Rogelio Antonio Domínguez López (9 March 1931 – 23 July 2004) was an

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who played for

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and was part of their

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victories in

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and

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. He was in

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's squad for the

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Biography

Domínguez was discovered during a match by the cofounder of the famous Club River Plate,

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, who persuaded Dominguez to begin to train at River Plate in March 1946. He was seventeen years old when he was discovered by delegates of the

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and he was signed immediately. In 1957 Domínguez signed for

in Spain. After several successful seasons with the club, he returned to South America where he played for River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield in Argentina, and then CA Cerro, Nacional in Uruguay and

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in Brazil.

International career

In 1951 he won the

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playing for the

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; to which he'd belonged for 12 years, from 1951 to 1963. He was chosen Best America's Goalkeeper for two consecutive seasons, in 1956 and 1957 and was part of the triumphant team that claimed the 1957

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title.

After playing

After 20 years at the top of worldwide

he quit playing at the age of forty in 1970 and become manager of

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National Sub-champion in 1971,

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. T ...

(1972),

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(1973–1975) and many other clubs including Gimnasia de La Plata,

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Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...

and

. Domínguez died of a heart attack on 23 July 2004 in the Hospital Penna of the

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district of Buenos Aires.

External links

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European Cup 1958/59 from RSSSFEuropean Cup History 1959
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Rogelio 1931 births 2004 deaths Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Real Madrid CF players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers C.A. Cerro players Club Nacional de Football players CR Flamengo footballers La Liga players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Association football goalkeepers Argentina international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Argentine football managers San Lorenzo de Almagro managers Chacarita Juniors managers Boca Juniors managers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers Atlético Tucumán managers Quilmes Atlético Club managers Racing Club de Avellaneda managers Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery UEFA Champions League winning players Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1951 Pan American Games