Marcos Calderón Net Worth

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Quick facts

Born1928

ProfessionAssociation football player

NationalityPeruvian

CategoryAthletes

Background and career

Marcos Calderón Medrano (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach and player.

Nicknamed El Oso (the bear) or El Chueco (the crooked because of his bowed feet), this former Sport Boys midfielder remains the most decorated coach in the history of the Peruvian league with ten titles.

He managed Peru six times, winning the 1975 Copa América and leading the Blanquirroja (the Red and Whites) to the 1978 World Cup. To this day, he is the only Peruvian coach to have qualified the Peruvian national team for a World Cup. He died in a plane crash on 8 December 1987, along with the entire Alianza Lima team.