José Varacka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-05-27)27 May 1932
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	22 October 2018(2018-10-22) (aged 86)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1960	Independiente	202	(2)
1960–1965	River Plate	146	(1)
1966	San Lorenzo	17	(0)
1967	Colo-Colo
1967	Miraflores
National team
1956–1966	Argentina	28	(0)
Teams managed
1968–1971	Gimnasia LP
1972	Boca Juniors
1973–1974	Gimnasia LP
1975	Atlanta
1975–1977	Atlético Junior
1978–1979	Gimnasia LP
1979	Millonarios
1980–1981	Atlético Junior
1981–1983	Argentinos Juniors
1983	River Plate
1984	Atlético Junior
1987–1988	Atlético Junior
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 2008

José Varacka (27 May 1932 – 22 October 2018) was an Argentine football player and coach. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Varacka played for three of the big five teams in Argentina. He started his career in 1952 with Independiente. In 1954 he played and scored in a famous 6–0 win over Real Madrid.^[1] He joined River Plate in 1960 where he played for six seasons.

In 1966 Varacka joined San Lorenzo de Almagro and after one season with the club he would down his career at Colo-Colo in Chile and then Miraflores in Peru.

Varacka played in the 1958 and 1966 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He played in the Copa América 1956^[2] and 1959.^[3] He also played in the 1964 Copa de Las Naciones, played in Brazil.^[4]

Varacka started his managerial career with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in 1968. He went on to serve as the manager of Boca Juniors and River Plate.

Varacka died on 22 October 2018 in Buenos Aires at the age of 86.^[5]

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