Marcos Calderón
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Calderón holding the Copa América trophy in 1975 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Calderón Medrano | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | 8 December 1987 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Pacific Ocean, off Callao (Peru) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 194?–1951 | Carlos Concha | ||
| 1951–1956 | Sport Boys | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1958–1962 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1961 | Peru | ||
| 1963 | Defensor Lima | ||
| 1964–1968 | Universitario | ||
| 1965 | Peru | ||
| 1967 | Peru | ||
| 1969–1971 | Defensor Arica | ||
| 1972–1974 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1974–1976 | Alianza Lima | ||
| 1975 | Peru | ||
| 1977-1978 | Peru | ||
| 1978–1979 | Barcelona S.C. | ||
| 1979–1981 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1980 | Peru | ||
| 1981 | Tigres UANL | ||
| 1981–1982 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
| 1983 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
| 1984 | Sport Boys | ||
| 1985–1986 | Universitario | ||
| 1987 | Juventud La Joya | ||
| 1987 | Alianza Lima | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marcos Calderón Medrano (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach and player.
Nicknamed El Oso (the bear) or El Chueco (the crooked because of his bowed feet), this former Sport Boys midfielder remains the most decorated coach in the history of the Peruvian league with ten titles.
He managed Peru six times, winning the 1975 Copa América and leading the Blanquirroja (the Red and Whites) to the 1978 World Cup. To this day, he is the only Peruvian coach to have qualified the Peruvian national team for a World Cup. He died in a plane crash on 8 December 1987, along with the entire Alianza Lima team.