Sporting Cristal
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Club Sporting Cristal is a Peru
vian football team. Based in the Rímac District
, in the department of Lima
, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District
given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with the brewery and make way for the birth of the Sporting Cristal on December 13, 1955. The team's original name was Sporting Tabaco, but it was renamed after being purchased by a local beer production company. Sporting Cristal has won the league title 15 times, and it is the Peruvian team with the third most National titles. All its titles have been won in the professional era.
It is one of the most popular football teams in Peru, along with Universitario de Deportes
and Alianza Lima
; it is the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, an international competition.
Sporting Cristal plays home games at the Estadio San Martin de Porres
, but they also play at the Estadio Nacional
. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing international competitions, such as Copa Libertadores or Copa Sudamericana.
. Founded in the of Rimac District
, its first president was Mr. Cristobal Jimenez, general manager of tight. The club was registered in the "third category" in which he participated in 1927.
The players were employees of the company. In the first championship of 1927, Tabaco won promotion to the "intermediate division" (a sort of second division) and one year of participation, in 1928 , the club won promotion to first division . It remembers the last game for the upgrade when Sporting Tabaco beat a team Lima called Unión Santa Catalina by 2 to 1.
From 1929 to 1955 , the Tabaco played in First Division , never relegated, was one of the teams leaders, but failed championship. in 1944 finished in last place but kept the class after beating Ciclista Lima
(Champion II ) in the Championship promotion, popularly called "Tragic Wheel" because there was no relegation. According to some news sources, critics and fans believed the club Tabaco as a "large" in the Peruvian football, but well away from the classic teams and Universitario de Deportes
, Alianza Lima
, Deportivo Municipal
and Sport Boys
.
In 1931 , the Sporting Tabaco National won the runner-up behind the Alianza Lima
and repeated that achievement in 1954 .
In 1954, the English proprietors of the beer company Backus and Johnston
from the district of Rímac, decided to sell their firm to Peruvian investors. The new owners decided to form a local football club to represent the company.
Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac, known as Sporting Tabaco, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m².
On December 13, 1955 the club was officially renamed Sporting Cristal . The club from the Rímac district debuted in 1956 in the professional Primera Division and won their first national title that same year. Journalists called them the club that was born a champion (nació campeon). The team managed to win more titles over the years and was known as one of the best football clubs in Peru
after Universitario de Deportes
and Alianza Lima
. A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.
In 1997, the team, led by Uruguay
an coach Sergio Markarián
, reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores, where they faced the Brazilian club Cruzeiro
. The first leg was a home game, in which they ended in a scoreless draw; in the second leg, they lost 1-0. This is the closest a Peruvian team has come to the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario de Deportes
had a similar fate playing against Club Atlético Independiente
.
Recent head coach
es include Juan Carlos Oblitas
and Paulo Autuori. The Peruvian filmmaker Francisco Lombardi was the club's president throughout most of the successful 1990s.
Sporting Cristal changed its shirt color from blue to light blue. During a brief period between 1978 and 1981, they again used blue shirts. In 1982 they returned to light blue as the color of the club.
, Alianza Lima
, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys
.
or barra bravas known as Extremo Celeste and Fuerza Oriente.
Extremo Celeste was formed in 1991 when a group of young fans from Fuerza Oriente decided to form a new group for young energetic supporters. Extremo Celeste has become one of the biggest barras bravas in Peru.
