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 ...

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, and the

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. He is recognized as one of

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's most important

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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

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and remains one of their most iconic players. During his career, Terry was approached by many major European and South American clubs, including

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and

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. However, Terry gave Universitario his last word. It always said: "From

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nobody moves me…. as Lima is more beautiful than Paris, Rome or

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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
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Honors

International goals

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