- Rogelio Domínguez
Football player infobox
playername = Rogelio Domínguez
fullname = Rogelio Antonio Domínguez
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth =March 9 1931
cityofbirth =Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1946-1948
youthclubs = River Plate
years = 1948-1956
1957-1962
1962-1963
1964-1965
1966
1966-1968
clubs = Racing Club
Real Madrid
River Plate
Vélez Sársfield
CA Cerro
Nacional
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1951-1963
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 58 (0)pcupdate = July 2007
Rogelio Antonio Domínguez (
9 March 1931 -July 23 2004 ) was anArgentine football goalkeeper who played forReal Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1959 and 1960. He was in Argentina's squad for the1962 FIFA World Cup .Biography
Domínguez was discovered during a match by the cofounder of the famous Club River Plate,
Carlos Peucelle , who persuaded Dominguez to begin to train at River Plate in March 1946. He was a 17 year old teenager when he was discovered by delegates of the Racing Club ofAvellaneda and he was signed immediately.In 1957 Domínguez signed for
Real Madrid in Spain, after several successful seasons with the club he returned to South America where he played for River Plate and Vélez Sársfield in Argentina, and thenCA Cerro and Nacional inUruguay .International career
In 1951 he won the
Panamerican Championship playing for theArgentina national football team ; to which he'd belonged for 12 years, from 1951 to 1963. He was chosen Best America's Goalkeeper for two consecutive seasons, in 1956 and 1957 and was part of the triumphant team that claimed the 1957Copa América title.After playing
After 20 years at the top of world-wide football he quit playing at the age of forty in 1970 and become manager of San Lorenzo,
Argentine National Sub-champion in 1971,Chacarita Juniors (1972),Boca Juniors (1973-1975) and many other clubs including Gimnasia de La Plata,Club Atlético Tucumán , Loma Negra, Quilmes and Racing Club.Domínguez died of a heart attack on
July 23 2004 in theHospital Piñeyro of the Flores district of Buenos Aires.External links
* [http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/deportes/94/94395.html Terra.com Obituary] es icon
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec195859.html#cc European Cup 1958/59 from RSSSF]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=1958/intro.html European Cup 1958/59 from UEFA]
* [http://www.europeancuphistory.com/euro59 European Cup History 1959]
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