Roberto Elías (7 June 1940 – 21 March 2019) was a Peruvian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He was part of Peru's squad for the

1963 South American Championship The 1963 Copa América, South American Championship was held in Bolivia between 10 and 31 March 1963. It was won by Bolivian Football Federation, Bolivia with Paraguayan Football Association, Paraguay second. This is, so far, Bolivia's only Copa ...

. Elías died in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

on 21 March 2019, at the age of 78.

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* 1940 births 2019 deaths Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Lima 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen Defensor Lima footballers {{Peru-footy-bio-stub