Andrés Fleurquin
José Andrés Fleurquin Rubio ( born February 8, 1975 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan - Italian footballer. He currently has his career at his home club Defensor Sporting Club bar.
The long-time captain of the Spanish Association Cádiz CF was a member of SK Sturm team that could reach the first Austrian representative in the 2000/ 01 season the second group stage of the Champions League.
With Uruguay in 1999 he was in the final of the Copa América.
With a transfer fee of about 28 million shillings he is still (as of April 2011) behind Charles Amoah the second most expensive transfer in the history of Sturm Graz.
Club career
Defensor Sporting Club
Fleurquin began his professional career in 1996 at his home club Defensor Sporting Club from Montevideo.
Already in his debut season, he was promoted to regular player in midfield and made especially in his early days as a professional by his goal threat at set-pieces stir. After his first pro season he made his debut in the national team and then took part in the Copa América 1997. Previously, he had won with the club the Campeonato Clausura, and was runner-up in Uruguay. One outstanding 1998 season in which he was able to achieve seven goals in eighteen season stakes despite several injuries, followed in 1999 once again convene in the squad for the Copa America in Uruguay, where he celebrated his international breakthrough. As a regular player in the system of coach Víctor Púa he penetrated with the team to the finals, where you had to give, however, beaten 0-2 Brazil.
SK Sturm Graz
After the 1999 he then moved to the then -sided record transfer fee of about 28 million shillings to Austria for SK Sturm Graz. He was so at this time as the most expensive footballer ever worked in Austria. In a storm -president Hannes Kartnig saw after the initial entry into the Champions League title defense in the league in danger, and prepared in the winter transfer period with the obligations of Sergey Yuran and Fleurquin on. Defensor again tried Fleurquin, after its strong performance during the Copa América, best selling, because they already had his designated successor in the squad with the then highly talented Diego Pérez.
In the following two years in a storm played Fleurquin often excelling especially at the international level and against bigger clubs in the domestic league, presented itself against smaller teams, like the SV Ried or SW Bregenz often apparently sluggish, leading to several Diffenrenzen with coach Ivica Osim led, which nevertheless always set it up as a central backbone in the defensive midfield behind the offensives Markus Schopp, Tomislav Kocijan, Hannes Mayr clean, Mario Haas and Ivica Vastić.
After the runner-up title in 2000, he managed to storm the following season as the first Austrian team to win the group in the first round and the jump in the second group stage of the Champions League. Fleurquin was identified as one of the key players for success. In everyday life, however, had the league double burden to pay tribute and finished just behind local rivals Grazer AK disappointing fourth place.
Without the chance of another Champions League qualification Kartnig Fleurquin tried with kolportierten 6 million shillings annual salary of one of the top earners at the club profitable to sell. After negotiations with potential buyers due to the high transfer fee progressed slowly, was found shortly before transfer end with Galatasaray still a purchaser, who first signed him up to the end of the season on loan.
Galatasaray
In Istanbul played under coach Mircea Lucescu Fleurquin a strong season in the Champions League and the League. He became partly due to his victory gate to make it 1-0 in the city derby against Besiktas Istanbul at a fan favorite. At the end of the season he was able to celebrate with the Turkish championship its first national title. As a result, the association sought to a fixed obligation of the player, but the negotiations failed due to the purchase option of peddle 45.3 million Schilling insisted on the storm.
In the summer of 2002 Fleurquin then returned to storm and launched in preparation for the new season. Shortly before the start of the season took place with the French first division side Sturm Stade Rennes then one customer who, however, a significantly lower transfer fee than those previously offered by Galatasaray, paid.
Stade Rennes
Come late in the pre- club, Fleurquin a weak start to the season and could not meet the coach Philippe Bergeroo expectations placed in him as a stabilizer in the midfield. After the coaching change to Vahid Halilhodžić, he had an injury pause and then came up to the final stage of the championship, only in the B- team to use. It was not until the 20th lap he found entry in the A - team and still graduated five games until the end of the season. For episode season Halilhodžić left the club again and was replaced by László Bölöni, who put no value on further cooperation with Fleurquin. He was then in Segunda División Spanish to FC Cordoba awarded.
Córdoba CF
In Córdoba, he was a regular place again and presented itself as usual defensively strong. The team with players such as Andrés Nicolás Olivera Christer George or, but remained clearly below its potential and took over the entire season a place in the lower regions of the table. Although the club Fleurquin wanted to keep on the season also, you could not lift, whereupon League rival FC Cadiz was awarded his transfer fee.
Cádiz CF
In Rise aspirant Cadiz, he was regarded as players desire of compatriot and coach Víctor Espárrago, which henceforth as his extended arm called him on the field. In his first season he celebrated the championship title in the Segunda División and the associated rise in the excellence. The association withdrew its largely Neuverplichtungen and increased return mail as Penultimate again.
As of 2006, took over Fleurquin after the resignation of veteran Oli whose captaincy, which he wore in a row until his retirement in 2010. 2007 you missed its chances of promotion just before one in 2008, surprising relegation despite a cadre of supposed stars like Gastón Casas and Kamil Kosowski. Fleurquin remained true to one of the few players arrivierten the club and went with the team for the following season once again. For the season 2009/10 saw the signing of veteran Diego Tristán for high expectations, but was unable to meet the team. After having to stay unhappy one point behind a table Nineteenth again, Fleurquin announced his departure from Cadiz.
In 2010 he then moved back home to Defensor, where he wants to officially end his career. He is currently the captain of the team.
National
Without an international match Fleurquin of coach Juan Ahuntchaín was called into the squad of Uruguay for the Copa America 1997. However, Uruguay was eliminated in the preliminary round and Fleurquin remained without use.
It was only on 12 October 1997, he debuted then under new coach Roque Máspoli 0-0 in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup against Argentina.
After that he was no longer convened nearly one and a half years before he became a regular player under new coach Víctor Púa. During the Copa América 1999, he was then the great constant in the team, which penetrated to the finals. Fleurquin came in every game over the full 90 minutes to use.
After the Copa, he moved to Europe and Daniel Passarella took over the national team. In consequence he was indeed still meet regularly, but was often not used because the new coach forced the committed Atletico Madrid talent Pablo García at his position.
In the spring of 2001, he was among the returned Púa again briefly regulars before he was finally ousted by the much younger Sebastián Eguren and Diego Pérez. His last game for Uruguay, he played on 28 March 2001 in the 0-1 home defeat in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup against Paraguay.