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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Alfaro|Rojas|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Enrique Alfaro
| image =
| fullname = Enrique Alfaro Rojas
| height = {{height|m=1.74}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| currentclub=
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1994–2002
| clubs1 = [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
| caps1 = 226
| goals1 = 31
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1998
| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 = 20
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2007–2010 | managerclubs1 = [[Deportivo Toluca F.C. Reserves and Academy|Toluca Reserves and Academy]]
| manageryears2 = 2016 | managerclubs2 = [[Coras de Tepic|Tepic]] (Assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs3 = [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]] (Assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2023 | managerclubs4= [[FC Juárez|Juárez]] (Assistant)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }}
{{medalW|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]|[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]}}
}}
'''Enrique Alfaro''' (born 11 December 1974) is a Mexican former [[Association football|football]] midfielder. He spent most of his career with [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]], playing from 1994 to 2002.
An attacking midfielder who normally lined up on the right side of the midfield line or in a three-forward attack, Alfaro played a key part in Toluca's championship runs during the Verano tournaments of 1998, 1999, and 2000.<ref>MedioTiempo. [http://www.mediotiempo.com/jugador/enrique-alfaro&todos=1 "Enrique Alfaro - Toluca"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120937/http://www.mediotiempo.com/jugador/enrique-alfaro%26todos%3D1 |date=4 March 2016 }}. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.</ref>
Alfaro also had a successful international career. As part of the Under-23 selection, he represented [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, appearing in all four matches.<ref name="FIFA Player Statistics">FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130701165144/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=162758/index.html "FIFA Player Statistics: Enrique Alfaro"]. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.</ref> He also collected 20 full caps for Mexico, including five qualifiers for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]],<ref name="FIFA Player Statistics" /> and played on Mexico's title-winning squad at the [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]].<ref>Courtney, Barrie. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98gc-full.html "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610084535/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98gc-full.html |date=10 June 2009 }}. ''[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]'', 20 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.</ref> A favorite selection at the beginning of the regime of [[Bora Milutinovic]], Alfaro gradually slipped down the pecking order with the emergence of [[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Luis Hernandez]] and [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]] as the preferred strikers under Milutinovic's successor, [[Manuel Lapuente]]. He collected his first cap against [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]] in a 1–0 win at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on 8 June 1996,<ref>Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1996ic2.html "International Matches 1996 - Intercontinental, April-June"]. ''[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]'', 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.</ref> and made his last international appearance on 18 March 1998, in a 1–1 draw with [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]].<ref>Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1998ic.html "International Matches 1998 - Intercontinental"]. ''[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]'', 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 17 January 2013.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{NFT}}
* {{MedioTiempo|enrique-alfaro|Enrique Alfaro (Enrique Alfaro Rojas)}}
{{Mexico Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{Mexico Squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfaro, Enrique}}
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Mexico]]
[[Category:Deportivo Toluca F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mexico City]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Mexico men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
[[Category:Mexican men's footballers]]
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