Manuel Jesús Mayorga Paniccia (born 2 January 1943) is a Peruvian retired association football player and manager. Nicknamed ''El búfalo'', he played as a

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and played in the

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Club career

Playing as a midfielder since his youth, Mayorga's first major club accomplishment in the 1966 Torneo Descentralizado where his club,

Sport Boys The Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as the Sport Boys or simply the Boys, is a Peruvian association football club based in the port city of Callao, founded on 28 July 1927. The club currently participate in the Peruvian Primera Divi ...

would reach second place and qualify for the

1967 Copa Libertadores The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, where 20 club teams from South American nations competed to be the champion. The tournament was divided into three rounds; the first group stage, the second g ...

. Around this period, he would meet with Brazilian World Cup player

Zózimo Zózimo Alves Calazans, best known as Zózimo (19 June 1932 – 21 July 1977) was a Brazilian footballer whose career as a defender and midfielder lasted from 1948 to 1967. Born in Plataforma, a bairro of Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Zózi ...

with both playing in the same club until Mayorga was transferred to

KDT Nacional KDT Nacional Sporting Club is a football club based in the Constitutional Province of Callao, Peru. It was founded on January 1, 1931, and participated in the First Division of Peru in two periods: the first from 1962 to 1964, and the second from 19 ...

for the 1968 season. He later played for

Defensor Arica Defensor Arica was a Peruvian football club based in Breña, Lima. The club was founded in 1929 and reached the Peruvian Second Division in 1947. They were subsequently promoted to the first division in 1964. Their greatest achievement was second ...

in the 1969 and 1970 seasons until he was transferred to

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

where he would be part of the winning squad of the

1975 Torneo Descentralizado The 1975 season of the Torneo Descentralizado, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 18 teams. The top six qualified to the final group stage. As the First Division was reduced to 16 teams for 1976, no team was promoted and two team ...

. In his first season within Alianza Lima, he would score 3 goals in 24 matches with the next year scoring 7 goals. The following year, he would score 2 goals and despite making less appearances for the 1974 season, Mayorga would score an extra-3 goals. During the 1974 and 1975 seasons, he would form an exceptional duo with Javier Castillo which made a significant contribution for the team to win the

. His final season as a player would occur in 1976 as he would sign up and play for

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before retiring in the same year.

International career

During the 1972 season with

, the goals scored within would make him eligible to begin playing for

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. His debut would be against

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on 11 June 1972 during the

. His last match would be on 27 July 1973 during the against

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Managerial career

Mayorga would serve as an interim manager for

in April 1986 under retired footballer and president of the FPF,

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. His only match would be a friendly match against

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at São Luís which would end in a 4–0 loss for Peru. In 1989, he would assume management of

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for the upcoming

1989 Torneo Descentralizado The 1989 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 42 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Unión Huaral. Due to the 1989 Copa América, a minor tournament ( 1989 Torneo Plácido G ...

. In 1991, Mayorga would replace

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as manager of

where he would direct the team to reach runners-up of the

1991 Torneo Descentralizado The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Teams Team changes St ...

and qualify for the

1991 Copa Libertadores The 1991 Copa Libertadores was won by Colo-Colo of Chile after defeating Olimpia of Paraguay with a 3–0 aggregate score in the finals. The championship would mark a first for a Chilean club team in an international tournament. Twenty-one clubs ...

.. Other clubs he would manage include

in 1990 and

Alcides Vigo Alcides Vigo is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima. History The club was 1996 and 2001 Segunda División Peruana champion. The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on one occasion, in the 1997 Torneo De ...

in 1994.

Career statistics

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayorga, Manuel 1943 births Living people Footballers from Callao Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sport Boys footballers Club Alianza Lima footballers Carlos A. Mannucci players Peruvian football managers Sport Boys managers Carlos A. Mannucci managers Peru national football team managers 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen