Ángel Uribe Sánchez, (25 November 1938 in Ancón,

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

– 17 October 2008 in Ancón Lima) was a

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player from

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who played his entire club career for

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

. Uribe also played for the Peru national team on ten occasions between 1960 and 1967. He was part of Peru's squad at the

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. Uribe died of

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in October 2008.

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