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


Playing career

Alfaro started his professional career with
Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...
in the mid-1970s. In 1981, he was signed by
Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, footbal ...
in
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, and he played under the Greek surname Bistakis. He returned to South America later that year to play for América de Cali in
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where he won two league championships. 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
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in 1986. The club also won the less prestigious
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during his time at the club. He was selected to play for
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in the
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. In 1987, he returned to Newell's Old Boys where he won another league title in 1987–1988. Towards the end of his playing career he had a spell in
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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, Talleres de Perico, among others, in Argentina. Outside Argentina he has taken charge of O'Higgins in Chile, The Strongest in
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, Libertad in
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, Macará and Olmedo in
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where he led the team to promotion by winning the Ecuadorian Serie B in 2003,
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in Peru, among others.


Honours


Player

; América de Cali * Colombian league:
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,
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; River Plate * Primera División Argentina: 1985–86 *
Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...
: 1986 * Copa Intercontinental: 1986 *
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: 1986 ;
Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...
* Primera División Argentina: 1987–88 *
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runner-up: 1988


Manager

; C.D. Olmedo * Ecuadorian Serie B: 2003


References


External links

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