Roque Olsen

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Roque Olsen
Personnel
Surname Roque Germán Olsen Fontana
birthday September 9, 1925
place of birth Sauce de Luna , Entre Ríos ,  Argentina
date of death June 15, 1992
Place of death Seville ,  Spain
position striker
Juniors
Years station
Patronato de Paraná
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1949 CA Tigre
1950 Racing Club Avellaneda 15 0(6)
1950-1957 real Madrid 110 (60)
1957-1959 Cordoba FC
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1959-1963 Cordoba FC
1963-1964 Deportivo La Coruña
1964-1965 Real Zaragoza
1965-1967 FC Barcelona
1967-1968 Real Zaragoza
1969-1970 Celta Vigo
1970-1971 Deportivo La Coruña
1972-1974 FC Elche
1974-1976 Sevilla FC
1976-1977 UD Las Palmas
1977-1988 FC Elche
1984-1985 UD Las Palmas
1988 UD Las Palmas
1988-1989 Sevilla FC
1991 UD Las Palmas
1992 UD Las Palmas
1 Only league games are given.

Roque Germán Olsen Fontana (born September 9, 1925 in Sauce de Luna , Entre Ríos , † June 15, 1992 in Seville ) was an Argentine football player and coach.

Career

Olsen's playing career began in 1949 with the Argentine club CA Tigre . A year later he moved to Racing Club Avellaneda , which had won the Argentine championship the previous year. After only 15 games for this club, Olsen went to Europe for Real Madrid . He played at Real Madrid for seven years, during which he won three Spanish championships , two Copa Latina and two European championship cups. With 60 goals in 110 league games, Olsen is one of the most successful goalscorers in Real Madrid history. He ended his career at the age of 34 in 1959 with FC Córdoba .

The latter club was also Olsen's first coaching station, which he helped to move up to the Primera División in 1962 . He then coached Deportivo La Coruña and Real Zaragoza before he was coach of FC Barcelona in 1965 . Barcelona were just going through a transition phase in which many new and young players (like Carles Rexach ) had to be integrated into the team. Olsen won the 1965/66 trade fair cup in his first season at Barcelona , and they finished third in the league. After the 1966/67 season he was fired and was coach of Real Zaragoza the following season. He later coached nor the Sevilla FC , the FC Elche , Celta Vigo and several times UD Las Palmas .

successes

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Trainer:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rsssf.com: Real Madrid CF - Topscorers since 1929–2009

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personal data
SURNAME Olsen, Roque
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roque Germán Olsen Fontana (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Sauce de Luna , Entre Ríos
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1992
Place of death Seville