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Jared Borgetti
Personal information
Full name Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cruz Azul
Number 58
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May, 2007

Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría (born August 14, 1973 in Culiacancito, Sinaloa) also known as "El Zorro del Desierto" is a Mexican football striker of Italian descent, currently playing in Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México. Tall and gangly, he is best known for his spectacular and lethal headers. He is considered one of the greatest football players in Mexican football history, and is currently the Top-Scorer of the Mexican team with 43 goals.

Career

Borgetti's career began with CF Atlas of the Mexican First Division on March 6 1994 debuting in a 3-1 loss over America. After two unsuccessful seasons, however, he transferred to Santos Laguna, where he claimed three scoring titles in his seven years there. Borgetti later transferred to his hometown team, Dorados de Sinaloa for one year before joining CF Pachuca.

In the summer of 2005, Borgetti made a big move to England and joined Bolton Wanderers in the Premiership for £900,000. His move to the Reebok Stadium made him the first Mexican international ever to play in the prestigious FA Premier League.

In addition to making history at the club level, Borgetti has enjoyed notable success on the international stage. After the qualification campaign for Germany 2006 ended, Borgetti became his country's top goalscorer, surpassing both Luis Hernández and Carlos Hermosillo with a record 41 goals in the 81 international appearances he has made for the Mexican National Team.

The International stage

On the international stage, Borgetti first played with Mexico on February 5, 1997 against Ecuador. He would not make his mark internationally, however, until the qualification campaign for the 2002 World Cup began in late 2000. After the qualification campaign proved successful for Mexico, Borgetti became a regular within the squad and went on to score goals for his country at the Copa América 2001, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the Copa América 2004.

Borgetti's most successful tournament was the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. He scored three goals against Brazil and Germany and helped Mexico to a fourth place finish, and his deadeye skill of scoring from headers drew the attention of football pundits worldwide. He also provided a memorable moment of the tournament when he 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 header that resulted in a 1-0 upset. After these performances, Borgetti attracted attention from many foreign clubs, and chose a deal with Bolton Wanderers F.C.. He made his official English debut in a 2-0 win over Newcastle United on August 24, 2005, and scored his first goal for the club during Bolton Wanderers' first-ever UEFA Cup tie on September 15, 2005. He went on to score in the FA Cup, the Carling Cup, and the Premiership for Bolton.

After the 2005-06 season, Borgetti was released by Bolton. He eventually signed with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad. On Saturday September 9, 2006 Borgetti made his debut, scoring two goals in a 3-2 victory over Saudi team Al-Ta'ee. In December 2006 Borgetti left Al-Ittihad under a clause stating that he could leave at any time if his family was unable to adapt to Saudi Arabian culture. Teams from the leagues of France, England and Spain showed interest in signing the player.

On March 25, 2007 Borgetti came off the bench replacing Omar Bravo in a match against Paraguay. Within 20 seconds, Borgetti scored a goal making the game 1-0. Two minutes later he scored his second goal making the game 2-0. He is Mexico's all-time leading goal scorer with 41 goals. On Friday June 8, 2007 Borgetti played in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup with Borgetti making Mexico's first goal of the night but the second goal of the game, increasing his goal count to 42.

Retirement

Shortly after the 2006 FIFA World Cup , Borgetti announced that he would retire from the International stage, never to play in the FIFA World Cup again. He stated that he wanted to make way for the new, younger players that would contribute to the Mexico national football team in the future. However, Borgetti expressed interest in retiring with the National Team in style, preferably playing in one last CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Return To Mexico

In mid December 2006, the Mexican club, Santos Laguna, showed interest in having Borgetti play for them, but unfortunately days later, Club America, another Mexican club, loaned Matias Vuoso to Santos Laguna causing Santos Laguna to fill up all their reinforcement slots, and made an offer to Borgetti and fellow national teammate, Francisco Fonseca. Borgetti turned down Club America's offer and later announced that he would return to Mexico as a member of Cruz Azul under a one year contract. On January 19, 2007, Borgetti was called yet again to the Mexico national football team under new coach, Hugo Sanchez in what might be his last year or two with the squad.

Honours

International Honours

Club Honours

Individual Honours

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