Gerardo Baigorria (born 13 July 1951) is a retired Peruvian footballer. Nicknamed "Tito", he played as a defender for

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and

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throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He would also briefly represent

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in two occasions in 1979.

Career

Baigorria would begin his career by playing for

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within his home city of

Chimbote Chimbote ; ) is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the largest city in the Ancash Region and the List of cities in Peru, tenth most populous in Peru. With a population of 425,367 in 2017, it is the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote Dist ...

for the

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. He would then transfer over to

in which his inaugural season in the club would ultimately lead to the club winning the 1972 season. He would remain in the club until 1976 as he also participated in the

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and

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, playing in the 2–1 win against Universidad Catolica. For the

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, he would sign with

. He would remain with the club for two more seasons before returning to play for Sporting Cristal in the 1980 season in which he would once again, be part of the winning squad. He would play for Los Celestes for the remainder of his career, retiring in 1982 at the age of 31.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baigorria, Gerardo 1951 births Living people People from Chimbote Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Peruvian Primera División players José Gálvez FBC footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Coronel Bolognesi footballers 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen