Pedro Rocha

Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti ( born December 3, 1942 in Salto, † December 2, 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil ) was a Uruguayan football player and coach.

Career as a player

Association

Pedro Rocha played at club level for most of his career for Peñarol Montevideo and Sao Paulo. With Peñarol Montevideo, where he in the squad in La Liga playing team stood he at least won in the years 1960 to 1970 seven Uruguayan league titles (1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968), three times the Copa Libertadores ( 1960, 1961 and 1966) and the Intercontinental Cup (1961, 1966). 1963 ( 18 goals ), 1965 (15 goals) and 1968 (8 goals) he was Uruguayan top scorer. Overall, he scored 81 goals in 159 games for Peñarol.

In 1970 he moved to Sao Paulo, where he won the state championship in São Paulo with the team in 1971 and 1975. He was top scorer in 1972. In 1977, his final year with the club, his club for the first time in its history, Brazilian champion. In 375 games, he hit 113 times for tricolores.

In addition, he played in Brazil for Coritiba FC, ​​with whom he won the state championship of Paraná, São Paulo and Palmeiras Bangu AC in Rio de Janeiro. His last club was CF Monterrey in Mexico in 1980.

National

Rocha denied of his debut on October 12, 1961 game against the Chilean selection until his last mission on 23 June at the 1974 World Cup against Sweden in 52 games for the Uruguay national football team, scoring 17 goals. He took from 1962 to 1974 at the four World Cups. With the Football World Cup 1962, he came here two appearances, the 1966 tournament, he ran on four occasions. The 1970 is a World Cup application to beech, at the finals in Germany four years later there were three. Rocha also took part in the Copa América in 1967, emerged from the Uruguay as the winner in the Copa Pinto Duran the years 1963 and 1965, the Copa Artigas 1965 and 1968, the Copa Rio Branco in 1967, the Copa Lipton in 1968 and the Copa Newton 1968.

Achievements

  • South American champions in 1967
  • 2 x World Cup: 1961, 1966
  • 3 × Copa Libertadores: 1960, 1961, 1966
  • 7 × Uruguayan champion: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968
  • Brazilian Champion: 1977
  • 2 × State Championship of São Paulo: 1971, 1975
  • State Championship of Paraná
  • 4 × scorer: 1963, 1965, 1968 (both Uruguay ), 1972 (Brazil )

Career as a coach

In 2007, he coached Japanese club Kyoto Sanga.

Message about his death

Rocha suffered for several years in a midbrain atrophy. On November 16, 2013 were reported among others by the Uruguayan Football Association that Rocha had died, and arranged a minute of silence. This message was contradicted by the woman Rochas. He eventually died two and a half weeks later, one day before his 71st birthday.

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