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)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1946–148	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–56	Racing Club	121	(0)
1957–62	Real Madrid	51	(0)
1962–63	River Plate	12	(0)
1964–1965	Vélez Sársfield	33	(0)
1966	CA Cerro
1966–1968	Nacional
1968–1969	Flamengo	41	(0)
National team
1951–1963	Argentina	58	(0)
Teams managed
1971	San Lorenzo
1973–1975	Boca Juniors
1977	San Lorenzo
1982	Racing Club
1986	Racing Club
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

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 Sársfield in Argentina, and then CA Cerro, Nacional in Uruguay and Flamengo in Brazil.

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.