Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an Argentine

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and former football defender. He represented

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at the

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Playing career

Wolff, born in

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, began his career with Racing Club in 1967. He played for the club until he was transferred to River Plate in 1972. In 1974 Wolff was transferred to

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, and 3 years later he joined Spanish giants Real Madrid where he was part of the championship winning sides of 1977-1978 and 1978-1979. Wolff returned to Argentina in 1979 to play for

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, but he only managed 8 appearances before retiring. Two years after his retirement Wolff turned out for

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in the Argentine 2nd division.

Sports Caster

In 1992, he started a football-related television show named ''Simplemente Fútbol'' (Just football) in Argentina, which first aired locally, then moved to the

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network, where it was transmitted from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, the program moved to Fox Sports Americas. Since 2000, ''Simplemente Fútbol'' airs on

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. Enrique ''Quique'' Wolff is it anchor announcers of SportsCenter on

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(South Cone) with Enrique Sacco in First Edition of SportsCenter (South Cone) from Monday to Friday at 13:00 (Local Time from

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) at 11:00 (Local Time from Bogotá) and the 11:30 (Local Time from Caracas) live on

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Honours

; Racing Club * Intercontinental Cup:

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; Real Madrid * Liga de Primera División: 1977–78, 1978–79

References

External links

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Official web site
1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Argentine people of German descent Argentine people of Portuguese descent Association football defenders Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers La Liga players Real Madrid CF players UD Las Palmas players Club Atlético Tigre footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players {{argentina-footy-defender-stub