Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera (born 21 June 1956) is a

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and former player who played as a

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. Mosquera played for the Peru national team in the

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Club career

Mosquera was forged in the minor divisions of

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, influenced by two relatives who played in the club: his father, Roberto Mosquera Sr. who played for Sporting Tobaco, and his uncle

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, 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

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. 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

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, leading the team in the 1995 regular season. The following year he joined

where he managed a few games as interim coach. He was assistant to

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in the direction of Cristal for two years, winning the Campeonato Descentralizado in 1996 and finishing as runner-up in the

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. The following years he led a series of provincial teams in Peru, said its passage by

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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

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from the city of

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and Royal Pari the following year.

Honours

Player

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* Torneo Descentralizado:

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

; San Agustín * Torneo Descentralizado:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

Assistant Manager

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* Torneo Descentralizado:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Manager

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Copa Bicentenario The Copa Bicentenario was a football competition in Peru played by the Association football, football clubs of the Peruvian Primera División, Liga 1 and Peruvian Segunda División, Liga 2. It was organized by the Peruvian Football Federation and ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* Torneo Apertura:

* Torneo Clausura runner-up:

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runner-up:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* Torneo Apertura:

;

Deportivo Binacional Deportivo Binacional Fútbol Club, formerly Escuela Municipal Deportivo Binacional, known as just Binacional, is a Peru, Peruvian professional football club from Juliaca in the Department of Puno, Puno Region. The team plays in the Peruvian Prim ...

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References

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at rsssf.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosquera, Roberto 1956 births Living people Footballers from Tolima Department Sportspeople of Peruvian descent Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Peruvian Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Sporting Cristal footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Once Caldas footballers Cúcuta Deportivo footballers S.D. Aucas footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Peruvian football managers Sporting Cristal managers Coronel Bolognesi managers FBC Melgar managers Sport Boys managers Deportivo Municipal managers Juan Aurich managers Club Alianza Lima managers Peruvian Primera División managers Deportivo Binacional FC managers Royal Pari F.C. managers Sport Áncash managers Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo managers 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen