Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973 in

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 ...

) is a

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vian retired

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striker.

Career

Waldir is most famous as a player for

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...

, in which he became the all-time leading goal scorer of the club with 167 goals in 324 matches. He also played for

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(1998),

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División. Althoug ...

(1999),

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...

(2000), among others. In 2013 he came back from retirement to play for

Walter Ormeño José Francisco Walter Ormeño Arango (3 December 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a Peruvian association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Universitari ...

International career

He obtained 27 caps for the

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from 1993 to 2000, scoring three goals.

References

External links

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Waldir Saenz's Goals

1973 births Living people Footballers from Lima Association football forwards Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Peruvian Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players Club Alianza Lima footballers Colorado Rapids players Unión de Santa Fe footballers Sporting Cristal footballers FBC Melgar footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers Sport Boys footballers Peruvian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate soccer players in the United States 1993 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Peru-footy-forward-stub