Horacio Raúl Baldessari* Luis Alberto Bonnet
* Fernando Gastón Córdoba
Ramon Quiroga
* Julinho
* Palhinha Juan Carlos Letelier Elkin Murillo
Javier Ferreyra* Pedro Garay Estanislao Struway Mario Aquije Rinaldo Cruzado
José Del Castillo
Gianfranco Espejo Alberto Gallardo
Flavio Maestri
Andrés Augusto Mendoza
Franco Navarro
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Percy Olivares Roberto Palacios
Jorge Pardón
Amilton Prado
Oswaldo Ramírez
Miguel Rebosio
Alberto Rodríguez
Renzo Sheput
Nolberto Solano
Jorge Soto
Julio César Uribe
Miguel Villalta
Vicente Villanueva Pablo Zegarra
Julio César Balerio* Roque Máspoli
Oscar Míguez
Miguel Ximénez
* Naturalized
Peruvians
| align=left|Oscar López
Oscar Caballero
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| align=left|1990
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| align=left|Fernando Mellán
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
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| align=left|Eugenio Jara
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| align=left|1990-92
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
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| align=left|1993
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| align=left|José Carlos Amaral
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| align=left|1993-95
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
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| align=left|1996
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| align=left|José Luis Carbone
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| align=left|1996
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| align=left|Roberto Mosquera
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|1996-97
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| align=left|Sergio Markarián
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| align=left|1997-98
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| align=left|Miguel Angel Arrué
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|1998
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| align=left|Luis García
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| align=left|1998-99
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| align=left|Franco Navarro
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|1999
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| align=left|Rodolfo Motta
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| align=left|1999-01
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2001
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| align=left|Horacio Magalhaes
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| align=left|2002
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| align=left|Paulo Autuori
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2003
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| align=left|Renê Weber
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| align=left|2003-04
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| align=left|Wilmar Valencia
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2004
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| align=left|Eduardo Asca
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| align=left|2004-05
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| align=left|Edgardo Bauza
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2005-06
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| align=left|José del Solar
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| align=left|2007
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| align=left|Jorge Sampaoli
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2007
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| align=left|Walter Fiori
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| align=left|2007-09
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
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|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| align=left|2010
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| align=left|Víctor Rivera
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| align=left|2011
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| align=left|Guillermo Rivarola
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Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian football team. Based in the Rímac District
Rímac District
Rímac is a district in the Lima Province, Peru. It lies directly to the north of downtown Lima, to which it is connected by six bridges over the Rímac River. The district also borders the Independencia, San Martín de Porres, and San Juan de Lurigancho districts...
, in the department of Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District
Rímac District
Rímac is a district in the Lima Province, Peru. It lies directly to the north of downtown Lima, to which it is connected by six bridges over the Rímac River. The district also borders the Independencia, San Martín de Porres, and San Juan de Lurigancho districts...
given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with the brewery and make way for the birth of the Sporting Cristal on December 13, 1955. The team's original name was Sporting Tabaco, but it was renamed after being purchased by a local beer production company. Sporting Cristal has won the league title 15 times, and it is the Peruvian team with the third most National titles. All its titles have been won in the professional era.
It is one of the most popular football teams in Peru, along with Universitario de Deportes
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
and Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
; it is the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, an international competition.
Sporting Cristal plays home games at the Estadio San Martin de Porres
Estadio San Martin de Porres
Estadio San Martín de Porres is a multi-purpose stadium in Lima, Peru. It is currently used by the football club Sporting Cristal and Club Deportivo San Martín...
, but they also play at the Estadio Nacional
Estadio Nacional (Lima)
The Estadio Nacional of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,000 as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation. The stadium was inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the 1953 South American Championship—replacing the Stadium Nacional—and is Peru's principal...
. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing international competitions, such as Copa Libertadores or Copa Sudamericana.
History
Sporting Tabaco was founded on November 16 of 1926 , consisting mostly of workers and employees of Tabaco tight , state agency which monopolized trade Tabaco in PeruPeru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Founded in the of Rimac District
Rímac District
Rímac is a district in the Lima Province, Peru. It lies directly to the north of downtown Lima, to which it is connected by six bridges over the Rímac River. The district also borders the Independencia, San Martín de Porres, and San Juan de Lurigancho districts...
, its first president was Mr. Cristobal Jimenez, general manager of tight. The club was registered in the "third category" in which he participated in 1927.
The players were employees of the company. In the first championship of 1927, Tabaco won promotion to the "intermediate division" (a sort of second division) and one year of participation, in 1928 , the club won promotion to first division . It remembers the last game for the upgrade when Sporting Tabaco beat a team Lima called Unión Santa Catalina by 2 to 1.
From 1929 to 1955 , the Tabaco played in First Division , never relegated, was one of the teams leaders, but failed championship. in 1944 finished in last place but kept the class after beating Ciclista Lima
Ciclista Lima
Ciclista Lima Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima. It is the second oldest club in Peru.The club is the biggest of Lima city, and one of the biggest in Lima Province....
(Champion II ) in the Championship promotion, popularly called "Tragic Wheel" because there was no relegation. According to some news sources, critics and fans believed the club Tabaco as a "large" in the Peruvian football, but well away from the classic teams and Universitario de Deportes
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
, Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
, Deportivo Municipal
Deportivo Municipal
Deportivo Municipal may refer to several different sports clubs:* Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, a football club from Guatemala* Club Deportivo Municipal a football club from Peru* Club Deportivo Municipal de Huamanga a football club from Peru...
and Sport Boys
Sport Boys
Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927....
.
In 1931 , the Sporting Tabaco National won the runner-up behind the Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
and repeated that achievement in 1954 .
