Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo (born March 28, 1947, in

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) is a retired

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vian

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striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the

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and on the

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, which won the 1975

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Club career

Ramírez started his career with

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in 1966. In 1968 he was the top scorer in the Peruana Primera División. In 1969, Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramirez scored two historic goals against Argentina in the Bombonera (Argentina). This allowed Peru to compete in the 1970 Mexico World Cup and eliminated Argentina from the competition. In 1970, he joined

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 ...

and won the league title in 1971 and 1974. From 1975 to 1977, he played for Atletico Espanol (

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). In 1977 Ramírez returned to Peru to play for

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and won the Peruana Primera División championship in 1979 and 1980, being top scorer in 1980. A short spell with

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(

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), was followed by Ramírez's return to

. He then retired in 1982. Ramírez scored a total of 26 goals in the

making him the 8th highest scoring player overall and the highest scoring Peruvian in the history of the tournament.

Club titles

Individual awards

* Peruana Primera División: Top Scorer 1968, 1980 *

: Top Scorer 1972, 1975

International career

Ramírez played a total of 57 games for Peru, scoring a total of 17 goals, representing them at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and won the

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. Ramírez's 17 goals for Peru made him the 5th highest scorer in the history of the

International title

External links

Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1975

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Oswaldo 1947 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian footballers Association football forwards Peru international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1975 Copa América players Peruvian Primera División players Liga MX players Sport Boys footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Atlético Español footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Venezuela Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Peruvian expatriate footballers Copa América-winning players