Marcos Calderón (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach and player. During his tenure the Peru national team won the

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and reached the second round of the 1978 World Cup.1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina
He was born in

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in 1928 and died when he was coach to

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in a terrible aviation crash that occurred on 8 December 1987 that killed most of the team's promising squad.

Coaching career

Calderon was a football player during the 1950s. A few years after his playing retirement, he began coaching. Several titles were won during his coaching tenure with significant Peruvian clubs, such as:

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, and

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. His successes led to becoming coach of the Selección de fútbol de Perú.

Alianza Lima air disaster

Calderon coached

, developed several significant players and won several titles. Much of the team was relatively young. Calderon had faith in his players, and many of them played on national team. Onboard a plane for an away match of the Peruvian League Alianza Lima, it crashed; Calderon and the entire team Alianza were killed. Several on the team were national team players.

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