Pedro Rocha: Uruguayan association football player and manager
Pedro Rocha (3 December 1942 – 2 December 2013) was a former Uruguayan football player.
He has played for Uruguay national team.
 Rocha c. 1966 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salto, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 December 2013 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder/Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1970 | Peñarol | 159 | (81) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1977 | São Paulo | 393 | (119) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Coritiba | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Palmeiras | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Bangu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Neza | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Monterrey | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1974 | Uruguay | 52 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Inter de Limeira | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Taubaté | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Inter de Limeira | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Botafogo-SP | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Guarani | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Mogi Mirim | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Portuguesa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Mogi Mirim | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Vitória de Guimarães | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Mogi Mirim | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Noroeste | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Novorizontino | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Mogi Mirim | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Ponte Preta | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Ituano | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Caldense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | XV de Piracicaba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Ipatinga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Mogi Mirim | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||
He died on 2 December 2013 in São Paulo of stomach cancer, one day before his 71st bithday.
Club career statistics
| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | League | |||
| 1971 | São Paulo | Série A | 15 | 0 |
| 1972 | 18 | 17 | ||
| 1973 | 34 | 8 | ||
| 1974 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1975 | 22 | 3 | ||
| 1976 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | Coritiba | Série A | 20 | 1 |
| 1979 | Palmeiras | Série A | 0 | 0 |
| Country | Brazil | 131 | 30 | |
| Total | 131 | 30 | ||
International career statistics
| Uruguay national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 9 | 5 |
| 1966 | 7 | 1 |
| 1967 | 10 | 8 |
| 1968 | 8 | 0 |
| 1969 | 5 | 1 |
| 1970 | 2 | 1 |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 52 | 17 |
References
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