In 1954, the English proprietors of the beer company Backus and Johnston
Backus and Johnston
Backus and Johnston is the largest brewery in Peru, part of Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, which itself is part of the international SABMiller group. Its main brewery is located in the Ate District of Lima...
from the district of Rímac, decided to sell their firm to Peruvian investors. The new owners decided to form a local football club to represent the company.
Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac, known as Sporting Tabaco, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m².
On December 13, 1955 the club was officially renamed Sporting Cristal . The club from the Rímac district debuted in 1956 in the professional Primera Division and won their first national title that same year. Journalists called them the club that was born a champion (nació campeon). The team managed to win more titles over the years and was known as one of the best football clubs in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
after Universitario de Deportes
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
and Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
. A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.
In 1997, the team, led by Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an coach Sergio Markarián
Sergio Markarián
Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...
, reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores, where they faced the Brazilian club Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...
. The first leg was a home game, in which they ended in a scoreless draw; in the second leg, they lost 1-0. This is the closest a Peruvian team has come to the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario de Deportes
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
had a similar fate playing against Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
.
Recent head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
es include Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
and Paulo Autuori. The Peruvian filmmaker Francisco Lombardi was the club's president throughout most of the successful 1990s.
Sporting Cristal changed its shirt color from blue to light blue. During a brief period between 1978 and 1981, they again used blue shirts. In 1982 they returned to light blue as the color of the club.
Rivalries
Sporting Cristal has had longstanding rivalries with UniversitarioUniversitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
, Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys
Sport Boys
Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927....
.
Supporters
Cristal has two ultrasUltras
Ultras are a type of sports fans renowned for their fanatical support and elaborate displays. They are predominantly European followers of football teams...
or barra bravas known as Extremo Celeste and Fuerza Oriente.
Extremo Celeste was formed in 1991 when a group of young fans from Fuerza Oriente decided to form a new group for young energetic supporters. Extremo Celeste has become one of the biggest barras bravas in Peru.
Current squad
Notable players
Horacio Raúl Baldessari* Luis Alberto BonnetLuis Alberto Bonnet
Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:...
* Fernando Gastón Córdoba
Fernando Gastón Córdoba
Fernando Gastón Córdoba is a retired football midfielder from Argentina. Córdoba started his career at Estudiantes de La Plata at the age of 19 before moving to Racing Club where he helped the team reach the semifinal stage of the Copa Libertadores. He had a brief stint in Italian football by...
Ramon QuirogaRamón Quiroga
Ramón Quiroga Arancibia was an Argentine-born Peruvian international football goalkeeper, who was nicknamed "El Loco" in Peru and "Chupete" in Argentina. He obtained 40 caps playing for the Peru national football team. He began his career playing for the Argentine club Rosario Central...
*
JulinhoJulio César de Andrade Moura
Julio César de Andrade Moura, more commonly known as Julinho is an association football striker from Brazil, who obtained the Peruvian nationality...
* Palhinha Juan Carlos Letelier Elkin Murillo
Elkin Murillo
Elkin Antonio Murillo Amor is a Colombian football striker. He currently plays for Deportes Tolima.Murillo has made 28 appearances for the Colombia national football team, including two matches at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup....
Javier Ferreyra* Pedro Garay Estanislao Struway Mario Aquije Rinaldo CruzadoRinaldo Cruzado
Paulo Rinaldo Cruzado Durand is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club A.C. Chievo Verona and the Peruvian national team. He was purchased by the Italian Club due to his good performance in the 2011 Copa America.-Alianza Lima:Cruzado came up through the youth...
José Del Castillo
José del Castillo
Castillo made many attempts to become Royal Painter for the Spanish monarchy, but he was never successful. This was not due to a lack of talent, but rather because Castillo allied himself with the wrong noble. His patron, the Earl of Floridablanca, feuded bitterly with the Earl of Aranda...
Gianfranco Espejo Alberto Gallardo
Alberto Gallardo
Alberto Gallardo was a Peruvian football player and manager.-Career:During his club career, Gallardo played for Sporting Cristal, A.C. Milan, Cagliari Calcio and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras...
Flavio Maestri
Flavio Maestri
Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade is a former Peruvian football player. He is nicknamed “the tank” because of his size...
Andrés Augusto Mendoza
Andrés Augusto Mendoza
Andrés Augusto Mendoza Azevedo is a Peruvian footballer.-Club career:Mendoza started playing professionally with Sporting Cristal, which he helped become national champion in his first season....
Franco Navarro
Franco Navarro
Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro is a former football striker and manager from Peru.-Career:Navarro played for Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Independiente from Argentina and Grasshoppers from Switzerland among others...
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
Percy Olivares Roberto Palacios
Roberto Palacios
Roberto Carlos Palacios Mestas is a Peruvian football midfielder from the district of Chorrillos in Lima, the capital of Peru.-Biography:...
Jorge Pardón
Jorge Pardon
Jorge Hernesto Pardon García was a Peruvian football who played for Peru in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Sporting Cristal.-External links:*...
Amilton Prado
Amilton Prado
Amilton Prado is a Peruvian soccer player. He currently plays for Alianza Lima.-Profile:Admilton Prado debuted with Coronel Bolognesi in 1998.Prado has made 23 appearances for the Peru national football team....
Oswaldo Ramírez
Oswaldo Ramírez
Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and he helped Peru to win the Copa América in 1975.-Club career:...
Miguel Rebosio
Miguel Rebosio
César Miguel Rebosio Compans is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defender.-Football career:Rebosio played for five different teams in his country , and also had abroad stints with Greece's PAOK F.C...
Alberto Rodríguez
Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar
Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar, nicknamed El mudo , is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.-Club career:...
Renzo Sheput
Renzo Sheput
Renzo Sheput is an Peruvian footballer who currently plays for Juan Aurich in the Peruvian First Division.- Career :...
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...
Jorge Soto
Jorge Soto
Jorge Antonio Soto is a retired Peruvian footballer.-Career:Soto is one of the all-time emblematic figures of Sporting Cristal...
Julio César Uribe
Julio César Uribe
Julio César Uribe Flores is a Peruvian football manager and former player. Uribe is currently the manager of Peruvian First Division club Unión Comercio since the second half of the 2011 Descentraliazado season....
Miguel Villalta
Miguel Villalta
Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a center back. He currently plays for FBC Melgar in the Peruvian First Division.-Career:...
Vicente Villanueva Pablo Zegarra
Pablo Zegarra
Pablo César Zegarra Zamora is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder.-Club career:Born in the capital Lima, Zegarra started his career in 1991 with Sporting Cristal, moving just one year after to Colombia, with Independiente de Santa Fe...
Julio César Balerio* Roque MáspoliRoque Máspoli
Roque Gastón Máspoli was an Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup....
Oscar Míguez
Oscar Míguez
Óscar Omar Miguez Antón was a Uruguayan footballer. He was part of the Uruguay team in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, where he played as a striker, and is Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals....
Miguel Ximénez
Miguel Ximénez
Miguel Ximénez or also known as "El Chino" is a Uruguayan football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal of Peru.-Sporting Cristal:...
Naturalization
Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth....
Peruvians
Top Goalscorers in First Division
| Year | Player | Goals | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Vicente Villanueva | 14 | |
| 1961 | Alberto Gallardo Alberto Gallardo Alberto Gallardo was a Peruvian football player and manager.-Career:During his club career, Gallardo played for Sporting Cristal, A.C. Milan, Cagliari Calcio and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras... |
18 | |
| 1962 | Alberto Gallardo Alberto Gallardo Alberto Gallardo was a Peruvian football player and manager.-Career:During his club career, Gallardo played for Sporting Cristal, A.C. Milan, Cagliari Calcio and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras... |
22 | |
| 1980 | Oswaldo Ramírez Oswaldo Ramírez Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and he helped Peru to win the Copa América in 1975.-Club career:... |
18 | |
| 1983 | Juan Caballero | 29 | |
| 1991 | Raúl Horacio Baldessari Raúl Horacio Baldessari Horacio Raúl "La Pepa" Baldessari is a former Argentine football striker who played professionally in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru during the late 1970s, 80s and early 90s... |
25 | |
| 1994 | Flavio Maestri Flavio Maestri Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade is a former Peruvian football player. He is nicknamed “the tank” because of his size... |
25 | |
| 1995 | Julinho Julio César de Andrade Moura Julio César de Andrade Moura, more commonly known as Julinho is an association football striker from Brazil, who obtained the Peruvian nationality... |
23 | |
| 1998 | Nilson Esidio Nílson Esidio Mora Nílson Esídio Mora, is a former Brazilian footballer. In 1993, he played 34 games and scored 25 goals for Flamengo.... |
25 | |
| 2003 | Luis Alberto Bonnet Luis Alberto Bonnet Luis Alberto Bonnet is a former Argentine - Peruvian football striker.-External links:... |
20 | |
| 2008 | Miguel Ximénez Miguel Ximénez Miguel Ximénez or also known as "El Chino" is a Uruguayan football striker. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal of Peru.-Sporting Cristal:... |
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Managerial History
| align=left|Oscar López
Oscar Caballero
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| align=left|1990
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| align=left|Fernando Mellán
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| align=left|1990
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| align=left|Eugenio Jara
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| align=left|1990-92
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
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| align=left|1993
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| align=left|José Carlos Amaral
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| align=left|1993-95
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
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| align=left|1996
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| align=left|José Luis Carbone
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| align=left|1996
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| align=left|Roberto Mosquera
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| align=left|1996-97
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| align=left|Sergio Markarián
Sergio Markarián
Sergio Apraham Markarián is a Uruguayan-Armenian football coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the national football team of Peru.-Early life:...
