Esteban Becker

Esteban Becker
Personal information
Full name	Esteban Becker Churukian
Date of birth	31 August 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Bernal, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Torrijos (manager)
Youth career
1974–1984	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1988	Quilmes
1989	Ciempozuelos
1993–1994	Loeches
Managerial career
1999–2002	RSD Alcalá
2003–2004	S.S. Reyes
2008–2009	Ciempozuelos
2009–2010	Fuenlabrada
2011–2012	San Fernando
2012–2015	Equatorial Guinea Women
2015–2017	Equatorial Guinea
2021	Racing Murcia
2021–	Torrijos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Esteban Becker Churukián (born 31 August 1964) is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Tercera División RFEF club CD Torrijos.

Early life

Becker was born in Bernal, Buenos Aires to Argentine parents – a Jewish father of German descent and a Christian mother of Armenian 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. Due to his Jewish roots, he represented his country at 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a silver medal.^[2]

After coaching a number of clubs in Spanish lower divisions, Becker signed as the coach of Equatorial Guinea women's team in 2012.^[3] He won the 2012 African Women's Championship which the country hosted.^[4] In 2013, he was appointed as the technical director of all the three national sides of Equatorial Guinea.^{[citation needed]}. In January 2015, he was appointed as the manager of Equatorial Guinea, three weeks before the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.^[5]