| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arturo Emilio Rodenak Karaba | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1931-04-14)14 April 1931 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 September 2012(2012-09-26) (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Talca, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1954 | Gimnasia LP | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Tigre | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1963 | Rangers | 93 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1967 | Audax Italiano | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Iberia | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 | San Antonio Unido | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Oriente Petrolero | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Petrolero Cochabamba [es] | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | San José | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 356 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Argentina U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Deportes Linares | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Arturo Emilio Rodenak Karaba[a][1] (13 April 1931 – 26 September 2012) was anArgentine naturalizedChileanfootballer, regarded as one of the greatest players inRangers’ history.
Rodenak naturalizedChilean by residence in 1962.[2]
He coincided withWalter Behrends in both Gimnasia La Plata and Rangers de Talca, with whom he had another several similarities such as his height, his hometown, among others.[1]
In 2009, he starred a short film calledPalitroque (Breadstick) where he appeared drinkingwine in theEstadio Fiscal de Talca and remembering his years as Rangers player as well as the origin of his nickname.[3]
He died inTalca, Chile, aged 81.[4]