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| align=left|1997-98
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| align=left|Miguel Angel Arrué
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| align=left|1998
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| align=left|Luis García
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| align=left|1998-99
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| align=left|Franco Navarro
Franco Navarro
Franco Enrique Navarro Monteiro is a former football striker and manager from Peru.-Career:Navarro played for Deportivo Municipal, Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Independiente from Argentina and Grasshoppers from Switzerland among others...
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| align=left|1999
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| align=left|Rodolfo Motta
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| align=left|1999-01
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
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| align=left|2001
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| align=left|Horacio Magalhaes
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| align=left|2002
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| align=left|Paulo Autuori
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| align=left|2003
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| align=left|Renê Weber
Renê Weber
Renê Weber full name Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber, , is a former football player in Brazil and abroad; and for some time now, until presently , he had been working as soccer coach in Brazil and in other countries.He is currently the manager of UAE Premier division side Sharjah FC.Some information about...
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| align=left|2003-04
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| align=left|Wilmar Valencia
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| align=left|2004
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| align=left|Eduardo Asca
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| align=left|2004-05
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| align=left|Edgardo Bauza
Edgardo Bauza
Edgardo Bauza is an Argentine former footballer and current manager of Ecuadorian club LDU Quito. Before taking up management, he played over 300 games for Rosario Central, a club he went on to manage. He also played for Independiente in Argentina, Atlético Junior in Colombia and Veracruz in Mexico...
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| align=left|2005-06
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| align=left|José del Solar
José del Solar
José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current coach....
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| align=left|2007
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| align=left|Jorge Sampaoli
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| align=left|2007
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| align=left|Walter Fiori
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| align=left|2007-09
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| align=left|Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas Saba is a former Peruvian football player and currently a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego...
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| align=left|2010
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| align=left|Víctor Rivera
Víctor Rivera
Victor Hugo Rivera Coronado, popularly known as "El Chino", is a Peruvian football manager, currently managing Universidad César Vallejo of the Peruvian First Division....
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| align=left|2011
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| align=left|Guillermo Rivarola
Guillermo Rivarola
Guillermo Daniel Rivarola is an Argentine former footballer and currently is the manager of Sporting Cristal. He played for many clubs in Argentina and Mexico such as River Plate, San Lorenzo, Racing Club. He retired playing for Racing.Rivarola won 3 Primera Division Argentina with River Plate and...
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National
- Peruvian Primera División: 15
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- Winners (15): 1956, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005
- Runner-up (14): 1931, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004
- Torneo Apertura: 2
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- Winners (2): 1994, 2003
- Runner-up (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008
- Torneo Clausura: 4
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- Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Runner-up (2): 2000, 2008
- Torneo Regional: 3
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- Winners (3): 1989-I, 1991-I, 1991-I
- Torneo Interzonal: 1
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- Winners (1): 1982
International
- Copa Libertadores: 0
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- Runner-up (1): 1997
Friendly International
- Copa MarlboroMarlboro Cup (soccer)The Marlboro Cup was a soccer tournament which ran on an irregular basis from 1987 to 1990 in the United States. Sponsored by the Philip Morris company to promote its Marlboro brand of cigarettes, the tournament featured both top club as well as national teams....
: 1
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- Winners (1): 1988
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 28 appearances
- Runners-up (1): 1997Copa Libertadores 1997The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro, of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. The Brazilian team has also won the tournament in 1976.-Group 1:-Group 2:-Group 3:-Group 4:-Group 5:-Bracket:...
- 1962, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- Copa CONMEBOLCopa CONMEBOLThe Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...
: 1 appearance
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- 1994: Quarter-Finals
- Copa MerconorteCopa MerconorteThe Copa Merconorte was an international football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and later the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico...
: 4 appearances
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- 1998: First Round
- 1999: First Rounf
- 2000: First Round
- 2001: First Round