored a goal in the quarter-finals against

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. In the final against the

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, Borgetti injured himself, and could not participate in the 2007 Copa América, where the Mexico national team reached the third place in the competition against Brazil and

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, beating

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in the third place game of the Copa América.

Personal life

Borgetti is of Italian descent through his grandfather, who migrated from

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, Piedmont, to Sinaloa. Because of this, he was able to get an Italian passport, though he has stated that this was solely for the purpose of playing football in England. This allowed Borgetti to be registered as an EU-member player.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Santos Laguna *

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: Invierno 1996, Verano 2001 * InterLiga:

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Al-Ittihad * Saudi Pro League: 2006–07 Mexico * Copa América runner-up:

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; third place: 2007 * CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2003 Individual *

Golden Ball: Invierno 2000, Verano 2001 *

Golden Boot: Invierno 2000, Verano 2001 *

Best Forward: Invierno 2000, Verano 2001 * Santos Laguna Top Scorer: Invierno 2000, Verano 2001 * IFFHS Best Scorer of First Division: 2001 (Second place) * FIFA Confederations Cup Third Top Scorer:

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Fourth Top Scorer: 2005–06 *

Top Scorer in EFL Cup: 2005–06 *

Top Scorer in Europa League: 2005–06 *

CONCACAF qualification Top Scorer: 2006 *

Qualification Top Scorer: 2006 * Saudi Pro League Fourth Top Scorer: 2006–07 * Al-Ittihad Second Top Scorer: 2006–07 * Al-Ittihad Notable Player *

Trajectory: 2010 * Dorados de Sinaloa Notable Player * Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Internacional: 2016 *Lagunero Distinguido: 2018 *Salón de la Fama de Culiacán: 2021 Records * Santos Laguna All Time Scorer: 205 goals * Santos Laguna Fourth Most Appearances: 319

References

External links

International statistics
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borgetti, Jared 1973 births Living people People from Culiacán Municipality Footballers from Sinaloa Mexican people of Italian descent Mexican people of Basque descent Men's association football forwards Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers 2001 Copa América players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2004 Copa América players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players Atlas F.C. footballers Santos Laguna footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers C.F. Pachuca players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players Cruz Azul footballers C.F. Monterrey players C.D. Guadalajara footballers Club Puebla players Atlético Morelia players Club León footballers Liga MX players Premier League players Saudi Pro League players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Mexican expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia