Roberto "Oveja" Telch (6 November 1943 – 12 October 2014) was an

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who played as a

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. He was born in San Vicente,

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, and won four league championships with

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and represented the

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at the

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. He died in Buenos Aires of a

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Playing career

Telch started his professional career in a 3–2 win against Ferro Carril Oeste on 9 September 1962. He was first selected to play for the Argentina national team in 1964 when he played in the 1964 Cup of Nations. In 1968 Telch won his first title with San Lorenzo, winning the

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, and becoming the first team in the professional era of Argentine football to complete a season without losing a game. In 1972 Telch was part of the San Lorenzo team that won both of the Argentine league titles, this time they completed the

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championship without losing a game. Telch won his fourth title with San Lorenzo in 1974, the club won the Nacional championship. Telch is one of only five players to have won four league championships with San Lorenzo, the others being Sergio Villar, Victorio Cocco, Carlos Veglio and

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. In 1974 Telch played for the Argentina national team at the 1974 World Cup. At the end of the 1975 season, Telch left San Lorenzo, by that time he had played 413 games for the club, scoring 25 goals. He has the second most appearances for the club behind Sergio Villar (446). Telch played for

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between 1976 and 1979, he played 129 games for the club scoring 2 goals. In 1978 Unión reached the final of the Nacional but lost on aggregate to River Plate. In 1980 Telch joined

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where he played one last season, he retired at the end of the 1980 season with a total of 630 appearances in the Argentine Primera, a record only surpassed by

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and

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Coaching career

Telch managed several teams in the lower leagues of Argentine football. He also worked for many years with the youth teams at San Lorenzo.

Honours

;

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: 1968

, 1972

, 1974

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Final Canceled:

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;

Taça das Nações The Taça das Nações (Portuguese for "Nations' Cup") or "Little World Cup" was a football tournament played in Brazil in 1964 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Brazilian Football Confederation. Three international teams we ...

: 1964

References

External links

San Lorenzo profile

Otro Futbol profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Telch, Roberto 1943 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Argentina men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Argentine Primera División players Argentine football managers Club Atlético Banfield managers Pan American Games silver medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games footballers for Argentina Footballers at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Deportivo Pereira managers Arsenal de Sarandí managers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen