Roque Alfaro

Roque Alfaro
Personal information
Full nameRoque Raúl Alfaro
Date of birthAugust 15, 1956
Place of birthNogoyá, Argentina
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975-1980Newell's Old Boys274 (total)(71)
1981Panathinaikos FC10(2)
1981-1983América de Cali92(29)
1984-1987River Plate112(13)
1987-1990Newell's Old Boys(see above)(?)
1990-1992O'Higgins?(?)
National team
1987Argentina5(0)
Teams managed
1993-1995Newell's Old Boys
1996O'Higgins
1997-1998Platense
2003-2004Olmedo
2005The Strongest
2005Libertad
2005San Martín de San Juan
2006Independiente Rivadavia
2007Talleres de Perico
2007Juventud Antoniana
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

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 1981 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.[1]

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.[2]

In 1987 he returned to Newell's Old Boys where he won another league title in 1987-1988.[2] Towards the end of his playing career he had a spell in Chile playing for O'Higgins until his retirement in 1992.

Titles

Season Team Title
1982Colombia América de Cali Colombian league[1]
1983Colombia América de Cali Colombian league[1]
1985–1986Argentina River Plate Primera División Argentina[2]
1986Argentina River Plate Copa Libertadores[2]
1986Argentina River Plate Copa Intercontinental[2]
1986Argentina River Plate Copa Interamericana[3]
1987–1988Argentina Newell's Old Boys Primera División Argentina[2]

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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Historia". El Tiempo. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Roque Raul Alfaro". Base de Datos del Futbol Argentino. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. "Copa Interamericana 1986". RSSF. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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