Walter Róque

Walter Róque
Drawing depicting the young Walter Róque
Personnel
Surname	Walter José Roque Méndez
birthday	May 8, 1937
place of birth	Montevideo ,  Uruguay
date of death	December 30, 2014
Place of death	Caracas ,  Venezuela
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1950-1953	Bella Vista
1954-1957	Rampla Juniors
1958–1962	Club Atlético Atlanta	at least 91 (at least 12)
1963	Nacional Montevideo
1963	Danubio FC
1964	Cúcuta Deportivo
1964	Deportivo Galicia
	Nacional de Caracas
	Anzoátegui FC
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1956-1957	Uruguay	15 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1971-1972	Valencia Fútbol Club
1973	Portuguesa
1974	Valencia Fútbol Club
1974-1976	Deportivo Galicia
1975	Venezuela
1976-1988	Estudiantes de Mérida
1979	Centro Atlético Fénix
1979-1980	Valencia Fútbol Club
1982 - at least 1983	Atlético San Cristobal
1978-1985	Venezuela
1985	South America
1986	Nacional Montevideo
1987	Club Atlético Progreso
1988	El Nacional
1988	Oriente Petrolero
1989	Club Atlético Peñarol
1990	Club Atlético Progreso
1993	Club Atlético Cerro
at least 1995	San Jose de Oruro
1996-1997	Blooming
1997	Guabirá
1997	Jorge Wilstermann
1998-1999	Oriente Petrolero
1999-2001	Deportivo Táchira
2002	UA Maracaibo
2001-2003	Bolivia U-17 and U-20
2002	Bolivia
2005	Caracas FC
1 Only league games are given.

Walter Róque , full name Walter José Roque Méndez , (born May 8, 1937 in Montevideo , † December 30, 2014 in Caracas , Venezuela ) was a Uruguayan- Venezuelan football player and coach.

Career

Player career

society

Midfielder Walter "Cata" Róque was a native of Uruguay and later acquired Venezuelan citizenship. At the beginning of his career he stood from his debut in 1950 to 1953 in the ranks of the Montevideo-based, then first division club Bella Vista . From 1954 to 1957 he played for Rampla Juniors in the Primera División and won with the club the Torneo Competencia 1955. In 1958, when he for the winning team in the Copa Suecia belonged until 1962, he is a player of Argentine clubs Club Atlético Atlanta . With the Argentines he was in 30 league games between 1959 and 1961 and scored six times (1959), four times (1960) and once (1961) in the opposing goal. In 1962 he shot another league goal. In 1963 he belonged to the Nacional Montevideos cadre after inconsistent sources . The "Bolsos" became Uruguayan champions that year. He also worked for Danubio FC in 1963 . From there he moved to Deportivo Galicia in Venezuela at the end of his career in 1964 . The club became champions that year, but Róque left this first in the direction of Nacional de Caracas . He ended his career as a player for Anzoátegui FC . He was also active in Colombia at Cúcuta Deportivo . This career station is partially - and in this respect in contradiction to sources that assume a direct change from Danubio to Deportivo Galicia - located between these aforementioned engagements in 1964. Róque himself reported that Juan Hohberg brought him to this Colombian club at the time.

National team

Róque was also a member of the Uruguayan senior team . From his debut on January 21, 1956 to his last international match on July 14, 1957, he completed a total of 15 internationals and scored two goals. He won the 1956 South American Championship with the Celeste .

successes

• South American Champion: 1956
• (Uruguayan champion: 1963)
• Torneo Competencia: 1955
• Copa Suecia: 1958

