Juan Ramón Rocha

Juan Ramón Rocha

Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Rocha
Date of birth	March 8, 1954 (1954-03-08)
Place of birth	Santo Tomé, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1960–1970	Avanti Santo Tome Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1972–1978	Newell's Old Boys	403	(98)
1978	Junior	?	(?)
1979	Boca Juniors	26	(3)
1979–1989	Panathinaikos	227	(13)
National team
1976–1977	Argentina	2	(0)
Teams managed
1989–1990	Paniliakos
1990–1991	Ilisiakos
1991–1992	AO Kalamata
1994–1996	Panathinaikos
1997	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
1999	Panathinaikos
2001	Skoda Xanthi
2006	Ilisiakos
2007	Olympiakos Nicosia
2008–current	Panathinaikos (U-20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 28, 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Juan Ramón Rocha (born March 8, 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.

He is now member of the scouting team of Panathinaikos, mostly searching players in southern America.

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

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

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