Roque Avallay

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Roque Avallay

Full name	Roque Alberto Avallay
Date of birth	December 14, 1945 (1945-12-14) (age 62)
Place of birth	San Rafael, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1964	Deportivo Maipú
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965-1966 1966-1969 1970-1976 1976 1977 1978-1979 1980	Independiente Newell's Old Boys Huracán Atlanta Chacarita Juniors Racing Club Huracán	20 (5) 145 (51) 217 (70)(Total) 36 (6) 44 (22) 60 (30) (See above)
National team
1968-1974	Argentina	15 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Roque Avallay (born December 14, 1945 in San Rafael, Mendoza) is a former Argentine football striker. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team.

Avallay started his career with Deportivo Maipú in 1964, it was not long before he was signed by Independiente of the Primera División Argentina. In his first year with the club they won the Copa Libertadores 1965.

In 1966 Avallay moved to Rosario to play for Newell's Old Boys, it was in 1968 that he received his first call-up to play for the Argentina national team.

In 1970 Avallay joined Huracán of Buenos Aires. He was part of the team that won the Metropolitano 1973 championship.

In later years Avallay played for Atlanta, Chacarita Juniors and Racing Club before returning to Huracán in 1980.

Avallay retired from playing at the end of 1980 with a total of 184 goals in 522 games in the Argentine Primera, leaving him in 14th place on the all time list of top scorers^[1]. He has since gone into coaching and youth development work and has worked with the Huracán youth team.