Andrés Fleurquin

Andrés Fleurquin
	Fleurquin playing for Cádiz
Personal information
Full name	Andrés José Fleurquin Rubio
Date of birth	8 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1999	Defensor
1999–2001	Sturm Graz
2002	Galatasaray
2002–2003	Rennes
2003–2004	Córdoba
2004–2010	Cádiz
2010–2015	Defensor
Total
International career
1997–2002	Uruguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés José Fleurquin Rubio (born 8 February 1975) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Fleurquin started playing football with local Defensor Sporting. In 1999 he moved abroad for the first time, joining SK Sturm Graz in Austria and being regularly used by the club during two and a half Bundesliga seasons, with two runner-up league finishes.

In August 2001, Fleurquin signed for Galatasaray SK in Turkey, being a very important first-team unit as the side won another Süper Lig championship. After one year in France with Stade Rennais F.C. he moved to Spain, where he would remain for the following seven years.

Fleurquin started in Segunda División with Córdoba CF. For 2004–05 he continued in that level and Andalusia, but eventually attained La Liga promotion with Cádiz CF, being immediately relegated back with the player appearing in 30 matches and scoring once – on 2 October 2005, in a 1–1 home draw against RC Celta de Vigo.^[1]

From 2007 to 2010, Fleurquin obtained one second division promotion with Cádiz, but was also relegated twice from that tier while collecting a combined 33 yellow cards. In July 2010, aged nearly 35, he returned to first club Defensor after 11 years.^[2]

International career

Fleurquin earned 11 caps for Uruguay during five years, his debut coming in 1997. He was selected for two Copa América tournaments, being regularly used during the 1999 edition in Paraguay as the national team finished second to Brazil.^[3]

Honours

Club

Sturm Graz

Austrian Supercup: 1999

Galatasaray

Süper Lig: 2001–02

Cádiz

International

Uruguay

Copa América: Runner-up 1999

References

^ El Celta deja escapar el liderato en Carranza (1–1) (Celta let first place slip away at the Carranza (1–1)); Diario Siglo XXI, 2 October 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Fútbol: "Andy" Fleurquin se integra el lunes (Football: "Andy" Fleurquin joins Monday) Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Defensor Sporting, July 2010 (in Spanish)
^ Copa América 1999 Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF

External links

Andrés Fleurquin at BDFutbol
Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 (in Spanish)
Andrés Fleurquin at National-Football-Teams.com
Andrés Fleurquin – FIFA competition record (archived)
Andrés Fleurquin at Soccerway

[1] El Celta deja escapar el liderato en Carranza (1–1) (Celta let first place slip away at the Carranza (1–1)); Diario Siglo XXI, 2 October 2005 (in Spanish)

[2] Fútbol: "Andy" Fleurquin se integra el lunes (Football: "Andy" Fleurquin joins Monday) Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Defensor Sporting, July 2010 (in Spanish)

[3] Copa América 1999 Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF

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