Angel Arocha Guillen (23 June 1907 – 2 September 1938), commonly known as Arocha, was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
forward. Arocha began his career with
CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L ...
then he played for
FC Barcelona
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between 1927 and 1933.
Arocha scored 203 goals in 210 matches played with FC Barcelona.
After playing for Barça he moved to
Atlético de Aviación. He died in
Balaguer during the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
.
Honours
;FC Barcelona
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La Liga
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(1):
1929
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Copa del Rey
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(1):
1928
Events January
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External links
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Spain statsat BDFutbol
Ángel Arocha at CD Tenerife.es (in Spanish)
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1907 births
1938 deaths
Spanish men's footballers
CD Tenerife players
FC Barcelona players
Atlético Madrid footballers
La Liga players
Spain men's international footballers
People killed in the Spanish Civil War
Men's association football forwards
Catalonia men's international guest footballers
Sportspeople from Tenerife
Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
20th-century Spanish sportsmen