Omar Larrosa

Omar Larrosa
	Larrosa with Argentina in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Omar Rubén Larrosa
Date of birth	18 November 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Lanús, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1969	Boca Juniors
1969	Argentinos Juniors
1970-1971	Club Pachuca
1971-1972	CSD Comunicaciones
1972–1976	Huracán
1977–1980	Independiente
1980	Vélez Sársfield
1981	San Lorenzo
International career
1977–1978	Argentina
Managerial career
2004	Selangor
2010–	Boca Juniors (assistant coach)
Medal record
Representing Argentina
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Ruben Larrosa (born 18 November 1947 in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a midfielder, and the current assistant coach at Boca Juniors.^[1] He played for Argentina when the team won 1978 World Cup.^[2]

Club career

Larrosa started his career at Boca Juniors in 1967, but he was soon allowed to leave by the club. He played for 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.^[3] 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

Larossa was included in the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup on home soil.^[4]

In the World Cup final he came on as a 65th-minute substitute with Argentina 1–0 up against the Netherlands, 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

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

Nacional: 1970

Comunicaciones F.C.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: 1971

Huracán

Metropolitano: 1973

Independiente

Nacional: 1977, 1978

International

Argentina

FIFA World Cup: 1978

References

^ "Omar Ruben Larrosa —- Historia de Boca Juniors". historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "Argentina —- Record International Players —- LARROSA Omar Rubén". Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "Profile and Statistics". bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ rsssf: 1978 World Cup squad

External links

Omar Larrosa – FIFA competition record (archived)
Omar Larrosa at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Omar Ruben Larrosa —- Historia de Boca Juniors". historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[2] "Argentina —- Record International Players —- LARROSA Omar Rubén". Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[3] "Profile and Statistics". bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[4] rsssf: 1978 World Cup squad

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