Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973, 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 ...

) is a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian retired

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

striker.

Career

Waldir is most famous as a player for

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

, in which he became the all-time leading goalscorer of the club with 168 goals in 324 matches. He also played for

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

(1998),

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

(1999),

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 ...

(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. Playing career Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Univ ...

International career

He obtained 27 caps for the

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from 1993 to 2000, scoring three goals.

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Waldir Saenz's Goals
1973 births Living people Footballers from Lima Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 1993 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Peru-footy-forward-stub