He is the only player to appear in four consecutive World Cups for the Uruguay national football team: 1962, 1966, 1970 and 1974. He also played in the Copa América in 1967.[2]
At club level he played most of his career for C.A. Peñarol and São Paulo F.C. in Brazil.
During his time with Peñarol, the club won 8 Uruguayan league titles (1959–1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968), three Copa Libertadores (1960, 1961 & 1966) the Copa Intercontinental in 1961 & 1966 and two editions of the Uruguayan Copa Competencia in 1964 and 1967.
In 1970 Rocha joined São Paulo F.C. where he helped the team obtain the Campeonato Paulista in 1971 and 1975. He was the championship top scorer in 1972. In 1977, his final year with the club they became national champions for the first time in their history.
Later in his career he played for Coritiba where he won Campeonato Paranaense championship, Palmeiras and Bangu in Brazil. His last clubs were Deportivo Neza and Monterrey in Mexico in 1979 and 1980.
He coached Japan's J. League club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1997.
He suffered from mesencephalic atrophy, a serious degenerative illness that affected his speech and his movements, paralyzing part of his body and confining him to a wheelchair.[3] He died on 2 December 2013 in São Paulo, one day before completing 71 years.[4]
Copa Libertadores: 1960, 1961, 1966[citation needed]
Intercontinental Cup: 1961, 1966[citation needed]
Intercontinental Champions' Supercup: 1969[6]
São Paulo
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1977[citation needed]
Campeonato Paulista: 1971, 1975[citation needed]
References[edit]
^Uruguay record international footballers Archived June 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. rsssf. Retrieved on 2016-07-22.
^Copa América 1967. rsssf (2014-05-15). Retrieved on 2016-07-22.
^"Al cumplir 70 años, San Pablo inició campaña para mejorar la situación de Rocha" [At age 70, San Pablo begins campaign to improve Rocha's situation] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 9 December 2012.
^"Ídolo do São Paulo e do Uruguai, Pedro Rocha morre aos 70 anos" [Idol of São Paulo and Uruguay, Pedro Rocha dies at 70] (in Portuguese). Sportv. 2 December 2013.
^J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
^Osvaldo José Gorgazzi; José Luis Pierrend; Martín Tabeira (1999). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) (ed.). "Supercopa 1969". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pedro Rocha.
Profile at Futbol Factory at archive.today (archived May 12, 2007) (in Spanish)
Pedro Rocha – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
Pedro Rocha at J.League (in Japanese)
Preceded by Dadá Maravilha
Brazilian Championship Top Scorer 1972
Succeeded by Ramon
Pedro Rocha international tournaments
vteUruguay squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Sosa
2 Troche (c)
3 Emilio Álvarez
4 Méndez
5 Gonçalves
6 P. Cubilla
7 Pérez
8 Cortés
9 Sasía
10 Rocha
11 L. Cubilla
12 Maidana
13 Martínez
14 Soria
15 E. González
16 R. González
17 Eliseo Álvarez
18 Langón
19 Bergara
20 Silva
21 Cabrera
22 Escalada
Coach: Corazzo
vteUruguay squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup
1 Mazurkiewicz
2 Troche (c)
3 Manicera
4 Forlán
5 Gonçalves
6 Caetano
7 Cortés
8 Urruzmendi
9 Sasía
10 Rocha
11 Pérez
12 Sosa
13 Díaz
14 Emilio Álvarez
15 Ubiña
16 Eliseo Álvarez
17 Salva
18 M. Viera
19 Silva
20 Ramos
21 Espárrago
22 Taibo
Coach: O. Viera
vteUruguay squad – 1967 South American Championship winners (11th title)
Acuña
Baeza
Bazzano
Caetano
Callero
Cincunegui
Forlán
Ibáñez
Martínez
Mazurkiewicz
Montero Castillo
Mujica
Oyarbide
Paz
Pérez
Rocha
Salvá
Techera
Urruzmendi
Varela
Vera
Coach: Corazzo
vteUruguay squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup fourth place