Juan Ramón Rocha

Juan Ramón Rocha (born 8 March 1954) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Greek Super League 2 club Thesprotos.

Juan Ramón Rocha
Rocha playing for Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name Juan Ramón Rocha
Date of birth (1954-03-08) 8 March 1954[1]
Place of birth Santo Tomé, Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Thesprotos (manager)
Youth career
1960–1970 Avanti Santo Tome Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1977 Newell's Old Boys 135 (26)
1977-1978 Atlético Junior 15 (3)
1978–1979 Boca Juniors 26 (3)
1979–1989 Panathinaikos 227 (13)
Total 403 (45)
International career
1973–1977 Argentina 3[2] (0)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Paniliakos
1990–1991 Ilisiakos
1991–1992 Kalamata
1994–1996 Panathinaikos
1997–1999 Aris
1999 Panathinaikos
2001–2003 Skoda Xanthi
2006–2007 Ilisiakos
2007–2008 Olympiakos Nicosia
2008–2012 Panathinaikos U20
2012–2013 Panathinaikos
2017–2018 Ruch Chorzów
2019– Thesprotos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 28, 2007

Playing career

Born in Santo Tomé, Corrientes, Rocha began his professional career at Newell's Old Boys in 1972, he was part of their Metropolitano winning team in 1974. He moved to Boca Juniors in 1979 and played in 1979 Copa Libertadores finals. In 1980, he was transferred to Greek soccer club Panathinaikos where he played until his retirement on July 1, 1989.

Nicknamed The Indian, Rocha was a skillful player, with vision and remarkable sportsmanship. He is considered by many one of the greatest players in the team's history. Rocha was first signed for Panathinaikos under the name Boublis with Greek papers; the subsequent discovery of record falsifications and ensuing scandal almost landed Rocha in jail and Panathinaikos in the second division. These allegations were later dismissed and both Panathinaikos and Rocha were acquitted. This was one of the many cases of "hellenization" of foreign players for many Greek soccer clubs.

Managerial career

After retirement he started coaching, first Paniliakos in where he was coach-player at the Fourth Division,[3] then Iliasiakos, Kalamata FC and Skoda Xanthi. He was also the coach of Panathinaikos's semi final run in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League. He also managed Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus.

He is now member of the scouting team of Panathinaikos, mostly searching players in Argentina and South America. After Jesualdo Ferreira resigned at 14 November 2012, Rocha once more became the manager of Panathinaikos.

On 11 September 2017 he was introduced as the coach of Ruch Chorzów.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 10 January 2023
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Paniliakos 19 July 1989 30 June 1990 38 28 7 3 73.7
Ilisiakos 1 July 1990 30 June 1991 39 17 11 11 43.5
Kalamata 4 August 1991 30 June 1992 38 15 5 18 39.5
Panathinaikos 14 March 1994 13 October 1996 121 80 18 23 66.1
Panathinaikos U20 1 July 2009 14 November 2012 100 51 30 19 51.0
Panathinaikos 14 November 2012 7 January 2013 10 5 1 4 50.0

Honours

Player
Newell's Old Boys
Panathinaikos

Manager
Panathinaikos

References
  1. "Juan Ramón Rocha - Trayectoria y Biografía de Jugadores - Historia de Boca Juniors".
  2. "Rocha, Juan Ramón". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. anotherfootballday.wordpress.com Πανηλειακός: Μισός αιώνας ζωής και κάτι για το καμάρι του Πύργου
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