Enrique Wolff

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Quique Wolff
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Quique Wolff at Racing Club in 1972
Personal information
Full name Enrique Ernesto Wolff Dos Santos
Date of birth (1949-02-21) 21 February 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967–1972 Racing Club 165 (31)
1973–1974 Club Atlético River Plate 37 (6)
1974–1977 Las Palmas 93 (7)
1977–1979 Real Madrid 68 (4)
1979 Argentinos Juniors 8 (0)
1981 Tigre 7 (0)
Total378(48)
International career
1972–1974 Argentina 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2007

Enrique Ernesto "Quique" Wolff (born 21 February 1949) is an Argentine journalist and former football defender. He represented Argentina at the 1974 World Cup.

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Playing career

Wolff, born in Victoria, Buenos Aires, [1] began his career with Racing Club in 1967. He played for the club until he was transferred to River Plate in 1972.

In 1974 Wolff was transferred to UD Las Palmas in Spain, and 3 years later he joined Spanish giants Real Madrid where he was part of the championship winning sides of 1977-1978 and 1978–1979.

Wolff returned to Argentina in 1979 to play for Argentinos Juniors, but he only managed 8 appearances before retiring. Two years after his retirement Wolff turned out for Club Atlético Tigre in the Argentine 2nd division.

Sports Caster

In 1992, he started a football-related television show named Simplemente Fútbol (Just football) in Argentina, which first aired locally, then moved to the Telefe network, where it was transmitted from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, the program moved to Fox Sports Americas. Since 2000, Simplemente Fútbol airs on ESPN Latin America. [2]

Enrique Quique Wolff is it anchor announcers of SportsCenter on ESPN (South Cone) with Enrique Sacco in First Edition of SportsCenter (South Cone) from Monday to Friday at 13:00 (Local Time from Buenos Aires) at 11:00 (Local Time from Bogotá) and the 11:30 (Local Time from Caracas) live on ESPN +.

Due to the layoffs that is suffering the channel network, on May 30, 2024, was released, ending 32 years in the channel and with this his TV program, Simplemente Fútbol, practically disappear. [3]

Honours

Racing Club
Real Madrid

Argentina Youth

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References

  1. ↑ Klappenbach, Alejandro (June 2010). "¡Simplemente Quique!" (in Spanish). Revista interCole. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Simplemente Fútbol". www.quiquewolff.com.ar. Uve Doble Producciones. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "ESPN dio de baja historico programa Simplemente Fútbol y su conductor Quique Wolff se va de la cadena" (in Spanish). El País.com.uy. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.


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