Waldemar Victorino
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Full name
Waldemar Victorino Barreto
Date of birth
22 May 1952
Place of birth
Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death
29 August 2023 (aged 71)
.jpg) Victorino at the 1980 Intercontinental Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Waldemar Victorino Barreto | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 August 2023 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1973 | Cerro | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Progreso | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1978 | River Plate (URU) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Nacional | 19 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Cagliari | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Newell's Old Boys | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Colón de Santa Fe | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | LDU Portoviejo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Sport Boys | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Marítimo de La Guaira | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Defensor Lima | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Uruguay | 33 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Waldemar Victorino Barreto[1] (22 May 1952 – 29 August 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He played football in six countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Victorino is famous for scoring the winning goal to capture three major titles between 1980 and 1981. The first was scoring against Sport Club Internacional to win the 1980 Copa Libertadores with Nacional. The second was scoring for the Uruguay national team against Brazil to win the 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup. Finally, he scored against Nottingham Forest to win the 1980 Intercontinental Cup with Nacional.
Victorino took his own life by firearm on 29 August 2023, at the age of 71.[2]
