Waldemar Victorino

Waldemar Victorino
	Victorino at the 1980 Intercontinental Cup
Personal information
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(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1973	Cerro
1974	Progreso
1975–1978	River Plate (URU)
1979–1980	Nacional
1981	Deportivo Cali
1982	Nacional
1982–1983	Cagliari
1983–1985	Newell's Old Boys
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
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Uruguay
Mundialito
	*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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	1976	5	3
	1977	2	0
	1978	0	0
	1979	7	4
	1980	11	4
	1981	8	4
Total		33	15

Honours

Nacional

Uruguay

Mundialito: 1980

References

^ "Victorino". www.bdfutbol.com.
^ "Falleció Waldemar Victorino, campeón de América y del mundo con Nacional". ESPN Deportes. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ "Waldemar Victorino - AUF". Retrieved 26 November 2020.

External links

Waldemar Victorino at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] "Victorino". www.bdfutbol.com.

[2] "Falleció Waldemar Victorino, campeón de América y del mundo con Nacional". ESPN Deportes. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[auf-3] "Waldemar Victorino - AUF". Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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