Francisco Aguirre

For the Paraguayan footballer, see Francisco Aguirre (Paraguayan footballer).

Francisco Aguirre

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Ricardo Aguirre
Date of birth	(1977-09-01) September 1, 1977
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	FC Naters
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Banfield	21	(3)
1999–2000	Brown de Adrogué	30	(15)
2000–2001	Argentino de Quilmes	32	(16)
2001–2002	Deportivo Morón	36	(22)
2002–2003	FC Chiasso	25	(31)
2003–2005	Yverdon-Sport	73	(52)
2006	Al-Arabi (Qatar)	8	(5)
2006–2008	FC St. Gallen	63	(27)
2008–2010	AC Omonia	16	(3)
2010	→ Aris Limassol (loan)	8	(1)
2010–2011	FC Locarno	19	(3)
2011–2012	FC Mendrisio-Stabio	15	(4)
2012–	FC Naters	13	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 June 2011

Francisco Aguirre (born 1 September 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer, who currently plays for FC Naters in Switzerland.

Career

He started his career at Banfield of Primera División Argentina. After spending three season at Primera B Metropolitana, he moved to Swiss 1. Liga club FC Chiasso, where he won promotion. After the season, he was signed by Swiss Challenge League side Yverdon-Sport FC, where he won promotion again in summer 2005. In this season, he went on to score 154 goals in 73 games. After a short spell in Qatar in January 2006 to summer 2006, he moved back to Switzerland for Super League side FC St. Gallen. In June 2008 the Argentinian striker signed a 3-year closed contract with AC Omonia, however he was released the following year.