Jorge Brítez

Jorge Brítez

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Orlando Brítez
Date of birth	(1981-02-02) 2 February 1981
Place of birth	Villarrica, Paraguay
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rubio Ñú
Youth career
	Club Presidente Hayes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Club Presidente Hayes
1999–2000	Real Valladolid	26	(0)
2000–2001	SC Braga	6	(0)
2001–2002	Libertad
2003	Tacuary	13	(0)
2003–2004	Maccabi Haifa	13	(0)
2004	Moreirense	11	(0)
2004–2005	Olimpia
2005	Tacuary
2006	Nacional de Montevideo
2007–2010	Cerro Porteño	124	(14)
2010	Club Rubio Ñu	3	(0)
2010	Panserraikos F.C.	1	(0)
2011	Deportivo Pereira	14	(1)
2011	Guaraní	8	(0)
2012	Sportivo Luqueño	18	(0)
2012–	Club Rubio Ñu	12	(0)
International career‡
2003–2007	Paraguay	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2007

Jorge Brítez (born 2 February 1981) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Club Rubio Ñu.

Career

Overview

Brítez played in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria as well as the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. There, he was spotted by officials from a Spanish club and moved on to Europe but never fulfilled his potential there ultimately returning to his native Paraguay. Stints abroad in Israel and Portugal did not bear any fruit for Brítez' career for the second time so he returned to Paraguay. On 30 August 2010, he signed with the Superleague Greece club Panserraikos F.C.. According to Paraguayan media, tired of the abuse and conflict between managers, coaches and players of Panserraikos F.C., Brítez terminated his contract with Panserraikos F.C. on 25 October 2010 and returned to Paraguay. Another website stated that Jorge Britez returned to Paraguay after annulling Panserraikos contract. Britez's agent Miguel Gonzalez Zelada explained that "With Britez we arrived at an agreement with the Greek club to cancel the contract, since he has not adapted, he does not like the treatment he received from the directors and the management. Now we are going to see where he can train, and by the end of the year find a club to play at,". On 20 December 2010, Brítez revealed that his manager is in negotiations with Peruvian football club Juan Aurich. On 4 January 2011, Peruvian media announced that the player signed with Peruvian football club Juan Aurich.

Stint in Israel

After playing with the Paraguayan national team, Jorge was spotted by scouts of Maccabi Haifa. He joined the squad along with Dante López but the two had trouble acclimating to life in Israel. Britez was expected to take on a defensive midfield role but Haifa officials later found out that that was not his natural position. He ended up finishing his only season in Israel and moving on to play club football in Portugal.

External links

• (Hebrew) Profile and biography of Jorge Britez on Maccabi Haifa's official website