Waldemar Victorino
Uruguayan footballer (1952–2023)
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| Full name | Waldemar Victorino Barreto | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1952-05-22)22 May 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 August 2023(2023-08-29) (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Sport Boys | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Marítimo de La Guaira | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Defensor Lima | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Uruguay | 33 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 by firearm on 29 August 2023, at the age of 71.[2]
Career statistics
| 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
Nacional
- Primera División Uruguaya: 1980
- Copa Libertadores: 1980
- Intercontinental Cup: 1980
Uruguay
- Mundialito: 1980
References
External links
- Waldemar Victorino at BDFA (in Spanish)
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Uruguay squad – 1979 Copa América
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