Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer)
{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (1942-2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Rocha|Franchetti|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pedro Rocha
| image = Pedro Rocha c1966b.jpg
| caption = Rocha c. 1966
| image_size = 240px
| fullname = Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti
| height = 1.83 m
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|12|3}}
| birth_place = Salto, Uruguay
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|12|2|1942|12|3}}
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| position = Attacking midfielder/Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1960–1970 | clubs1 = Peñarol
| caps1 = 159 | goals1 = 81
| years2 = 1970–1977 | clubs2 = São Paulo
| caps2 = 393 | goals2 = 119
| years3 = 1978 | clubs3 = Coritiba
| caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1979 | clubs4 = Palmeiras
| years5 = 1980 | clubs5 = Bangu
| years6 = 1979–1980 | clubs6 = Neza
| years7 = 1980 | clubs7 = Monterrey
| caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1961–1974 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay | nationalcaps1 = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 17
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}
{{Medal|Winner|1967 Uruguay|}}
| manageryears1 = 1981 | managerclubs1 = Inter de Limeira
| manageryears2 = 1981 | managerclubs2 = Taubaté
| manageryears3 = 1983 | managerclubs3 = Inter de Limeira
| manageryears4 = 1987 | managerclubs4 = Botafogo-SP
| manageryears5 = 1987 | managerclubs5 = Coritiba
| manageryears6 = 1987 | managerclubs6 = Guarani
| manageryears7 = 1988 | managerclubs7 = Mogi Mirim
| manageryears8 = 1988 | managerclubs8 = Portuguesa
| manageryears9 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs9 = Sporting CP
| manageryears10 = 1990 | managerclubs10 = Mogi Mirim
| manageryears11 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs11 = Vitória de Guimarães
| manageryears12 = 1991 | managerclubs12 = Mogi Mirim
| manageryears13 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs13 = Noroeste
| manageryears14 = 1992 | managerclubs14 = Novorizontino
| manageryears15 = 1995 | managerclubs15 = Mogi Mirim
| manageryears16 = 1996 | managerclubs16 = Internacional
| manageryears17 = 1997 | managerclubs17 = Kyoto Purple Sanga
| manageryears18 = 1998 | managerclubs18 = Ponte Preta
| manageryears19 = 1999 | managerclubs19 = Ituano
| manageryears20 = 2000 | managerclubs20 = Caldense
| manageryears21 = 2000 | managerclubs21 = XV de Piracicaba
| manageryears22 = 2000 | managerclubs22 = Ipatinga
| manageryears23 = 2001 | managerclubs23 = Mogi Mirim
}}
Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti ({{IPA|es|ˈpeðɾo ˈrotʃa}}; 3 December 1942 – 2 December 2013) was a Uruguayan footballer who played 52 games for the Uruguay national team between 1961 and 1974. Nicknamed "el Verdugo" ("the Executioner"), he was a highly skillful midfielder and a prolific goalscorer, regarded by Pelé as "one of the 5 best players in the world".{{Cite web |date=2023-12-02 |title=PEDRO ROCHA: ídolo do futebol uruguaio que brilhou no São Paulo F.C. – Memórias do Esporte |url=http://memoriasdoesporte.com.br/2023/12/02/pedro-rocha-simbolo-da-garra-uruguaia/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |language=pt-BR}} He was listed by the IFFHS as the 37th greatest South American player of the XXth century.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html Uruguay record international footballers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605163643/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |date=June 5, 2009 }}. rsssf. Retrieved on 2016-07-22.{{Cite web |title=IFFHS' Century Elections |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.rsssf.org}}
Biography
He is the only player to appear in four consecutive World Cups for the Uruguay national football team: 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1974. He also played in the Copa América in 1967.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/67safull.html Copa América 1967]. rsssf (2014-05-15). Retrieved on 2016-07-22.
At club level he played most of his career for Peñarol and São Paulo in Brazil.
During his time with Peñarol, the club won 8 Uruguayan league titles (1959–1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968), three Copa Libertadores (1960, 1961, 1966) the Copa Intercontinental in 1961 and 1966 and two editions of the Uruguayan Copa Competencia in 1964 and 1967.
In 1970 Rocha joined São Paulo F.C. where he helped the team obtain the Campeonato Paulista in 1971 and 1975. He was the championship top scorer in 1972. In 1977, his final year with the club they became national champions for the first time in their history.
Later in his career he played for Coritiba where he won Campeonato Paranaense championship, Palmeiras and Bangu in Brazil. His last clubs were Deportivo Neza and Monterrey in Mexico in 1979 and 1980.
He coached Japan's J.League club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1997.
