Albert Roca

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Roca and the second or maternal family name is Pujol.
Albert Roca

Roca during his coaching spell with Barcelona
Personal information
Full name Albert Roca Pujol
Date of birth (1962-10-20) 20 October 1962
Place of birth Granollers, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Bengaluru (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Hospitalet
1983–1984 Sabadell
1984–1986 Zaragoza B 32 (2)
1986 Zaragoza 1 (0)
1986–1987 Sabadell 26 (1)
1987–1988 Zaragoza 4 (0)
1988–1990 Atlético Madrileño 26 (1)
1990–1992 Palamós 17 (0)
Teams managed
1997–1998 Europa (assistant)
1998–1999 Europa
1999–2000 Manlleu
2001–2003 Sabadell (assistant)
2003–2008 Barcelona (assistant)
2009–2010 Galatasaray (assistant)
2011–2013 Saudi Arabia (assistant)
2014–2015 El Salvador
2016– Bengaluru

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Albert Roca Pujol (born 20 October 1962) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of Indian club Bengaluru FC.

Playing career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Roca spent most of his career with clubs in his native region, starting out at CE L'Hospitalet in Segunda División B. In 1984 he signed with Real Zaragoza, being assigned to the B-team also in that level and helping them promote to Segunda División in his first season.

Roca's input at the professional level consisted of a combined 75 games and three goals in the second tier with Zaragoza B, Atlético Madrid B and Palamós CF, and 31/1 in La Liga with Zaragoza and CE Sabadell CF. He scored his only goal in the latter competition on 8 March 1987, in a 1–3 away loss against RCD Español whilst playing for the latter side; he retired at the end of the 1991–92 campaign, aged 29.

Managerial career

Roca began working as a head coach in 1998, at CE Europa in Tercera División. He won the Copa Catalunya against FC Barcelona, before switching to neighbouring club AEC Manlleu the following year.

In 2001, Roca joined Sabadell's coaching staff, leaving two years later for Barcelona under newly appointed Frank Rijkaard. The pair went on to work together at Galatasaray SK and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1][2][3][4][5]

On 12 May 2014, Roca was appointed as manager of El Salvador.[6][7] His first game in charge occurred on 4 June at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, ending with a 1–2 friendly defeat to Ivory Coast;[8] his first win came against the Dominican Republic in another exhibition match, on 30 August (2–0).[9]

Roca returned to club duties on 6 July 2016, signing a two-year contract with I-League champions Bengaluru FC.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Roca: "Nunca pudimos determinar que producía las lesiones de cruzados"" [Albert Roca: "We could never determine what was causing the cruciate injuries"] (in Spanish). Sport. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Albert Roca: "Tener lesiones es normal"" [Albert Roca: "It's normal to sustain injuries"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "El Galatasaray destituye a Rijkaard" [Galatasaray fires Rijkaard] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Arabia Saudí, con mando culé" [Saudi Arabia, culés in charge] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Arabia Saudí, territorio "español"" [Saudi Arabia, "Spanish" territory] (in Spanish). Vavel. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Roca presented as El Salvador's new head coach". CONCACAF. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Albert Roca, oficialmente técnico de la selección" [Albert Roca, official national team manager] (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Drogba y Gervinho acaban con El Salvador" [Drogba and Gervinho finish El Salvador] (in Spanish). Marca. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "La Selecta vence 2–0 a Dominicana" [Selecta defeats Dominican 2–0] (in Spanish). EDH Deportes. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Albert Roca appointed as Bengaluru FC coach". Bengaluru FC. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

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