Rogelio Domínguez

Rogelio Domínguez

Domínguez while playing for Racing Club in 1956.
Personal information
Full name	Rogelio Antonio Domínguez López
Date of birth	(1931-03-09)9 March 1931
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	23 July 2004(2004-07-23) (aged 73)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1946–1948	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1956	Racing Club	121	(0)
1957–1962	Real Madrid	51	(0)
1962–1963	River Plate	12	(0)
1964–1965	Vélez Sarsfield	33	(0)
1966	CA Cerro
1966–1968	Nacional
1968–1971	Flamengo	41	(0)
International career
1951–1963	Argentina	58	(0)
Managerial career
1971	San Lorenzo
1973–1975	Boca Juniors
1977	San Lorenzo
1982	Racing Club
1986	Racing Club
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Rogelio Antonio Domínguez López (9 March 1931 – 23 July 2004) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1959 and 1960. He was in Argentina's squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

Biography

Domínguez was discovered during a match by the cofounder of the famous Club River Plate, Carlos Peucelle, who persuaded Dominguez to begin to train at River Plate in March 1946. He was seventeen years old when he was discovered by delegates of the Racing Club of Avellaneda and he was signed immediately.

In 1957 Domínguez signed for Real Madrid in Spain. After several successful seasons with the club, he returned to South America where he played for River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield in Argentina, and then CA Cerro, Nacional in Uruguay and Flamengo in Brazil.

International career

In 1951 he won the Panamerican Championship playing for the Argentina national football team; to which he'd belonged for 12 years, from 1951 to 1963. He was chosen Best America's Goalkeeper for two consecutive seasons, in 1956 and 1957 and was part of the triumphant team that claimed the 1957 Copa América title.

After playing

After 23 years at the top of worldwide football he quit playing at the age of 40 in 1971 and become manager of San Lorenzo, Argentine National Sub-champion in 1971, Chacarita Juniors (1972), Boca Juniors (1973–1975) and many other clubs including Gimnasia de La Plata, Club Atlético Tucumán, Loma Negra, Quilmes and Racing Club.

Domínguez died of a heart attack on 23 July 2004 in the Hospital Penna of the Flores district of Buenos Aires.

Honors

Racing

• Primera División: 1951

Real Madrid

• Copa del Rey runner-up: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61
• La Liga: 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62
• European Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60
• Intercontinental Cup: 1960

Argentina

• Pan American Games: 1951
• Copa América: 1957

External links

• Media related to Rogelio Domínguez at Wikimedia Commons
• European Cup 1958/59 from RSSSF
• European Cup 1958/59 from UEFA
• European Cup History 1959
• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007) (in Spanish)
• Terra.com Obituary (in Spanish)