Alfredo Mosquera
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Alfredo Mosquera Zegarra | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1924[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chincha Alta, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 10 June 2001 (aged 77)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1944 | Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín | ||
| 1945–1948 | Sporting Tabaco | ||
| 1949–1952 | Millonarios F.C. | ? | (24[1]) |
| 1953–1955 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 1956–1957 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| 1958 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1959 | Porvenir Miraflores | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Peru | 7 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Alfredo Mosquera Zegarra (15 February 1924 – 10 June 2001) was a Peruvian footballer. He is the father of Roberto Mosquera, also a footballer.[2]
Club career
Playing as a striker, Alfredo Mosquera made a name for himself in Colombia with Millonarios F.C., where he played between 1949 and 1952 alongside Alfredo Di Stefano and Adolfo Pedernera.[2] He won the Colombian championship three times there, in 1949, 1951, and 1952.[1] After leaving Millonarios, he joined Atlético Nacional and won the championship in 1954.[3]
After a final stint in Colombia with Deportes Tolima between 1956 and 1957, he returned permanently to Peru in 1958 to play for Sporting Cristal.
International career
Called up to the Peruvian national team in 1949, Mosquera played in the 1949 South American Championship in Brazil. He played 7 matches[4] and scored 3 goals.
