José Varacka

José Varacka
	Varacka in 1969
Personal information
Date of birth	27 May 1932
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	22 October 2018 (aged 86)
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1952–1960	Independiente
1960–1965	River Plate
1966	San Lorenzo
1967	Colo-Colo
1967	Porvenir Miraflores
International career
1956–1966	Argentina
Managerial career
1968–1971	Gimnasia LP
1972	Boca Juniors
1973–1974	Gimnasia LP
1975	Atlanta
1975–1977	Atlético Junior
1978–1979	Gimnasia LP
1979	Millonarios
1980–1981	Atlético Junior
1981–1983	Argentinos Juniors
1983	River Plate
1984	Atlético Junior
1987–1988	Atlético Junior
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2008

José Varacka (27 May 1932 – 22 October 2018) was an Argentine football player and coach.^[1]

Club career

A midfielder, Varacka played for three of the big five teams in Argentina. He started his career in 1952 with Independiente. In 1954 he played and scored in a famous 6–0 win over Real Madrid.^[2] He joined River Plate in 1960 where he played for six seasons.

In 1966 Varacka joined San Lorenzo de Almagro and after one season with the club he would down his career at Colo-Colo in Chile and then Miraflores in Peru.

International career

Varacka played in the 1958 and 1966 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He played in the Copa América 1956^[3] and 1959.^[4] He was also part of the Argentina national team that won the 1964 Copa de Las Naciones, played in Brazil.^[5]

Managerial career

Varacka started his managerial career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1968. He went on to serve as the manager of Boca Juniors and River Plate. He won two Colombian league titles during his four spells as manager of Atlético Junior (1977 and 1980).^[6] In 1981 his Argentinos Juniors team dramatically avoided relegation on the last day of the season by beating his former team San Lorenzo 1–0, causing their relegation instead. Varacka also managed the Argentina national team in the 1974 world cup alongside Vladislao Cap.

Honours

Player

Argentina

Manager

Atlético Junior

Categoría Primera A: 1977, 1980

References

^ Murió José Varacka, el entrenador que trajo a Enzo Francescoli a River (in Spanish)
^ José Varacka debió ser internado de urgencia Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Copa América 1956 squads at rsssf
^ Copa América 1959 squads at rsssf
^ La Primera Copa Mundial de Argentina Archived 30 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Colombia championship winning teams at rsssf

External links

Varacka – FIFA competition record (archived)
José Varacka at BDFA (in Spanish)

[1] Murió José Varacka, el entrenador que trajo a Enzo Francescoli a River (in Spanish)

[2] José Varacka debió ser internado de urgencia Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[3] Copa América 1956 squads at rsssf

[4] Copa América 1959 squads at rsssf

[5] La Primera Copa Mundial de Argentina Archived 30 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[6] Colombia championship winning teams at rsssf

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