Juan Ramón Rocha
Juan Ramón Rocha ( born May 8, 1954 in Santo Tomé, Argentina ) is a former Argentine footballer.
Juan Ramon Rocha, who played in central midfield, his professional career began in 1972 when Argentina's traditional club Newell 's Old Boys with whom he won the 1974 Argentine Championship. In 1979 he was transferred for a season to league rivals Boca Juniors before he in 1980 with Panathinaikos Athens signed a treaty. Rocha, nicknamed Indians got from the fans, and is still regarded as one of the best foreigner who was ever active in the Greek league, made when he moved to Greece for a scandal when he his contract under the Greek name Boublis signed. He was accused of forgery and Panathinaikos were threatened with relegation to the second division. After all the action was dropped, Rocha came in Panathinakos to 1989 to 227 Erstligaeinsätze and won two Greek Championships (1984, 1985) and five times the National Cup (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989).
After his playing career Rocha took over as coach at the Greek clubs Ilisiakos Athens, Kalamata, and Skoda Xanthi before he coached from 1994 to 1996 and 1999 Panathinaikos. Outstanding was in it for him the 1995/1996 season, as he managed with Panathinaikos to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League and there narrowly failed to Ajax Amsterdam. He then trained in Greece still Skoda Xanthi (2001) and Ilsiakos Athens ( 2006). Then trained Rocha Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia. From 2008 he worked for Panathinaikos as a scout and youth coach. On November 14, 2012, he finally took over as coach of the men's team.
In addition to his career as a club player Juan Ramon Rocha was also active for the Argentine national football team and was there on a total of 12 missions.
Career
Achievements
- Argentine champion: 1974
- Greek champion: 1984, 1985
- Greek Cup winner: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
- Man
- National football team (Argentina )
- Argentine
- Football coach (Argentina )
- Born in 1954