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Walter Roque

Personal information
Full name	Walter José Roque
Date of birth	(1937-05-08)8 May 1937
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	30 December 2014(2014-12-30) (aged 77)
Place of death	Caracas, Venezuela
Playing position	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1956–1957	Rampla Juniors
1959–1962	Atlanta
1964–1965	Cúcuta Deportivo
1966	Deportivo Galicia
National team
1956–1957	Uruguay	15	(2)
Teams managed
1971–1972	Valencia FC [es]
1973	Portuguesa
1974	Valencia FC [es]
1975–1976	Deportivo Galicia
1976–1978	Estudiantes de Mérida
1978–1979	Venezuela
1979	Fénix
1979–1981	Venezuela
1981–1985	Venezuela
1982	Deportivo Táchira
1982–1983	Atlético San Cristóbal [es]
1985	Sud América
1986	Nacional
1987	Progreso
1988	El Nacional
1988	Oriente Petrolero
1990	Progreso
1992	Peñarol
1995–1996	San José
1997	Blooming
1997	Guabirá
1998	Jorge Wilstermann
1999–2001	Deportivo Táchira
2002	Bolivia U20
2003	Bolivia
2005	Caracas
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Walter José Roque (8 May 1937 – 30 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.

Career

Born in Montevideo, Roque played club football as a left winger for Rampla Juniors and Argentine club Atlanta. He also earned 15 caps for Uruguay, scoring twice, including appearing in 2 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

He later became a football manager, and was in charge of the Venezuela national team between 1978 and 1985, and Bolivia in 2003.

Career statistics

International

Later life and death

He died on 30 December 2014, at the age of 77.

See also

In Spanish: Walter Roque para niños