José Varacka
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 May 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Argentina | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1960 | Independiente | 202 | (2) |
1960–1965 | River Plate | 146 | (1) |
1966 | San Lorenzo | 17 | (0) |
1967 | Colo-Colo | ||
1967 | Miraflores | ||
International career | |||
1956–1966 | Argentina | 28 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1971 | Gimnasia LP | ||
1972 | Boca Juniors | ||
1973–1974 | Gimnasia LP | ||
1975 | Atlanta | ||
1975–1977 | Atlético Junior | ||
1978–1979 | Gimnasia LP | ||
1979 | Millonarios | ||
1980–1981 | Atlético Junior | ||
1981–1983 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
1983 | River Plate | ||
1984 | Atlético Junior | ||
1987–1988 | Atlético Junior | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008 |
José Varacka (born 27 May 1932 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football player and coach.
Club career
Varacka played for three of the big five teams in Argentina. He started his career in 1952 with Independiente. In 1954 he played and scored in a famous 6–0 win over Real Madrid.[1] He joined River Plate in 1960 where he played for six seasons.
In 1966 Varacka joined San Lorenzo de Almagro and after one season with the club he would down his career at Colo-Colo in Chile and then Miraflores in Peru.
International career
Varacka played in the 1958 and 1966 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He played in the Copa América 1956[2] and 1959.[3] He also played in the 1964 Copa de Las Naciones, played in Brazil.[4]
Managerial career
Varacka started his managerial career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1968. He went on to serve as the manager of Boca Juniors and River Plate. he won two Colombian league titles during his four spells as manager of Atlético Junior (1977 & 1980).[5] In 1981 his Argentinos Juniors team dramatically avoided relegation on the last day of the season by beating his former team San Lorenzo 1–0, causing their relegation instead. Varacka also managed the Argentine national team in the 1974 world cup alongside Vladislao Cap.
References
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External links
- Varacka – FIFA competition record
- (Spanish) BDFA profile
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- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- River Plate footballers
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Colo-Colo players
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Argentine football managers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata managers
- Boca Juniors managers
- Club Atlético Atlanta managers
- Argentine people of Czech descent
- Junior F.C. managers
- Millonarios Fútbol Club managers
- Argentinos Juniors managers
- Huracán managers
- River Plate managers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate football managers in Colombia