Coaching career

After his active career, Róque worked as a coach. At club level, he won the Venezuelan national championship five times with his teams. He is (as of December 31, 2014) after Noel Sanvicente (seven titles) together with Orlando Fantoni the second most successful coach in Venezuela in this regard. In 1971 he won his first title with Valencia , which he coached the following year. In 1973 he won the championship and won the Copa Venezuela as coach of Portuguesa . In 1974 he first returned to Valencia, which competed in the Copa Libertadores that year, and finally secured his third success in the national championship that year with Deportivo Galicia . In 1975 he was runner-up with the team he was in charge of until 1976. For the first time in 1975 at the Copa America and later again from 1978 to 1985 he was the national coach of the Venezuelan senior team . During this period he looked after the "Vinotinto" in 23 official games. Under his aegis, Venezuela won a World Cup qualifying match for the first time when they defeated Bolivia 1-0 on March 15, 1981. From 1976 to 1978 he was a coach at Estudiantes de Mérida . There he was also runner-up in the first two years and accompanied the club in participating in the Copa Libertadores in 1977 and 1978 . Then he was in charge of Centro Atlético Fénix in Uruguay in 1979 and then again the Valencia Fútbol Club . In 1982 as coach of Atlético San Cristóbal , with whose team he also reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores 1983 , he won the Venezuelan championship for the fourth time. In the following years he accepted engagements in Uruguay, Bolivia and Ecuador . His next teams were Sud América in 1985 , Nacional Montevideo in 1986 , in 1987 - and again in 1990 - the Club Atlético Progreso , where the later President Tabaré Vázquez was chairman of the club, and in 1988 the Ecuadorian club El Nacional . With the Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero , he advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores in 1988 and finished sixth with the team. In 1989 he briefly looked after the Club Atlético Peñarol . Other sources locate this station in 1992, which is apparently due to a confusion with the name Roque Máspoli, who worked there that year . In 1993 he was a coach at Club Atlético Cerro in Montevideo. In 1995 he became Bolivian champion with San José de Oruro . 1996 ended the tie to this club and he trained in Bolivia from 1996 to 1997 at club level Blooming . This was followed by engagements at Guabirá and Jorge Wilstermann in 1997 and at Oriente Petrolero for the second time from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, after his return to Venezuela, he took over the training management at Deportivo Táchira and was Venezuelan champion for the fifth time in the 1999/2000 season - by winning the Torneo Apertura , Clausura and Cuadrangular Final. He also looked after the Venezuelans at the Copa Libertadores 2001 . This was followed by stations in Bolivia, where he coached the U-17 and U-20 of the Andean country. The years 2001 to 2003 are specified as the period for the activity as a junior national coach. In 2002 he was also responsible for the selection of Bolivia in one game on an interim basis . In 2002 there was also a coaching position at Unión Atlético Maracaibo . He was also part of the coaching staff for the Uruguayan national team. In the 21st century, Carabobo FC and Unefa are still given as stations of his coaching career . In 2005, Caracas FC was the last team he coached in professional football. He also trained the selection of members of the Venezuelan parliament . In the last years of his life he worked as an advisor to the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol .

successes

• Venezuelan champion: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 2000
• Copa Venezuela: 1973
• Bolivian champion: 1995

Individual evidence

1. ^ The source ESPECIAL |, which otherwise relates to an interview with Róque Walter “Cata” Roque, el DT que más clubes dirigió en la Libertadores (Spanish) on gradadigital.com from December 30, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014, uses November 6, 1932 as his date of birth , deviating from all other sources, which assumes that Róques will die at the age of 77.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Wálter Roque, un maestro del fútbol, ​​murió en Caracas (Spanish) on la-razon.com from December 31, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} ESPECIAL | Walter “Cata” Roque, el DT que más clubes dirigió en la Libertadores (Spanish) on gradadigital.com from December 30, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014
4. ↑ ^{a b} Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on playerhistory.com , accessed on December 31, 2014
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Wollenció en Caracas el DT uruguayo Walter “Cata” Roque (Spanish) on republica.com.uy of December 31, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Ha fallecido Walter “Cata” Roque, histórico del fútbol venezolano (Spanish) on noticias24.com of December 30, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014
7. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team at www.rsssf.com , accessed on December 31, 2014
8. ↑ Falleció entrenador y futbolista Walter "Cata" Roque ( Memento of 2 January 2015, Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on eltiempo.com.ve of 31 December 2014 accessed 31 December 2014
9. ^ Fallció Walter “Cata” Roque (Spanish) on republica.com.uy of December 30, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Falleció el exfutbolista y exentrenador Walter "Cata" Roque (Spanish) on la-razon.com of 30 December 2014 accessed 31 December 2014
11. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, “Directores Técnicos”, Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 192f - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
12. ↑ Muere “Cata” Roque, recordado DT de Oriente, Blooming y San José (Spanish) on eldia.com.bo of December 30, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2014