Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an

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and former

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defender. He represented

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at the

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Playing career

Wolff, born in

Victoria, Buenos Aires Victoria is a city in San Fernando Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. 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 Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

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, and 3 years later he joined Spanish giants

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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 Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

, but he only managed 8 appearances before retiring. Two years after his retirement Wolff turned out for

Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 P ...

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 Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national televisio ...

network, where it was transmitted from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, the program moved to Fox Sports Americas. Since 2000, ''Simplemente Fútbol'' airs on

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. Enrique ''Quique'' Wolff is it anchor announcers of

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(South Cone) with Enrique Sacco in First Edition of

(South Cone) from Monday to Friday at 13:00 (Local Time from

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

) at 11:00 (Local Time from

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) and the 11:30 (Local Time from

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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 ...

;

* 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:

References

External links

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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 {{argentina-footy-defender-stub