Rodolfo Plaza Montero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bolivian association football player (1909-1988)
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Place of Birth: Cochabamba, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
About Rodolfo Plaza Montero
- Rodolfo Plaza Montero (nicknamed El Cabro because of his speed) was born July 27, 1909 and was a Bolivian football player, businessman and revolutionary.
- He played in the amateur FederaciĂłn Boliviana de FĂștbol Club Bolivar and was the only player to become its coach and President from 1956 to 1963. He was a member of the national team and participated in the 1938 Juegos Bolivarianos. He also took up arms and was part of the planning members of the Revolution of 1952 that allowed Victor Paz Estensoro to assume the presidency.
- Paz was the duly elected president in the 1951 elections. Unlike Walter Guevara Arze, Carlos Montenegro, Augusto CĂ©spedes, Fernando Iturralde Chinel, Armando Arce, Javier del Granado, Rafael Otazo Vargas-Bozo, Jorge T.
- Lavadenz, Alfonso Montaño Lino, Jose Camaho Arancivia, JosĂ© Cuadros Quiroga, GermĂĄn Monroy Block, Rodolfo Costas, RaĂșl Molina GutiĂ©rrez, Rigoberto Armaza Lopera and others, Rodolfo Plaza Montero refused to accept any official position with the new government and dedicated his time to his import and export business. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans regard Plaza as one of the best amateur players of Bolivian fĂștbol comparable to the likes of Mario Alborta, Roberto Soto and others. Rodolfo Plaza Montero had been major national player both for Bolivar and the national team.
- As the team's only player to serve as coach and president, this makes him the only person in the history of Bolivian fĂștbol to be a champion as a player, coach and president.
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