Rogelio Delgado

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| fullname = Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|12}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

| currentclub =

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1974–1976

| youthclubs1 = Olimpia Asunción

| years1 = 1976–1987

| years2 = 1976

| years3 = 1987–1992

| years4 = 1992–1994

| years5 = 1995

| clubs1 = Olimpia Asunción

| clubs2 = → Enrique Happ (loan)

| clubs3 = Independiente

| clubs4 = Universidad de Chile

| clubs5 = Colo-Colo

| caps1 =

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| caps3 = 71

| caps4 = 126

| caps5 = 1

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| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1983–1990

| nationalteam1 = Paraguay

| nationalcaps1 = 53

| nationalgoals1 = 6

| manageryears1 = 1995 | managerclubs1 = Colo-Colo (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1997 | managerclubs2 = Unión Española

| manageryears3 = 2000 | managerclubs3 = Deportes Antofagasta

| manageryears4 = 2001 | managerclubs4 = 12 de Octubre

| manageryears5 = 2004 | managerclubs5 = Sportivo Luqueño

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

Club career

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.{{cite web |title=Rogelio Delgado |url=https://historiadecolocolo.com/jugadores/rogelio-delgado.html |website=historiadecolocolo.com |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=es}}

International career

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.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/para-recintlp.html rsssf: Paraguay record international footballers] 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,[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/83safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1983] 1987[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/87safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1987] and 1989.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/89safull.html rsssf: Copa América 1989]

Coaching career

He started his career as the assistant coach of Gustavo Benítez in Colo-Colo.{{cite news |title=PARAGUAYOS A COLO COLO: |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-302533 |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=El Tiempo |date=21 January 1995 |language=es}} In 1997, he led Unión Española alongside his compatriot Roberto Paredes. {{cite web |last1=Retamal |first1=Rodrigo |title=La camiseta que jamás volverá a utilizar Unión Española en la historia de la vida |url=https://www.latercera.com/mouse/la-camiseta-que-jamas-volvera-utilizar-union-espanola-en-la-historia-de-la-vida/ |website=La Tercera |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=es |date=26 May 2017}}

He also has coached Deportes Antofagasta{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Luis |title=Antofagasta consolida su mejor racha invicta en 16 años |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2017/09/23/futbol/1506200455_220508.html |website=AS Chile |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=es |date=23 September 2017}}{{cite news |title=En proceso de embargo se encuentra Club Deportes Antofagasta |url=https://www.soychile.cl/Antofagasta/Deportes/2012/08/23/114200/En-proceso-de-embargo-se-encuentra-Club-Deportes-Antofagasta.aspx |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=SoyChile |date=23 August 2012 |language=es}} in Chile, 12 de Octubre{{cite web |title=Rogelio Delgado dirige en Paraguay |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2001/05/23/55524/rogelio-delgado-dirige-en-paraguay.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=es |date=23 May 2001}} and Sportivo Luqueño in Paraguay.{{cite news |title=Rogelio Delgado, al timón y con el desafío de surgir |url=https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/rogelio-delgado-al-timon-y-con-el-desafio-de-surgir-754302.html |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=www.abc.com.py |date=30 March 2004 |language=es}}

Honours

;Olimpia

Paraguayan Primera División (6): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
Copa Libertadores (1): 1979
Copa Intercontinental (1): 1979
Copa Interamericana (1): 1979

;Independiente

Argentine Primera (1): 1988–1989

;Universidad de Chile

Primera División de Chile (1): 1994

References

External links

[http://clubolimpia.com.py/idolos/rogelio_delgado.asp Olimpia Idols player profile] {{in lang|es}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125123/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=10261 Profile] {{in lang|de}}

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