Walter Roque
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter José Roque Méndez[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Date of death | 30 December 2014 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1957 | Rampla Juniors | ||
1959–1962 | Atlanta | ||
1963 | Nacional | ||
1964–1965 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
1966 | Deportivo Galicia | ||
International career | |||
1956–1957 | Uruguay | 15 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1972 | Valencia FC | ||
1973 | Portuguesa | ||
1974 | Valencia FC | ||
1975–1976 | Deportivo Galicia | ||
1976–1978 | Estudiantes de Mérida | ||
1978–1979 | Venezuela | ||
1979 | Fénix | ||
1979–1981 | Venezuela | ||
1981–1985 | Venezuela | ||
1982 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
1982–1983 | Atlético San Cristóbal | ||
1985 | Sud América | ||
1986 | Nacional | ||
1987 | Progreso | ||
1988 | El Nacional | ||
1988 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
1990 | Progreso | ||
1992 | Peñarol | ||
1995–1996 | San José | ||
1997 | Blooming | ||
1997 | Guabirá | ||
1998 | Jorge Wilstermann | ||
1999–2001 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
2002 | Bolivia U20 | ||
2003 | Bolivia | ||
2005 | Caracas | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Walter José Roque Méndez (8 May 1937 – 30 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.
Career
[edit]Born in Montevideo, Roque played club football as a left winger for Rampla Juniors and Argentine club Atlanta.[2] He also earned 15 caps for Uruguay, scoring twice,[2] including appearing in 2 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[3]
He later became a football manager, and was in charge of the Venezuela national team between 1978 and 1985,[4] and Bolivia in 2003.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Uruguay[5] | 1956 | 5 | 1 |
1957 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 2 |
Later life and death
[edit]He died on 30 December 2014, at the age of 77.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ F, Comisión Historia C. N. de. "Roque, José Walter". Atilio Software.
- ^ a b c "Walter Roque". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Walter Roque – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b "Muere exseleccionador de Venezuela Walter 'Cata' Roque" (in Spanish). Marca. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Walter Roque - AUF". Retrieved 26 January 2021.