Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an
Argentine journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
and former
football defender. He represented
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
at the
1974 World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...
.
Playing career
Wolff, born in
Victoria, Buenos Aires
Victoria is a city in San Fernando Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires.
The city gradually grew around a railway station on the Ferrocarril Central Argentino, which had been named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. ...
, 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
UD Las Palmas
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at t ...
in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, 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
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
, but he only managed 8 appearances before retiring.
Two years after his retirement Wolff turned out for
Club Atlético Tigre
Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 Pri ...
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
Telefe
Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national televisio ...
network, where it was transmitted from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, the program moved to
Fox Sports Americas. Since 2000, ''Simplemente Fútbol'' airs on
ESPN Latin America
ESPN Latin America (on-air as ESPN) is the Latin American division of ESPN Inc., and broadcasts sports-related programming for the region in Spanish. It was launched on 31 March 1989. Its programming is adapted to the likes of viewers, who tend ...
.
Enrique ''Quique'' Wolff is it anchor announcers of
SportsCenter on
ESPN
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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
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
) at 11:00 (Local Time from
Bogotá) and the 11:30 (Local Time from
Caracas) live on
ESPN +
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.
Honours
;
Racing Club
*
Intercontinental Cup:
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
;
Real Madrid
*
Liga de Primera División:
1977–78,
1978–79
References
External links
*
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
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