Rogelio Delgado

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Rogelio Delgado
Personal information
Full name Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco
Date of birth (1959-10-12) 12 October 1959 (age 66)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1974–1976 Olimpia Asunción
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1987 Olimpia Asunción
1976Enrique Happ (loan)
1987–1992 Independiente 71 (4)
1992–1994 Universidad de Chile 126 (6)
1995 Colo-Colo 1 (0)
International career
1983–1990 Paraguay 53 (6)
Managerial career
1995 Colo-Colo (assistant)
1997 Unión Española
2000 Deportes Antofagasta
2001 12 de Octubre
2004 Sportivo Luqueño
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco (born 12 October 1959) is a retired football central defender from Paraguay.

Club career

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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, where he won the 1988–1989 league championship, and for Universidad de Chile, 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 in the 1995 edition of the Supercopa.[1]

International career

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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 on 2 June 1983 in a friendly match against Uruguay (0-0). He obtained a total number of 53 international caps, scoring six goals for the national side.[2] He was a member of the Paraguay squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He also played in three editions of the Copa América in 1983,[3] 1987[4] and 1989.[5]

Coaching career

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He started his career as the assistant coach of Gustavo Benítez in Colo-Colo.[6] In 1997, he led Unión Española alongside his compatriot Roberto Paredes. [7]

He also has coached Deportes Antofagasta[8][9] in Chile, 12 de Octubre[10] and Sportivo Luqueño in Paraguay.[11]

Honours

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Olimpia
Independiente
Universidad de Chile

References

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  2. ^ rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers
  3. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1983
  4. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1987
  5. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1989
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