Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo (born March 28, 1947, in

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 ...

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists ...

) is a retired

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vian

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striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the

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and on the

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, which won the 1975

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Club career

Ramírez started his career with

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in 1966. In 1968, he was the top scorer in the Peruana Primera División. In 1969, Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramirez scored two historic goals against Argentina in the Bombonera (Argentina). This allowed Peru to compete in the 1970 Mexico World Cup and eliminated Argentina from the competition. In 1970, he joined

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 ...

and won the league title in 1971 and 1974. From 1975 to 1977, he played for Atlético Espanol (

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

). In 1977, Ramírez returned to Peru to play for

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

and won the Peruana Primera División championship in 1979 and 1980, being top scorer in 1980. A short spell with

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(

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), was followed by Ramírez's return to

. He then retired in 1982. Ramírez scored a total of 26 goals in the

making him the 8th highest scoring player overall and the highest scoring Peruvian in the history of the tournament.

Club titles

Individual awards

* Peruana Primera División: Top Scorer 1968, 1980 *

: Top Scorer 1972, 1975

International career

Ramírez played a total of 57 games for Peru, scoring a total of 17 goals, representing them at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

and won the Copa América 1975. Ramírez's 17 goals for Peru made him the 5th highest scorer in the history of the

International title

External links

Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1975

References

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