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{{short description|Argentine footballer (born 1945)}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Roque Avallay
 | image =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[Image:Avallay.jpg|Avallay scoring for [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] against [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]]] -->
| caption = 
 | fullname = Roque Alberto Avallay  
 | height = 
 
 | birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1945|12|14}}         
 | birth_place = [[San Rafael, Mendoza|San Rafael]], [[Argentina]]
 | currentclub  = 
 | clubnumber = 
 | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
 | youthyears1 = 1964
 | youthclubs1 = [[Deportivo Maipú]]
 |  years1 = 1965–1966  
| years2 = 1966–1969  
| years3 = 1970–1976  
| years4 = 1976  
| years5 = 1977  
| years6 = 1977–1979  
| years7 = 1979–1980  
 |  clubs1 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]  
| clubs2 = [[Newell's Old Boys]]  
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]  
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]  
| clubs5 = [[Chacarita Juniors]]  
| clubs6 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]  
| clubs7 = [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]
 | caps1 = 20    
| caps2 = 145   
| caps3 = 217  <small>(total)</small>  
| caps4 = 36    
| caps5 = 44   
| caps6 = 60   
| caps7 = <small>(see above)</small> 
| goals1 = 5  
| goals2 = 51  
| goals3 = 70  
| goals4 = 6  
| goals5 = 22  
| goals6 = 30  
| goals7 = 
 | nationalyears1 = 1968–1974
 | nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
 | nationalcaps1 = 15  
| nationalgoals1 = 1 
 | pcupdate = 15 October 2007
}}
'''Roque Avallay''' (born 14 December 1945 in [[San Rafael, Mendoza]]) is a former [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|football]] striker. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the [[Argentina national football team]].

Avallay started his career with [[Deportivo Maipú]] in 1964, it was not long before he was signed by [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] of the [[Primera División Argentina]]. In his first year with the club they won the [[Copa Libertadores 1965]].

In 1966 Avallay moved to [[Rosario]] to play for [[Newell's Old Boys]], it was in 1968 that he received his first call-up to play for the Argentina national team.

In 1970 Avallay joined [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]] of [[Buenos Aires]]. He was part of the team that won the [[Metropolitano championship|Metropolitano]] 1973 championship.

In later years Avallay played for [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]],  [[Chacarita Juniors]] and [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] before returning to Huracán in 1979.

Avallay retired from playing at the end of 1980 with a total of 184 goals in 522 games in the Argentine Primera, leaving him in 14th place on the all-time list of top scorers.<ref>[http://www.futbolargentino.com.ar/historia/gol-hist.html Futbol Argentino topscorers]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701012924/http://www.futbolargentino.com.ar/historia/gol-hist.html|date=2006-07-01}}</ref> He has since gone into coaching and youth development work and has worked with the Huracán youth team.

==Titles==
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Team
!Title
|-
|[[Copa Libertadores 1965|1965]]|| [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]|| [[Copa Libertadores]]
|-
|[[Metropolitano championship|Metropolitano]] 1973|| [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]|| [[Primera División Argentina]]
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mendoza Province]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Independiente footballers]]
[[Category:Newell's Old Boys footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Huracán footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Atlanta footballers]]
[[Category:Chacarita Juniors footballers]]
[[Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]

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