José María Buruca Laforia (Atalaya, Spain, 16 May 1884 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6 Jun 1957) was an Argentine association football goalkeeper.

His playing style (usually getting away from the goal area) made Alumni's captain Jorge Brown told him off several times.

[1] Buruca started his career playing for Central Athletic Club, then moving to Barracas A.C. where he stayed until 1904.

[2] That same year he was the goalkeeper in the first international match played by an Argentine side v. a British team, Southampton in Buenos Aires.

It was a very unequal challenge so Jorge could do it everytime he wanted while the Vasco fought for every attempt: he sometimes touched the goal, and barely...Buruca was the first goalkeeper to play for the Argentina national team in an official match, playing v. Uruguay in Montevideo on July 20, 1902.