Roque Alfaro
Alfaro during his first tenure on Newell's
Personal information
Full name Roque Raúl Alfaro
Date of birth (1956-08-15) 15 August 1956
Place of birth Nogoyá, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1980 Newell's Old Boys 274 (total) (71)
1980–1981 Panathinaikos FC 10 (2)
1981–1983 América de Cali 92 (29)
1984–1987 River Plate 112 (13)
1987–1990 Newell's Old Boys (see above) (?)
1990–1992 O'Higgins 70 (10)
International career
1987 Argentina 5 (0)
Managerial career
1993–1995 Newell's Old Boys
1996 O'Higgins
1997–1998 Platense
2003–2004 Olmedo
2005 The Strongest
2005 Libertad
2005 San Martín de San Juan
2006 Independiente Rivadavia
2007 Talleres de Perico
2007 Juventud Antoniana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2007

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

Playing career

Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 1981, he was signed by Panathinaikos FC in Greece, and he played under the greek surname Bistakis.[1] He returned to South America later that year to play for América de Cali in Colombia where he won two league championships.[2]

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.[3]

He was selected to play for Argentina in the Copa América 1987. In 1987, he returned to Newell's Old Boys where he won another league title in 1987-1988.[3] Towards the end of his playing career he had a spell in Chile playing for O'Higgins until his retirement in 1992.

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.

Honours

Player

América de Cali
River Plate
Newell's Old Boys

Manager

C.D. Olmedo

References

  1. ↑ uefa.com UEFA Europa League 1980-81
  2. 1 2 "Historia". El Tiempo. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Roque Raul Alfaro". Base de Datos del Futbol Argentino. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Copa Interamericana 1986". RSSF. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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