Waldemar Victorino
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| Full name | Waldemar Victorino Barreto | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 August 2023 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1973 | Cerro | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Progreso | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1978 | River Plate (URU) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Nacional | 19 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Cagliari | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Newell's Old Boys | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Colón de Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | LDU Portoviejo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Sport Boys | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Uruguay | 33 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Waldemar Victorino Barreto[1] (22 May 1952 – 29 August 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He played football in six countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Victorino is famous for scoring the winning goal to capture three major titles between 1980 and 1981. The first was scoring against Sport Club Internacional to win the 1980 Copa Libertadores with Nacional. The second was scoring for the Uruguay national team against Brazil to win the 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup. Finally, he scored against Nottingham Forest to win the 1980 Intercontinental Cup with Nacional.
Victorino committed suicide on 29 August 2023, at the age of 71.[2]
Career statistics[edit]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Uruguay | 1976 | 5 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1979 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 11 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 8 | 4 | |
| Total | 33 | 15 | |
Honours[edit]
Nacional
- Primera División Uruguaya: 1980
- Copa Libertadores: 1980
- Intercontinental Cup: 1980
Uruguay
- Mundialito: 1980
References[edit]
- ^ "Victorino". www.bdfutbol.com.
- ^ "Falleció Waldemar Victorino, campeón de América y del mundo con Nacional". ESPN Deportes. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Waldemar Victorino - AUF". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Waldemar Victorino at BDFA (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1952 births
- 2023 deaths
- 2023 suicides
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- 1979 Copa América players
- C.A. Cerro players
- C.A. Progreso players
- Sport Boys footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Club Atlético Colón footballers
- Copa Libertadores-winning players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
- C.S. Marítimo de Venezuela players
- Men's association football forwards
- Suicides in Uruguay
- Uruguayan football forward stubs