Máximo Mosquera

Máximo Mosquera
Personal information
Full name Máximo Mosquera Zegarra
Date of birth (1928-01-08)8 January 1928
Place of birth Chincha Alta, Peru
Date of death 27 July 2016(2016-07-27) (aged 88)
Place of death Lima, Peru[1]
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1948 Deportivo Municipal
1949–1950 Deportivo Cali
1951–1955 Alianza Lima
1956–1958 Sporting Cristal
1959–1960 Alianza Lima
1961–1962 Atlético Baleares 20 (10)
1962–1963 Cádiz 17 (7)
International career
1947–1957 Peru 31 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Máximo Mosquera Zegarra (8 January 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a striker.

Biography

Club career

Born in Chincha Alta, Mosquera played for Deportivo Municipal, Deportivo Cali, Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Atlético Baleares and Cádiz.[2] He won the Peruvian Primera División with Deportivo Municipal (1943), Alianza Lima (1952, 1954, 1955), and Sporting Cristal (1956).[3] In the 1955 season he was the top scorer in the league, with 11 goals.[3]

International career

Mosquera was a member of the Peruvian national team between 1947 and 1957.[2] He has 31 appearances and 7 goals for the national team.[4]

Later life and death

Mosquera had a brief coaching experience at Porvenir Miraflores in 1969, before becoming a sports commentator on a Peruvian radio station: Radio Ovación.[5] He's died on 27 July 2016.[3]

Honours

Deportivo Municipal

Alianza Lima

Sporting Cristal

Individual

  • Peruvian Primera División Top scorer: 1955 (11 goals)[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Fallece Máximo Mosquera" [Máximo Mosquera dies]. cadizcf.com (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Vides Mosquera, ídolo del Deportivo Municipal, falleció a los 88 años" [Vides Mosquera, idol of Deportivo Municipal, passed away at 88 years old]. RPP (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b Juan Sevilla (3 January 2021). "Reseña histórica: Mosquera, la perla negra cadista" [Historical review: Mosquera, the black pearl of Cadiz]. cadizcf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. ^ Roberto Castro (17 July 2012). "Máximo Mosquera: Homo Vides". De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Máximo Mosquera Zegarra". Fútbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.


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