Mario Zabalaga
Bolivian footballer (1938–2008)
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Mario Zabalaga (8 May 1938 – 13 December 2008)[1][2] was a Bolivian footballer[3][4] He was part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship on home soil.[5]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1938 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cochabamba, Bolivia | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 December 2008 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1958-1961 | Jorge Wilstermann | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | Always Ready | |||||||||||||
| 1962-1963 | Jorge Wilstermann | |||||||||||||
| 1964 | Aurora | |||||||||||||
| 1965-1973 | Jorge Wilstermann | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1961-1967 | Bolivia | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
International career
Zabalaga got his first cap with Bolivia on 15 July 1961 against Uruguay for the 1st leg of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.[6] He also play the 2nd leg on 30 July, also against Uruguay.[7]
He was selected in Bolivia's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing only one game against Paraguay on 24 March[8] as Bolivia won the tournament, its first and only Copa America.
In July and August 1965, he played three 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification games, two against Paraguay[9][10] and one against Argentina.[11]
Zabalaga was in Bolivia's squad for the 1967 South American Championship and played 5 games during the tournament.[12] The game against Chile on 1 February was his 11th and last cap with Bolivia.
