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{{short description|Argentine footballer and coach}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = José Varacka
| image = Jose varacka 1969.jpg
| image_size = 150
| caption = Varacka in 1969
| fullname = 
| height = 1.82 m
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|5|27}}
| birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
|death_date={{death date and age|2018|10|22|1932|5|27|df=y}}
| currentclub  =
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1952–1960
| years2 = 1960–1965
| years3 = 1966
| years4 = 1967
| years5 = 1968
| clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| clubs3 = [[San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs4 = [[Porvenir Miraflores]]
| clubs5 = [[Colo-Colo]]
| caps1 = 202
| caps2 = 146
| caps3 = 17
| goals1 = 2
| goals2 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1956–1966
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 0 <!--THIS LIST OF MANAGERIAL POSITIONS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY INCOMPLETE-->
| manageryears1 = 1968–1971
| manageryears2 = 1972
| manageryears3 = 1973–1974
| manageryears4 = 1975
| manageryears5 = 1975–1977
| manageryears6 = 1978–1979
| manageryears7 = 1979
| manageryears8 = 1980–1981
| manageryears9 = 1981–1983
| manageryears10 = 1983
| manageryears11 = 1984
| manageryears12 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs1 = [[Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata|Gimnasia LP]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Boca Juniors]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata|Gimnasia LP]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Atlético Junior]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata|Gimnasia LP]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Millonarios]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Atlético Junior]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| managerclubs11 = [[Atlético Junior]]
| managerclubs12 = [[Atlético Junior]]
| pcupdate = November 2008
}}

'''José Varacka''' (27 May 1932 – 22 October 2018) was an Argentine [[Association football|football]] player and coach.<ref>[https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/murio-jose-varacka-entrenador-trajo-enzo-francescoli-river_0_I-8f0VPkt.html Murió José Varacka, el entrenador que trajo a Enzo Francescoli a River] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Club career==
A [[midfielder]], Varacka played for three of the big five teams in Argentina. He started his career in 1952 with [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]. In 1954 he played and scored in a famous 6–0 win over [[Real Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/11/12/noticia_0061.html José Varacka debió ser internado de urgencia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194522/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/11/12/noticia_0061.html |date=3 March 2016 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> He joined [[Club Atlético River Plate|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<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Luis |title=Estuvo en Colo Colo y River y terminó sin trabajo: “Con ese mufa no podemos perder” |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/fue-el-primero-en-jugar-en-colo-colo-y-river-y-termino-sin-trabajo-con-ese-mufa-no-podemos-perder-n/#:~:text=Varacka%20fue%20un%20volante%20con,sequías%20más%20grandes%20el%20club. |website=[[Diario AS]] |access-date=30 May 2025 |language=es |date=17 September 2024}}</ref> and then [[Club Social Miraflores|Miraflores]] in Peru.

==International career==
Varacka played in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] and [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] editions of the [[FIFA World Cup]]. He played in the [[Copa América]] [[South American Championship 1956|1956]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56safull.html Copa América 1956 squads] at [[rsssf]]</ref> and [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html Copa América 1959 squads] at [[rsssf]]</ref> He was also part of the Argentina national team that won the 1964 Copa de Las Naciones, played in Brazil.<ref>[http://www.nomascristianosenelfutbol.com/index.php/2008/10/14/brasil-64-la-primera-copa-mundial-para-argentina/ La Primera Copa Mundial de Argentina] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030093728/http://www.nomascristianosenelfutbol.com/index.php/2008/10/14/brasil-64-la-primera-copa-mundial-para-argentina/ |date=30 October 2008 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
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 [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]. He won two [[Colombian Professional Football|Colombian league titles]] during his four spells as manager of [[Atlético Junior]] (1977 and 1980).<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/col-champ-teams.html Colombia championship winning teams] at [[rsssf]]</ref> In 1981 his [[Argentinos Juniors]] team dramatically avoided relegation on the last day of the season by beating his former team San Lorenzo 1–0, causing their relegation instead. Varacka also managed the Argentina national team in the 1974 world cup alongside [[Vladislao Cap]].

== Honours ==
===Player===
'''Argentina'''
* [[Copa América]]: [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]]
* [[Panamerican Championship]]: [[1960 Panamerican Championship|1960]]
* [[Taça das Nações]]: 1964

===Manager===
'''Atlético Junior'''
* [[Categoría Primera A]]: 1977, 1980

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|José Varacka}}
*{{FIFA player|59455|Varacka}}
*{{Soccerway|jose-varacka/108392}}
*{{BDFA|2876}}

{{Argentina squad 1956 South American Championship}}
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