Personal information | |||
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Full name | Florencio Horacio Troche Herrera [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay | ||
Date of death | 14 July 2014 | (aged 79)||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Nacional de Nueva Helvecia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1954–1962 | Nacional | ||
1963 | Huracán | 24 | (0) |
1964–1967 | Cerro | ||
1967–1968 | Alemannia Aachen | 24 | (0) |
1968–1969 | Bonner SC | ||
International career | |||
1959–1966 | Uruguay | 28 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1975–1976 | Guadalajara | ||
1976–1977 | Laguna | ||
1977–1978 | Tampico Madero | ||
1989–1990 | Deportivo Irapuato | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Florencio Horacio Troche Herrera (4 February 1935 – 14 July 2014) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Nueva Helvecia, [2] Troche began playing football with local side Nacional de Nueva Helvecia as a central defender. Later, he would play for Club Nacional de Football and C.A. Cerro. [3]
Troche moved abroad to play for Club Atlético Huracán in 1963 [4] and again for one season in the Bundesliga for Alemannia Aachen in 1967.
Troche played 28 times for the Uruguay national team between 1959 and 1966, [5] and featured at the 1962 World Cup in Chile and at the 1966 World Cup in England. [6] Troche became noted when he, during the quarter-final match against West Germany, got into a brawl with Uwe Seeler and boxed him on the ear.[ citation needed] Uruguay lost the match 4–0.
After he retired from playing, Troche became a manager leading Mexican Primera División sides C.D. Guadalajara and Club de Fútbol Laguna. [2]