He suffered from mesencephalic atrophy, a serious degenerative illness that affected his speech and his movements, paralyzing part of his body and confining him to a wheelchair.{{cite web|publisher=Tenfield|title=Al cumplir 70 años, San Pablo inició campaña para mejorar la situación de Rocha|trans-title=At age 70, San Pablo begins campaign to improve Rocha's situation|url=http://www.tenfield.com.uy/al-cumplir-70-anos-san-pablo-inicio-campana-para-mejorar-la-situacion-de-rocha/|language=es|date=9 December 2012}} He died on 2 December 2013 in São Paulo, one day before completing 71 years.{{cite web|publisher=Sportv|title=Ídolo do São Paulo e do Uruguai, Pedro Rocha morre aos 70 anos|trans-title=Idol of São Paulo and Uruguay, Pedro Rocha dies at 70|url=http://sportv.globo.com/site/programas/sportv-news/noticia/2013/12/idolo-do-sao-paulo-e-do-uruguai-pedro-rocha-morre-aos-70-anos.html|language=pt|date=2 December 2013}}
Career statistics
= Club =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|State league !colspan="2"|Friendly !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="12" valign="center"|Peñarol
|1960 |rowspan="11"|Uruguayan Primera División |? | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|—| | ||||||
| |5 | ||||||||||
| 1961
|? | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|—| | ||||||
| |1 | ||||||||||
| 1962
|? | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6{{Efn|name=COL|Appearances in Copa Libertadores}} | 0| | |||||
| |14 | ||||||||||
| 1963
|? | 18 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4{{Efn|name=COL}} | 3| | |||||
| |36 | ||||||||||
| 1964
|? | 10 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|—| | ||||||
| |29 | ||||||||||
| 1965
|? | 15 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9{{Efn|name=COL}} | 4| | |||||
| |26 | ||||||||||
| 1966
|? | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16{{Efn|Fourteen appearances and ten goals in Copa Libertadores, two appearances and one goal in Intercontinental Cup}} | 11| | |||||
| |7 | ||||||||||
| 1967
|? | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4{{Efn|name=COL}} | 1| | |||||
| |22 | ||||||||||
| 1968
|? | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14{{efn|Ten appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, four appearances and three goals in Intercontinental Champions' Supercup}} | 4| | |||||
| 1969
|? | 12 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13{{efn|Seven appearances and two goals in Copa Libertadores, six appearances and six goals in Intercontinental Champions' Supercup}} | 8| | |||||
| 1970
|? | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|name=COL}} | 4| | |||||
| |4 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!157 | 82 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 72 | 35 | 287 | 234 | |||
| rowspan="9" valign="center"|São Paulo
|1970 |rowspan="8"|Série A |15 | 4 | 0 | 0| | |||||||
| |0 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |4 | ||||||||||
| 1971
|15 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||
| |9 | ||||||||||
| 1972
|18 | 18 | 21 | 4| | |||||||
| |0 | 10{{efn|name=COL}} | 3| | ||||||||
| |25 | ||||||||||
| 1973
|34 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 7| | ||||||
| |21 | ||||||||||
| 1974
|11 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 13{{efn|name=COL}} | 7| | ||||
| |15 | ||||||||||
| 1975
|22 | 3 | 32 | 11| | |||||||
| |3 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |17 | ||||||||||
| 1976
|11 | 0 | 22 | 9| | |||||||
| |6 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |15 | ||||||||||
| 1977
|0 | 0 | 39 | 13| | |||||||
| |0 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |13 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!136 | 34 | 175 | 54 | 59 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 393 | 119 | |
| valign="center"|Coritiba
|1978 |Série A |20 | 1| | |||||||||
| |6| | ||||||||||
| |1 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |8 | ||||||||||
| valign="center"|Palmeiras
|1979 |Série A |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6{{efn|name=COL}} | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| valign="center"|Bangu
|1980 |0 | 0| | |||||||||
| |3| | ||||||||||
| |2 | colspan="2"|—| | |||||||||
| |5 | ||||||||||
| valign="center"|Monterrey
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!416 | 117 | - | 63 | - | 3 | 101 | 46 | - | 367 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="14"|Uruguay{{cite web|title=Pedro Rocha - AUF|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/pedro-rocha/|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1966 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 10 | 8 | |
| 1968 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||52||17 |
Managerial statistics
[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=739 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="left"|Kyoto Purple Sanga
|align="left"|1997 |align="left"|1997 {{WDL|32|9|0|23}} | ||||
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|32|9|0|23}} |
Honours
Peñarol
- Primera División: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Copa Libertadores: 1960, 1961, 1966{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Intercontinental Cup: 1961, 1966{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Intercontinental Champions' Supercup: 1969{{cite web |author1=Osvaldo José Gorgazzi |author2=José Luis Pierrend |author3=Martín Tabeira |year = 1999 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/supcopa69.html |title= Supercopa 1969 |editor = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |access-date = 19 August 2011}}
São Paulo
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1977{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
- Campeonato Paulista: 1971, 1975{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Uruguay
Individual
- Uruguayan Primera División Top Scorer: 1963, 1965, 1968
- Copa América Best Player: 1967
- Intercontinental Champions' Supercup Top Scorer: 1968, 1969
- Campeonato Brasileiro Top Scorer: 1972
- Bola de Prata: 1973
- Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1974
- IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B){{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2118 |title=IFFHS All-Time Uruguay Men's Dream Team |publisher=IFFHS |date=5 August 2021 |access-date=9 January 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Pedro Rocha}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20070512133454/http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=330 |date=May 12, 2007 |title=Profile at Futbol Factory}} {{in lang|es}}
- {{MedioTiempo|pedro-rocha}}
- {{J.League manager}}
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