Alberto Terry Arias-Schreiber (May 16, 1929 – February 7, 2006), popularly known as "Toto," was a Peruvian footballer who played for
Universitario de Deportes
Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...
,
Sporting Cristal
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, and the
Peru national football team
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. He is recognized as one of
Peru
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's most important
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
s. His brother is Wuayo Rivera, he has his granddaughters Mariana Zuñiga and Luana Zuñiga.
Club career
Toto Terry spent the majority of his club career at
Universitario
Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...
and remains one of their most iconic players. During his career, Terry was approached by many major European and South American clubs, including
SS Lazio
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and
Boca Juniors
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. However, Terry gave Universitario his last word. It always said: "From
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
nobody moves me…. as Lima is more beautiful than Paris, Rome or
Buenos Aires
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Terry was part of two
Peruvian league championship teams, in 1949 with Universitario and in 1961 with Sporting Cristal.
International career
Terry played for the Peru national team making 25 appearances and scoring 11 goals.
Appearances for Peru National Team
- RSSSF
Honors
International goals
References
External links
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Profile
at CONMEBOL
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Profile
at arkivperu.com
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1929 births
2006 deaths
Footballers from Lima
Association football midfielders
Peruvian footballers
Peru international footballers
Peruvian Primera División players
Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
Sporting Cristal footballers
Peruvian football managers
Sporting Cristal managers