Roque Alfaro

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

Roque Alfaro

Personal information
Full name	Roque Raúl Alfaro
Date of birth	(1956-08-15) 15 August 1956 (age 68)
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)
Total		558	(125)
International career
1987	Argentina	5	(0)
Managerial career
1993	Newell's Old Boys
1995	Quilmes
1996	O'Higgins
1997–1998	Platense
2000	River Plate (assistant)
2000–2002	Emelec
2002	Independiente (assistant)
2003–2004	Olmedo
2005	The Strongest
2005	Libertad
2006	San Martín de San Juan
2006	Independiente Rivadavia
2007	Talleres de Perico
2007	Juventud Antoniana
2007	Macará
2007	Fénix
2009	Total Chalaco
2010	San Martín de Mendoza
2011	Textil Mandiyú
2011	Alianza Atlético
2011	Racing Montevideo
2011–2012	Platense FC
2012	Atlético Uruguay
2012	Olmedo
2013	Talleres de Perico
2015	Platense
2017	Guastatoya
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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, Textil Mandiyú,^[4] Talleres de Perico, among others, in Argentina. Outside Argentina he has taken charge of O'Higgins in Chile, The Strongest in Bolivia, Libertad in Paraguay, Macará and Olmedo in Ecuador where he led the team to promotion by winning the Ecuadorian Serie B in 2003,^[5] Alianza Atlético in Peru,^[6] among others.

Honours

Player

América de Cali

• Colombian league: 1982, 1983^[2]

River Plate

• Primera División Argentina: 1985–86^[3]
• Copa Libertadores: 1986^[3]
• Copa Intercontinental: 1986^[3]
• Copa Interamericana: 1986^[7]

Newell's Old Boys

• Primera División Argentina: 1987–88^[3]
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1988

Manager

C.D. Olmedo

• Ecuadorian Serie B: 2003