Óscar Aguirregaray
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Full name | Óscar Osvaldo Aguirregaray Acosta | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 October 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Artigas, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1985 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Internacional | 41 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Palmeiras | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Figueirense | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
1994–2001 | Peñarol | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1987–1997 | Uruguay | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | River Plate Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Óscar Osvaldo Aguirregaray Acosta (born 25 October 1959) is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender for Uruguay national team.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]At club level, he has played for Nacional, Defensor Sporting, Internacional de Porto Alegre, Palmeiras, Figueirense and Peñarol. In 2006, he was head coach of Club Atlético River Plate in Uruguay alongside Pablo Bengoechea.
On 2 May 2001, Oscar Aguirregaray scored Peñarol's only goal in a 1-3 loss to Vasco da Gama in the group stage of the 2001 Copa Libertadores, thus becoming the oldest player to score in the competition at the age of 41 years and 189 days, a record he held for 16 years, until Zé Roberto scored at nearly 43 in .[3]
International career
[edit]Aguirregaray made ten appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1995 to 1997,[4] having played earlier in 1987 for the Uruguayan Olympic team. He was a member of the Uruguayan squad for the 1987 Copa América but he did not play.
Honours
[edit]- Nacional
- Copa Libertadores: 1980
- Primera División (Uruguay): 1980, 1983
- Intercontinental Cup: 1980
- Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1982
- Uruguay
- Copa América: 1987 e 1995
- Defensor Sporting
- Peñarol
- Primera División (Uruguay): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 e 1999
- Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1994 e 1997
References
[edit]- ^ "Oscar Aguirregaray - AUF". Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Óscar Aguirregaray". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Roque Santa Cruz – third oldest scorer in Copa Libertadores". iffhs. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (1 May 2009). "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- Living people
- 1959 births
- Footballers from Artigas Department
- Uruguayan people of Basque descent
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Defensor Sporting players
- Peñarol players
- SC Internacional players
- SE Palmeiras players
- Figueirense FC players
- 1987 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Uruguayan football managers
- River Plate Montevideo managers
- Copa América–winning players
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- Men's association football defenders
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Uruguayan football defender stubs