Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an
Argentine
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journalist
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Roles
Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...
and former
football
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defender. He represented
Argentina
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at the
1974 World Cup
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.
Playing career
Wolff, born in
Victoria, Buenos Aires
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The city gradually grew around a railway station on the Ferrocarril Central Argentino, which had been named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom ...
, began his career with
Racing Club in 1967. He played for the club until he was transferred to
River Plate in 1972.
In 1974 Wolff was transferred to
UD Las Palmas
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in
Spain
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, and 3 years later he joined Spanish giants
Real Madrid
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where he was part of the championship winning sides of 1977-1978 and 1978–1979.
Wolff returned to Argentina in 1979 to play for
Argentinos Juniors
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, but he only managed 8 appearances before retiring.
Two years after his retirement Wolff turned out for
Club Atlético Tigre
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in the
Argentine 2nd division.
Sports Caster
In 1992, he started a football-related television show named ''Simplemente Fútbol'' (Just football) in Argentina, which first aired locally, then moved to the
Telefe
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network, where it was transmitted from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, the program moved to
Fox Sports Americas. Since 2000, ''Simplemente Fútbol'' airs on
ESPN Latin America
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.
Enrique ''Quique'' Wolff is it anchor announcers of
SportsCenter
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on
ESPN
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(South Cone) with Enrique Sacco in First Edition of
SportsCenter
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(South Cone) from Monday to Friday at 13:00 (Local Time from
Buenos Aires
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) at 11:00 (Local Time from
Bogotá
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) and the 11:30 (Local Time from
Caracas
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) live on
ESPN +.
Due to the layoffs that is suffering the channel network, on May 30, 2024, was released, ending 32 years in the channel and with this his TV program, ''Simplemente Fútbol'', practically disappear.
Honours
;
Racing Club
*
Intercontinental Cup:
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
;
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
*
Liga de Primera División:
1977–78,
1978–79
*
Copa del Rey
The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...
runner-up:
1978–79
Argentina Youth
*
U-20 South American Championship:
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
References
External links
*
Official web site
1949 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Argentine people of German descent
Argentine people of Portuguese descent
Men's association football defenders
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
La Liga players
Real Madrid CF players
UD Las Palmas players
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
1974 FIFA World Cup players
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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