Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco (born 12 October 1959) is a retired
football central defender
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
from
Paraguay
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.
Club career
At the club level, Delgado played for
Olimpia Asunción, where he won the
Copa Libertadores and
Intercontinental Cup in 1979, and six
Paraguayan league titles.
He also played for
Independiente of
Argentina
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, where he won the
1988–1989 league championship, and for
Universidad de Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. , where he won the 1994 Chilean league championship.
After retiring as a player, Delgado took up coaching. He came out of retirement to play one game for
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...
in the 1995 edition of the
Supercopa.
International career
Delgado was a member of the Paraguayan squad at the
1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his full international debut for the
Paraguay national football team
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on 2 June 1983 in a
friendly match
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against
Uruguay
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(0-0). He obtained a total number of 53 international caps, scoring six goals for the national side. He was a member of the Paraguay squad at the
1986 FIFA World Cup in
Mexico
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. He also played in three editions of the
Copa América in
1983
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Events January
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,
1987
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and
1989
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.
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Honours
Club
;Olimpia
* Paraguayan Primera División
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...
(6): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
* Copa Libertadores (1): 1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
* Copa Intercontinental
The European/South American Cup, more commonly known as the Intercontinental Cup and from 1980 to 2004 as the Toyota European/South American Cup (abbreviated as Toyota Cup) for sponsorship reasons, was an international football competition end ...
(1): 1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
* Copa Interamericana
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(1): 1979
;Independiente
* Argentine Primera
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(1): 1988–1989
;Universidad de Chile
* Primera División de Chile
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera
Alí Rafael Primera Rosel ...
(1): 1994
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References
External links
Olimpia Idols player profile
Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado, Rogelio
1959 births
Living people
Paraguayan footballers
Club Olimpia footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Universidad de Chile footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Chilean Primera División players
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate football managers in Chile
Association football defenders
Paraguay under-20 international footballers
Paraguay international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
1983 Copa América players
1987 Copa América players
1989 Copa América players
Sportspeople from Asunción
Paraguayan football managers
Deportes Antofagasta managers
Sportivo Luqueño managers