Roberto Zárate

Roberto Zárate
Zárate with River Plate in 1956
Personal information
Full name Roberto Héctor Zárate
Date of birth (1932-12-15)15 December 1932
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 6 November 2013(2013-11-06) (aged 80)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position Left winger
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1961 River Plate 139 (61)
1961–1967 Banfield 215 (74)
1968–1969 Audax Italiano 57 (15)
Total 411 (150)
International career
1956–1963 Argentina 15 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Héctor Zárate (15 December 1932 – 6 November 2013) was an Argentine footballer. He played in 15 matches for the Argentina national football team from 1956 to 1963.[1] He was also named in Argentina's squad for the qualification tournament for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Career

Personal life

Zárate was nicknamed Mono (Monkey). He was the father of the footballer Roberto Oscar Zárate, nicknamed Monito (Little Monkey).[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Roberto Zárate". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "World Cup 1958 qualifications". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Perugino, Elías (15 March 2017). "Roberto Zárate, un wing como los de antes". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Murió el Mono Roberto Zárate". Clarín (in Spanish). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Roberto Zárate (Mono), jugador de Audax Italiano". AudaxItaliano.app (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jugadores olvidados: Roberto "Monito" Zárate, un crack perdido". Tribunero.com (in Spanish). 6 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2026.


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