Roque Alfaro

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Roque Alfaro
Personal information
Full name	Roque Raúl Alfaro
Date of birth	August 15, 1956 (1956-08-15) (age 51)
Place of birth	Novoya, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974-1980 1980 1981-1983 1984-1987 1987-1990 1990-1992	Newell's Old Boys Panathinaikos FC América de Cali River Plate Newell's Old Boys O'Higgins	274 (71) (total) 112 (13) (see above)
National team
1987	Argentina	5 (0)
Teams managed
1993-1995 1996 1997-1998 2003-2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2007-	Newell's Old Boys O'Higgins Platense Olmedo The Strongest Libertad San Martín de San Juan Independiente Rivadavia Talleres de Perico
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Roque Raúl Alfaro (born August 15, 1956 in Novoya, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Titles 3 Managerial career 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. He was selected to play for Argentina in the Copa América 1979. In 1980 he was signed by Panathinaikos FC in Greece, but returned to South America later that year to play for América de Cali in Colombia where he won two league championships.

In 1983 he returned to Argentina to play for River Plate, he was part of the championship winning team of 1895-1986 and helped the team to win their first ever Copa Libertadores in 1986. The club also won the less prestigious Copa Interamericana during his time at the club.

In 1987 he returned to Newell's Old Boys where he won another league title in 1987-1988. Towards the end of his playing career he had a spell in Chile playing for O'Higgins until his retirement in 1992.

[edit] Titles

Season	Team	Title
1982	América de Cali	Colombian league
1983	América de Cali	Colombian league
1985-1986	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1986	River Plate	Copa Libertadores
1986	River Plate	Copa Intercontinental
1986	River Plate	Copa Interamericana
1987-1988	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina

[edit] Managerial career

Alfaro has had spells as manager of Newell's Old Boys, Platense, Independiente Rivadavia San Martín de San Juan and Talleres de Perico in Argentina. Outside Argentina he has taken charge of O'Higgins in Chile, The Strongest in Bolivia, Libertad in Paraguay and Olmedo in Ecuador where he led the team to promotion by winning the Ecuadorian Serie B in 2003.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Vende Humo profile