Omar Larrosa

Omar Larrosa
Larrosa playing for Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name	Omar Rubén Larrosa
Date of birth	(1947-11-18) November 18, 1947 (age 66)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1967–1969	Boca Juniors	9	(1)
1969	Argentinos Juniors	31	(7)
1970	Boca Juniors	6	(0)
1971	CSD Comunicaciones	?	(?)
1972–1976	Huracán	228	(42)
1977–1980	Independiente	156	(23)
1980	Vélez Sársfield	13	(4)
1981	San Lorenzo	27	(4)
National team
1977–1978	Argentina	11	(0)
Teams managed
2010–	Boca Juniors (Assistant Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Omar Ruben Larrosa (born November 18, 1947 in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football and now assistant coach at Boca Juniors.^[1] He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team.

Career

Larrosa started his career at Boca Juniors in 1967, but he was soon allowed to leave by the club. He played fot Argentinos Juniors for the 1969 season and although the team struggled, Larrosa played well and was invited to return to Boca. In the 1970 season Larrosa won his first trophy although he didn't actually play in the final of the Nacional against Rosario Central.

The following season he traveled to Central America to join Guatemalan champions CSD Comunicaciones, and was a symbol on this club that is the best in the area.

He played for Huracán between 1972 and 1976, this was a relatively successful era for the club, as well as winning the Metropolitano in 1973, the club finished as runners up in Metropolitano's 1975 and 1976 and reached the semi-finals of the Nacional in 1976.

In 1977 Larrosa was signed by Independiente for whom he played for between 1977 and 1980. These were his golden years as a player, he helped his team to win back to back Nacionals.

After Larrosa left Independiente in 1980 he had a short spell with Vélez Sársfield before joining San Lorenzo.^[2] The 1981 season progressed disastrously for San Lorenzo, ending with the club relegated from the Primera for the first time in their history, this catastrophe prompted Larrosa's retirement from football at the age of 34.

International career

He sandwiched between them he helped Argentina win the 1978 World Cup.^[3]

In the World Cup final he came on as a 65th minute substitute with Argentina 1-0 up against Holland, but Argentina couldn't hold onto their lead and the Dutch equalised in the 82nd minute. The game went into extra time and Argentina scored twice to win the game 3-1.

Player statistics

• Argentina national team (1977–1978): 11 matches, 0 goals
• Argentine Primera (1967–1981): 509 matches, 85 goals

Titles

References

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