Ronald Pablo Baroni Ambrosi (born 8 April 1968) is a retired

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

international

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who played as a striker. He played most successfully 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 ...

, where he was a prolific goalscorer.

Club career

Baroni was known for his great heading ability and powerful physique. He played for a number of clubs in South America, and had spells with

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and

FC Felgueiras Futebol Clube de Felgueiras was a Portuguese football club from Felgueiras. The club was founded on 16 August 1936 and ended in 2005 due to financial problems. The club played at the Estádio Dr. Machado de Matos which was their home since the ...

in the

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as well as with Ankaragücü in the Turkish

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. He ended his career playing for Colombian team

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International career

Baroni made 19 appearances for the senior

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from 1993 to 1995.

Honours

Club

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(2):

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* 1968 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian people of Italian descent Association football forwards Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Peruvian expatriate footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Rosario Central footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers FC Porto players F.C. Felgueiras players MKE Ankaragücü footballers FBC Melgar footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Peruvian Primera División players Süper Lig players Primeira Liga players Categoría Primera A players Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Turkey 1995 Copa América players {{Peru-footy-forward-stub