Enrique Alfaro (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alfaro and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.

Enrique Alfaro

Personal information
Full name	Enrique Alfaro Rojas
Date of birth	(1974-12-11) 11 December 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2002	Toluca	226	(31)
International career
1996–1998	Mexico	20	(2)
Managerial career
2007–2010	Toluca Reserves and Academy
2016	Tepic (Assistant)
2016–2017	Toluca (Assistant)
2023	Juárez (Assistant)
Medal record Representing  Mexico Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique Alfaro (born 11 December 1974) is a Mexican former football midfielder. He spent most of his career with Toluca, playing from 1994 to 2002.

An attacking midfielder who normally lined up on the right side of the midfield line or in a three-forward attack, Alfaro played a key part in Toluca's championship runs during the Verano tournaments of 1998, 1999, and 2000.^[1]

Alfaro also had a successful international career. As part of the Under-23 selection, he represented Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, appearing in all four matches.^[2] He also collected 20 full caps for Mexico, including five qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup,^[2] and played on Mexico's title-winning squad at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[3] A favorite selection at the beginning of the regime of Bora Milutinovic, Alfaro gradually slipped down the pecking order with the emergence of Luis Hernandez and Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the preferred strikers under Milutinovic's successor, Manuel Lapuente. He collected his first cap against Bolivia in a 1–0 win at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on 8 June 1996,^[4] and made his last international appearance on 18 March 1998, in a 1–1 draw with Paraguay.^[5]

References

1. MedioTiempo. "Enrique Alfaro - Toluca" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.
2. FIFA. "FIFA Player Statistics: Enrique Alfaro". Retrieved on 17 January 2013.
3. Courtney, Barrie. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details" Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF, 20 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.
4. Morrison, Neil. "International Matches 1996 - Intercontinental, April-June". RSSSF, 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.
5. Morrison, Neil. "International Matches 1998 - Intercontinental". RSSSF, 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.

External links

• Enrique Alfaro at National-Football-Teams.com
• Enrique Alfaro (Enrique Alfaro Rojas) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)