Víctor Ugarte

Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo (5 May 1926 – 20 March 1995) was a Bolivian footballer. He scored 16 goals in 45 caps for Bolivia, making him their third all-time top goalscorer behind Joaquín Botero and Marcelo Moreno.[1] His national team career lasted from 1947 to 1963, and he played for the Bolivian team that won the 1963 Copa América, where he scored two goals in Bolivia's final match of the tournament against Brazil.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ugarte and the second or maternal family name is Oviedo.
Víctor Ugarte
Personal information
Full name Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo
Date of birth (1926-05-05)5 May 1926
Place of birth Tupiza, Bolivia
Date of death 20 March 1995(1995-03-20) (aged 68)
Place of death La Paz, Bolivia
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1958 Bolívar 318 (52)
1958 San Lorenzo 3 (1)
1961–1962 Once Caldas 26 (9)
1963–1966 Bolívar
International career
1947–1963 Bolivia 45 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 2008

Ugarte spent most of his career with Club Bolívar but he had a short spell with Argentine club San Lorenzo in 1958 where he was the first Bolivian to play in the Argentine Primera. He also played for Once Caldas in Colombia.

Ugarte retired from football in 1966. In his last years he suffered from poverty and illness, which contributed to his death on March 20, 1995, aged 68. The Victor Agustín Ugarte stadium in Potosí is named in his honour.

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 April 1949Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil Chile1–13–21949 Copa América
2.10 April 1949Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil Brazil 1–6 1–10
3.17 April 1949Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Uruguay1–03–2
4. 24 April 1949Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil Ecuador1–02–0
5.2–0
6.6 May 1949Estádio General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Colombia4–04–0
7.22 February 1953Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Peru1–01–01953 Copa América
8.1 March 1953Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Brazil1–81–8
9.8 March 1953Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Ecuador1–11–1
10.10 June 1957Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay2–42–51957 Copa Paz del Chaco
11.13 June 1957Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–01–0
12.18 August 1957Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Paraguay1–23–3
13.21 August 1957Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Paraguay2–12–1
14.19 February 1963Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–31–51963 Copa Paz del Chaco
15. 31 March 1963Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia Brazil1–05–41963 Copa América
16.3–2

Honours

Club Bolívar

Mariscal Santa Cruz

  • Segunda División de La Paz: 1966

Bolivia

References
  1. "Bolivia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. "Southamerican Championship 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-05-16.


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