Orion with Estudiantes LP in 2010
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Agustín Ignacio Orion | |||||||||||
Date of birth | June 26, 1981 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Ramos Mejía, Argentina | |||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||
Current team
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Racing Club | |||||||||||
Number | 1 | |||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||
2002 | San Lorenzo | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
2003–2010 | San Lorenzo | 126 | (0) | |||||||||
2010–2011 | Estudiantes LP | 73 | (0) | |||||||||
2011–2016 | Boca Juniors | 203 | (0) | |||||||||
2016– | Racing Club | 12 | (0) | |||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Argentina | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 04, 2014 |
Agustín Ignacio Orion (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣusˈtin oˈɾjon]; born June 26, 1981) is an Argentine football goalkeeper who currently plays for Racing Club.
Orion was San Lorenzo's first choice goalkeeper in 2007, when he helped the club to win the Clausura tournament.
On 9 December 2009, the goalkeeper left San Lorenzo for 500000 euros and joined Estudiantes de La Plata.
On July 2011 Orion signed with Boca Juniors, where he won the 2011 Apertura. In 2013, Agustín received offers from important European clubs, but he decided to stay in Boca Juniors, because he is an important piece in the team and he loves the club.
On August 2016 Orion signed with Racing Club.
Orion was called up to the Argentina national football team as third goalkeeper behind Roberto Abbondanzieri and Juan Pablo Carrizo for the 2007 Copa América held in Venezuela.
He made his debut for the Albiceleste against Brazil in the Superclásico de las Américas in September 2011.
In June 2014, Orion was named in Argentina's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.