Víctor Hugo Antelo Bárba (born 2 November 1964) is a Bolivian

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and former player who played as a striker. Antelo the all-time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons. In 2000, he was named the world's active most prolific top division goalscorer with 343 goals in 429 league matches.343 veces gol
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Club career

Nicknamed ''Tucho'',

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-born Antelo began playing for amateur club Universidad. In 1983, he jumped to professional football when he signed for

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

at age 18. During his professional career he also played for

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, and San José. Although he spent most of his career in

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, he made a short spell in

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with Fujita Kogyo in 1990. Among his achievements, he has won the title of topscorer in the

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in 7 different occasions. Between May 17 and September 6, 1998 Antelo scored 18 goals in 12 consecutive matches, braking the record for most consecutive games finding the net, previously set by Juan Carlos Sánchez, who coincidentally comes behind Antelo in the list of all-time topscorers. In addition, he has scored a total of 21 goals in 46

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International career

Despite proving his natural talent as a topscorer, Antelo was rarely considered by Bolivia national team managers throughout his career and was overlooked for the

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. He only earned 11 caps for Bolivia netting 2 goals.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player in 2000, "Tucho" pursued a coaching career. The following year, he took over

and had a successful season. As result, the club obtained its third national championship, the first in eleven years. Later, Antelo managed other first division clubs; among them,

, Bolivar, Guabirá,

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and most recently

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; however, he wasn't able to match the success once achieved with Oriente.

Honours

Player

Bolívar *

: 1992, 1994 Blooming *

: 1998, 1999

Manager

Oriente Petrolero *

: 2001

Individual

* Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Top scorer: 1984 (38 goals), 1985 (37 goals), 1989 (22 goals), 1993 (20 goals), 1997 (24 goals), 1998 (31 goals), 1999 (31 goals)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Antelo, Victor Hugo 1964 births Living people Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Men's association football forwards Bolivian men's footballers 20th-century Bolivian sportsmen Bolivia men's international footballers Bolivian Primera División players Oriente Petrolero players Club Blooming players Shonan Bellmare players Club Bolívar players Club San José players The Strongest players Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Japan Soccer League players Bolivian football managers Oriente Petrolero managers Club Blooming managers The Strongest managers Club Destroyers managers Club Bolívar managers Club Deportivo Guabirá managers Club Aurora managers 1987 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players Sport Boys Warnes managers