Jorge Achucarro

Jorge Daniel Achucarro (born 6 November 1981) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current assistant manager of Cerro Porteño.

Achucarro has played for the Paraguay national football team.

Club career
Achucarro began his professional playing career in 1998 with Cerro Porteño, where he made over 200 appearances before leaving the club in 2008 to join the Mexican side Atlas.

In 2009, he was signed by Newell's Old Boys as a replacement for the club's former striker, the Paraguayan Santiago Salcedo.

Later and coaching career
In March 2019, Achucarro returned to the pitch, joining Paraguayan lower side Club 4 de Agosto in Areguá. However, he moved to another club in the summer 2019, joining Club 8 de Setiembre in Valle Pucú, Areguá.

Beside playing for 8 de Setiembre, which he was crowned champion of the 2019 Liga Regional de Areguá with, Achucarro was also hired as U16 head coach at his former club Cerro Porteño. On 9 October 2019, he was promoted as assistant coach to interim head coach, Víctor Bernay, for the rest of the season. Achucarro stayed at the club for the 2020 season in a different role.