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Pedro Rocha
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Rocha c. 1966
Personal information
Full name Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti
Date of birth (1942-12-03)3 December 1942
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Date of death 2 December 2013(2013-12-02) (aged 70)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959-1969
1970-1977
1978
1979
Peñarol
São Paulo
Coritiba
Palmeiras
National team
1961-1974 Uruguay
Teams managed
1988-1989
1997
Sporting Portugal
Kyoto Purple Sanga
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pedro Rocha (3 December 1942 – 2 December 2013) was a former Uruguayan football player. He has played for Uruguay national team.

He died on 2 December 2013 in São Paulo, one day before completing 71 years from stomach cancer.

Club career statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1971 São Paulo Série A 15 0
1972 18 17
1973 34 8
1974 11 1
1975 22 3
1976 11 0
1977 0 0
1978 Coritiba Série A 20 1
1979 Palmeiras Série A 0 0
Country Brazil 131 30
Total 131 30

International career statistics

Uruguay national team
Year Apps Goals
1961 1 0
1962 5 0
1963 2 0
1964 0 0
1965 9 5
1966 7 1
1967 10 8
1968 8 0
1969 5 1
1970 2 1
1971 0 0
1972 0 0
1973 0 0
1974 3 1
Total 52 17





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