Personal information | |||
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Full name | Esteban Becker Churukian | ||
Date of birth | August 31, 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Bernal, Argentina | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Equatorial Guinea (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1974–1984 | Independiente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1988 | Quilmes | ||
1989 | Ciempozuelos | ||
1993–1994 | Loeches | ||
Teams managed | |||
2000–2002 | RSD Alcalá | ||
2003–2004 | S.S. Reyes | ||
2008–2009 | Ciempozuelos | ||
2009–2010 | Fuenlabrada | ||
2011–2012 | San Fernando | ||
2012–2015 | Equatorial Guinea (women) | ||
2013–2015 | Equatorial Guinea (Technical Director) | ||
2015– | Equatorial Guinea | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Esteban Becker Churukián (Hebrew: אסטבן בקר; Armenian: Էստեբան Բեքեր, born 31 August 1964) is a former Argentine footballer and the coach of Equatorial Guinea.
He is an Argentine of Armenian, German, and Jewish descent.
Becker played in the youth ranks for Independiente from 1974 to 1984. He played professionally with Quilmes and with Ciempozuelos and Loeches and even an offer from Atletico de Madrid in 1989. He represented his country at 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
After coaching a number of clubs in Spanish lower divisions, he signed as the coach of Equatorial Guinea women's team in 2012. He won the 2012 African Women's Championship 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.