Héctor de Bourgoing explained

Héctor de Bourgoing
Fullname:Héctor Adolfo de Bourgoing
Height:1.72 m
Birth Date:1934 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Posadas, Argentina
Death Place:Bordeaux, France
Position:Right winger
Years1:1954–1956
Years2:1957–1959
Years3:1959–1963
Years4:1964–1969
Years5:1969–1970
Clubs1:Tigre
Clubs2:River Plate
Clubs3:Nice
Clubs4:Bordeaux
Clubs5:Racing Paris
Caps1:102
Caps2:26
Caps3:114
Caps4:143
Caps5:18
Goals1:39
Goals2:11
Goals3:65
Goals4:68
Goals5:6
Totalcaps:403
Totalgoals:189
Nationalyears1:1956–1957
Nationalyears2:1962–1966
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalteam2:France
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:2

Héctor Adolfo de Bourgoing (23 July 1934 – 24 January 1993) was a footballer who operated as a right winger. He played international football for Argentina and France.[1]

Club career

De Bourgoing started his career at Club Atlético Tigre in the Argentine 1st division in 1953. In 1957 he was transferred to Argentine giants River Plate where he won his first and only major title in his first season with the club.

During 1959 he was enticed into a move to France to play for Nice, he played for them for four years before moving to Bordeaux in 1963 and finally retiring from football in 1970 at Racing Paris.

Honours

River Plate
Argentina

International career

De Bourgoing was born in Argentina and was of French descent.[2] He was selected to play for Argentina on five occasions before moving to Europe, where under the rules of the day he could change international allegiance to play for France. He represented the France national team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal in a 2–1 defeat by Argentina's rivals Uruguay.

International goals

|- bgcolor=#DFE7F| 1 || 11 April 1962 || Parc des Princes, Paris || || 1–3 || Lost || Friendly|-|- bgcolor=#DFE7F| 2 || 15 July 1966 || White City Stadium, London || || 1–2 || Lost || 1966 World Cup|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players Appearing for Two or More Countries . 10 July 2014 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html . 3 August 2008 .
  2. Web site: La migration des footballeurs africains en Europe - Africultures. Christophe. Cassiau-Haurie. 21 December 2009.