Roque Alfaro | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Roque Raúl Alfaro | |
Date of birth | August 15, 1956 | |
Place of birth | Nogoyá, Argentina | |
Playing position | Striker | |
Senior career1 | ||
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 2007 |
Newell's Old Boys O'Higgins Platense Olmedo The Strongest Libertad San MartÃn de San Juan Independiente Rivadavia Talleres de Perico Juventud Antoniana |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre RÃos) is an Argentine football manager and former player.
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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.
Season | Team | Title |
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1982 | ![]() |
Colombian league |
1983 | ![]() |
Colombian league |
1985-1986 | ![]() |
Primera División Argentina |
1986 | ![]() |
Copa Libertadores |
1986 | ![]() |
Copa Intercontinental |
1986 | ![]() |
Copa Interamericana |
1987-1988 | ![]() |
Primera División Argentina |
Alfaro has had spells as manager of Newell's Old Boys, Platense, Independiente Rivadavia San MartÃn 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.
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