Roberto Mosquera

Roberto Mosquera
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera
Date of birth	21 June 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth	Ibagué, Colombia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1967–1974	Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1980	Sporting Cristal
1981	Talleres Córdoba
1982–1984	Deportivo Cali
1985	Once Caldas
1986	San Agustín
1987	Cúcuta Deportivo
1988	Aucas
International career
1978–1981	Peru
Managerial career
1995	Unión Huaral
1996–1997	Sporting Cristal (assistant)
1998–1999	Alcides Vigo
2000	Deportivo Wanka
2001	Unión Minas
2002	Deportivo Wanka
2002–2004	Coronel Bolognesi
2004–2005	Melgar
2006	Sport Boys
2007	Deportivo Municipal
2008–2009	Coronel Bolognesi
2010	Sport Ancash
2010–2011	Sport Huancayo
2012–2013	Sporting Cristal
2013–2015	Juan Aurich
2016	Alianza Lima
2017	Wilstermann
2018–2019	Royal Pari
2019–2020	Deportivo Binacional
2020–2022	Sporting Cristal
2023	Royal Pari
2023–2024	Universidad César Vallejo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera (born 21 June 1956) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Mosquera played for the Peru national team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Club career

Mosquera was forged in the minor divisions of Sporting Cristal, influenced by two relatives who played in the club: his father, Roberto Mosquera Sr. who played for Sporting Tobaco, and his uncle Máximo Mosquera, Cristal champion in 1956. He debuted in 1974 and played 3 games that year. Mosquera was consolidated as a starter the following years and was part of the powerful team that won the Bicampeonato in 1979 and 1980.

Then he migrated to Argentina where he played for Talleres de Córdoba. He later played for clubs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru's Deportivo San Augustine, with whom he won the 1986 championship.

International career

Mosquera played for the Peruvian National Team in 16 games where scored 4 goals. He was also part of the team who participated in the World Cup 1978 and the Copa America 1979.

Managerial career

His first coaching experience was at Unión Huaral, leading the team in the 1995 regular season. The following year he joined Sporting Cristal where he managed a few games as interim coach. He was assistant to Sergio Markarian in the direction of Cristal for two years, winning the Campeonato Descentralizado in 1996 and finishing as runner-up in the 1997 Copa Libertadores.

The following years he led a series of provincial teams in Peru, said its passage by Coronel Bolognesi between 2002 and 2004 which were their best seasons in which they qualified for their first international cup competition. He has also managed teams in Bolivia since 2017, starting with Jorge Wilstermann from the city of Cochabamba and Royal Pari the following year.

Honours

References

^ 1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina

External links

Roberto Mosquera at National-Football-Teams.com
Roberto Mosquera at rsssf.com
Roberto Mosquera – FIFA competition record (archived)
Roberto Mosquera at Soccerway

[1] 1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina

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