Roque Avallay is a former Argentine

Argentina

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 football

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 striker. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team

Argentina national football team

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Avallay started his career with Deportivo Maipú

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Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine Football club from Maipú, Mendoza Province. The team currently plays in Zone A of the regionalised 3rd level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino A.-Titles:*Liga Mendocina, 1st Division: 4...

 in 1964, it was not long before he was signed by Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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 of the Primera División Argentina

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. In his first year with the club they won the Copa Libertadores 1965

Copa Libertadores 1965

-Group 2:-Group 3:-Semifinals:Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.-Group A:...

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In 1966 Avallay moved to Rosario

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 to play for Newell's Old Boys

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, it was in 1968 that he received his first call-up to play for the Argentina national team.

In 1970 Avallay joined Huracán

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 of Buenos Aires

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. He was part of the team that won the Metropolitano

Metropolitano championship

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 1973 championship.

In later years Avallay played for Atlanta

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, Chacarita Juniors

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 and Racing Club

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 before returning to Huracán in 1979.

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. He has since gone into coaching and youth development work and has worked with the Huracán youth team.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1965 Copa Libertadores 1965 -Group 2:-Group 3:-Semifinals:Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.-Group A:...	Independiente Club Atlético Independiente Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....	Copa Libertadores
Metropolitano Metropolitano championship The Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...  1973	Huracán Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...