| Roque Alfaro | |
| Fullname: | Roque Raúl Alfaro |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1956 |
| Years1: | 1975–1980 |
| Years2: | 1980–1981 |
| Years3: | 1981–1983 |
| Years4: | 1984–1987 |
| Years5: | 1987–1990 |
| Years6: | 1990–1992 |
| Clubs1: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Clubs3: | América de Cali |
| Clubs4: | River Plate |
| Clubs5: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Caps1: | 274 (total) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Caps3: | 92 |
| Caps4: | 112 |
| Caps5: | (see above) |
| Caps6: | 70 |
| Goals1: | 71 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 13 |
| Goals5: | ? |
| Goals6: | 10 |
| Totalcaps: | 558 |
| Totalgoals: | 125 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1987 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1993 |
| Managerclubs1: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Manageryears2: | 1995 |
| Managerclubs2: | Quilmes |
| Manageryears3: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs3: | O'Higgins |
| Manageryears4: | 1997–1998 |
| Managerclubs4: | Platense |
| Manageryears5: | 2000 |
| Managerclubs5: | River Plate (assistant) |
| Manageryears6: | 2000–2002 |
| Managerclubs6: | Emelec |
| Manageryears7: | 2002 |
| Managerclubs7: | Independiente (assistant) |
| Manageryears8: | 2003–2004 |
| Managerclubs8: | Olmedo |
| Manageryears9: | 2005 |
| Manageryears10: | 2005 |
| Managerclubs10: | Libertad |
| Manageryears11: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs11: | San Martín de San Juan |
| Manageryears12: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs12: | Independiente Rivadavia |
| Manageryears13: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs13: | Talleres de Perico |
| Manageryears14: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs14: | Juventud Antoniana |
| Manageryears15: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs15: | Macará |
| Manageryears16: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs16: | Fénix |
| Manageryears17: | 2009 |
| Managerclubs17: | Total Chalaco |
| Manageryears18: | 2010 |
| Managerclubs18: | San Martín de Mendoza |
| Manageryears19: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs19: | Textil Mandiyú |
| Manageryears20: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs20: | Alianza Atlético |
| Manageryears21: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs21: | Racing Montevideo |
| Manageryears22: | 2011–2012 |
| Managerclubs22: | Platense FC |
| Manageryears23: | 2012 |
| Managerclubs23: | Atlético Uruguay |
| Manageryears24: | 2012 |
| Managerclubs24: | Olmedo |
| Manageryears25: | 2013 |
| Managerclubs25: | Talleres de Perico |
| Manageryears26: | 2015 |
| Managerclubs26: | Platense |
| Manageryears27: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs27: | Guastatoya |
Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid-1970s. In 1981, he was signed by Panathinaikos FC in Greece, and he played under the Greek surname Bistakis.[1] He returned to South America later that year to play for América de Cali in Colombia where he won two league championships.
In 1983, he returned to Argentina to play for River Plate, he was part of the championship winning team of 1895-1986 and helped the team to win their first ever Copa Libertadores in 1986. The club also won the less prestigious Copa Interamericana during his time at the club.
He was selected to play for Argentina in the Copa América 1987. In 1987, he returned to Newell's Old Boys where he won another league title in 1987–1988. Towards the end of his playing career he had a spell in Chile playing for O'Higgins until his retirement in 1992.
Alfaro has had spells as manager of Newell's Old Boys, Platense, Independiente Rivadavia San Martín de San Juan, Textil Mandiyú,[2] Talleres de Perico, among others, in Argentina. Outside Argentina he has taken charge of O'Higgins in Chile, The Strongest in Bolivia, Libertad in Paraguay, Macará and Olmedo in Ecuador where he led the team to promotion by winning the Ecuadorian Serie B in 2003,[3] Alianza Atlético in Peru,[4] among others.