Walter Roque | |
Fullname: | Walter José Roque Méndez[1] |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1937 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Death Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Position: | Left winger |
Years1: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs1: | Rampla Juniors |
Years2: | 1959–1962 |
Clubs2: | Atlanta |
Years3: | 1963 |
Clubs3: | Nacional |
Years4: | 1964–1965 |
Clubs4: | Cúcuta Deportivo |
Years5: | 1966 |
Clubs5: | Deportivo Galicia |
Nationalyears1: | 1956–1957 |
Nationalteam1: | Uruguay |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Manageryears1: | 1971–1972 |
Manageryears2: | 1973 |
Managerclubs2: | Portuguesa |
Manageryears3: | 1974 |
Manageryears4: | 1975–1976 |
Managerclubs4: | Deportivo Galicia |
Manageryears5: | 1976–1978 |
Managerclubs5: | Estudiantes de Mérida |
Manageryears6: | 1978–1979 |
Managerclubs6: | Venezuela |
Manageryears7: | 1979 |
Managerclubs7: | Fénix |
Manageryears8: | 1979–1981 |
Managerclubs8: | Venezuela |
Manageryears9: | 1981–1985 |
Managerclubs9: | Venezuela |
Manageryears10: | 1982 |
Managerclubs10: | Deportivo Táchira |
Manageryears11: | 1982–1983 |
Manageryears12: | 1985 |
Managerclubs12: | Sud América |
Manageryears13: | 1986 |
Managerclubs13: | Nacional |
Manageryears14: | 1987 |
Managerclubs14: | Progreso |
Manageryears15: | 1988 |
Managerclubs15: | El Nacional |
Manageryears16: | 1988 |
Managerclubs16: | Oriente Petrolero |
Manageryears17: | 1990 |
Managerclubs17: | Progreso |
Manageryears18: | 1992 |
Managerclubs18: | Peñarol |
Manageryears19: | 1995–1996 |
Managerclubs19: | San José |
Manageryears20: | 1997 |
Managerclubs20: | Blooming |
Manageryears21: | 1997 |
Managerclubs21: | Guabirá |
Manageryears22: | 1998 |
Managerclubs22: | Jorge Wilstermann |
Manageryears23: | 1999–2001 |
Managerclubs23: | Deportivo Táchira |
Manageryears24: | 2002 |
Managerclubs24: | Bolivia U20 |
Manageryears25: | 2003 |
Managerclubs25: | Bolivia |
Manageryears26: | 2005 |
Managerclubs26: | Caracas |
Walter José Roque Méndez (8 May 1937 – 30 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.
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.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Uruguay[2] | 1956 | 5 | 1 | |
1957 | 10 | 1 | ||
Total | 15 | 2 |
He died on 30 December 2014, at the age of 77.[3]