Walter José Roque (8 May 1937 – 30 December 2014) was a Uruguayan

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player and coach.

Career

Born in

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, Roque played club football as a

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for

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and Argentine club

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. He also earned 15 caps for

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, scoring twice, including appearing in 2 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He later became a football manager, and was in charge of the Venezuela national team between 1978 and 1985, and

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in 2003.

Career statistics

International

Later life and death

He died on 30 December 2014, at the age of 77.

References

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