Agustin Orion · Biography

In July 2011, Agustín Ignacio Orión left Estudiantes de La Plata to sign for Boca Juniors, the move that defined his career. Born on 26 June 1981 in Ramos Mejía, in Buenos Aires province, the goalkeeper had already won league titles with San Lorenzo and Estudiantes. At Boca he played 203 matches over five years, won three trophies and made his debut for Argentina. He later played for Racing and for Chilean side Colo-Colo, where his playing career ended in 2019.

Youth and debut at San Lorenzo

Orión came through the youth ranks at San Lorenzo de Almagro. He made his first-team debut on 16 September 2003 in a 2-0 defeat to The Strongest in the Copa Sudamericana. For several seasons he was mostly a backup, with occasional appearances. He became the starter at the beginning of 2007, and that same year San Lorenzo won the 2007 Clausura, his first Argentine top-flight title. He stayed with the Boedo club until the end of 2009.

Champion with Estudiantes

On 9 December 2009 his move to Estudiantes de La Plata, winners of that year’s Copa Libertadores, was confirmed. He established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper and played 73 matches between 2009 and 2011. His main achievement in La Plata was the 2010 Apertura, the second league title of his career. In mid-2011 he closed that chapter to join Boca.

Five years at Boca Juniors

In his first tournament in blue and gold, Boca won the 2011 Apertura unbeaten, with twelve wins and seven draws. Orión conceded only six goals in 19 rounds and received the Ubaldo Fillol award as the tournament’s best goalkeeper. In 2012 he was part of the squad that reached the Copa Libertadores final, lost to Corinthians. He held the position for much of his time at the club under several coaches. Two more trophies followed in 2015: the 2015 Argentine Primera División title and the 2014-15 Copa Argentina. He left the club in August 2016 after 203 matches.

Argentina national team

His first call-up came in 2007, when Alfio Basile named him as third-choice goalkeeper for the Copa América in Venezuela, where Argentina finished runners-up; he did not play. He made his debut in September 2011 in a 0-0 draw with Brazil in the Superclásico de las Américas, and faced Brazil again at the end of that month. His third cap came on 21 November 2012, a 2-1 win over Brazil in Buenos Aires. Alejandro Sabella selected him for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as third-choice goalkeeper, wearing the number 12 shirt. Argentina lost the final to Germany and he did not feature. He finished his international career with three caps.

Racing and Colo-Colo

In August 2016 he signed for Racing Club, where he played 29 matches and conceded 38 goals before leaving on 8 June 2017. Later that year he crossed the Andes to join Colo-Colo. In Chile he won the 2017 Supercopa de Chile, the 2017 Torneo de Transición and the 2018 Supercopa de Chile. On 24 July 2019, at a press conference at the Estadio Monumental in Santiago, he announced his early departure from the club for personal reasons. That decision brought his playing career to an end.

Club official at Ferrocarril Midland

After retiring he moved into club administration at Ferrocarril Midland, based in Libertad, in the Merlo district of Buenos Aires province. On 10 April 2022 he became first vice-president, in charge of the football subcommittee. That year the team won the Primera C Apertura and earned promotion to the Primera B Metropolitana, where it competed from 2023. On 12 July 2025 he took over as club president. On 15 November 2025, Midland clinched the Primera B Metropolitana title and the first promotion in its history to the Primera Nacional, Argentina’s second tier.