Gustavo Javier Biscayzacú Perea (born October 5, 1978 in

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), nicknamed ''grillito'' (little cricket), is a retired

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and current manager of

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Career

His debut came on September 14, 1997 with the Uruguay club

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and his team won 3–2 against

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. He then spent time in Australia, Spain, and Chile. In 2003 with Chilean club

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, Biscayzacú was named by

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as the fourth leading goal scorer of the world for the year with 31 goals. He has spent time with nine different clubs, most recently with

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, where he has the record of being the second player to score a hat-trick in a game versus the archrival Peñarol. On 6 January 2010, he signed with

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. After a short period in a Brazilian club, he signed with Uruguayan club River Plate, and then moved to

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to play for

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Coaching career

On 20 January 2020, Biscayzacú was appointed manager of

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club

.Gustavo Biscayzacú dirigirá a Racing de Montevideo
cdf.cl, 20 January 2020

Personal life

Gustavo's son,

Xavier Biscayzacú Xavier Biscayzacú Vázquez (born 28 March 2005) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Uruguayan Primera División club Defensor Sporting. Club career Biscayzacú is a youth product of ISyD Rincón de ...

is also a professional footballer and is a youth international for Mexico.

Honours

Club

; Colo-Colo *

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(1): 2007 Clausura

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