Alfredo Rojas

Alfredo Hugo Rojas Delinge, nicknamed El Tanque ("the tank") (20 February 1937 – 16 June 2023), was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Lanús, he started with Club Atlético Lanús in 1958, played in Spain for Celta de Vigo and Real Betis, and gained importance at Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in 1962 before being transferred to Boca Juniors. Rojas played four seasons with Boca Juniors, winning the 1965 Argentine Championship and becoming one of the most important and beloved Boca players of the 1960s; from 1964 to 1968 he played 102 league matches, scoring 46 goals, before Boca released him in 1968. With Argentina he played in the 1958 and 1966 World Cups and won the 1964 Taça das Nações. He died of a heart attack on 16 June 2023, aged 86.