Juan Ramón Rocha

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Juan Ramón Rocha
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Rocha
Date of birth	May 8, 1954 (1954-05-08) (age 54)
Place of birth	Santo Tomé, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
1960-1970	Avanti Santo Tome Academy
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971-1977 1977 1978-1979 1979-1989	Newell's Old Boys Junior Boca Juniors Panathinaikos	403 (98)  ? (?) 26 (3) 227 (13)
National team
1976-1978	Argentina	27 (0)
Teams managed
1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1993-1996 1997 1999 2001 2006 2007 2008-current	Paniliakos Ilisiakos AO Kalamata Panathinaikos FC Aris FC Panathinaikos FC Skoda Xanthi Ilisiakos Olympiakos Nicosia Panathinaikos FC (as scouter)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 28 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Ramón Rocha (born May 08, 1954 in Santo Tomé, Corrientes) is an Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in April 2008 as a scouter.

He 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. In 1980 he was transferred to Greek club Panathinaikos where he played until his retirement in 1989.

Nicknamed The Indian, he was a great footballer who had skill, vision and served the club until his retirement in 1989. He is definitely one of the best players in Panathinaikos' history, as older fans would remember. He was first signed for Panathinaikos under the name Boublis with Greek papers; the subsequent discovery of record falsifications and the ensuing scandal almost landed Rocha in jail and Panathinaikos in the second division. Later these allegations were found missing and Panathinaikos and Rocha were dismissed.

After retirement he started coaching, first Ilisiakos, then 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.

[edit] Trophies

Season	Club	Title
1974	Newell's Old Boys	Metropolitano
1982	Panathinaikos	Greek Cup
83/84	Panathinaikos	Greek First Division
1984	Panathinaikos	Greek Cup
85/86	Panathinaikos	Greek First Division
1986	Panathinaikos	Greek Cup
1988	Panathinaikos	Greek Cup
1989	Panathinaikos	Greek Cup

[edit] Statistics

• Games (TOTAL) : 403
• Goals (TOTAL) : 45
• League games  : 227
• League goals  : 13
• Cup Goals  : 3
• Games in Europe : 15
• Goals in Europe : 2
• Games with Argentine national team : 27

[edit] External links

• Official site
• (Spanish)Boca Juniors biography

Preceded by Ivica Osim	Panathinaikos Manager 1994-1996	Succeeded by Mike Galakos
Preceded by Vassilis Daniil	Panathinaikos Manager 1999	Succeeded by Ioannis Kyrastas

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