Pedro Valdivieso (footballer)

Pedro Valdivieso
Personal information
Full name Pedro Valdivieso Mejía
Date of birth 19 October 1922[1]
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Date of death ?
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1944 Defensor Arica
1945 Sport Boys 15 (8)
1946 C.D. Español
1947–1954 Sport Boys 133 (44)
1955 Ciclista Lima
1956 Porvenir Miraflores
1957 Mariscal Castilla
International career
1949 Peru 1[1] (0)
Managerial career
1959 Mariscal Castilla
1963 Porvenir Miraflores
1965 Porvenir Miraflores
1967 CNI
1970 ADO
1972 Deportivo SIMA
1976 Defensor Lima
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Valdivieso Mejía (19 October 1922 – unknown) was a Peruvian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Club career

Nicknamed Perro (the dog),[2] Valdivieso was an important player for Sport Boys, arriving in 1945 from Defensor Arica. He scored 45 goals in 148 matches between 1945 and 1954[1] and won the Peruvian championship in 1951.[3]

He nevertheless experienced a brief period of expatriation in Venezuela with C.D. Español, where he won the Venezuelan championship in 1946.[4] He ended his career at the end of the 1950s with Mariscal Castilla.

International career

Called up for the 1949 South American Championship in Brazil, Valdivieso only played one match when he replaced Alfredo Mosquera in the game against Bolivia (3–0 victory).[5]

Managerial career

Having become a coach, Valdivieso had the opportunity to manage various clubs, including Mariscal Castilla in 1959, Porvenir Miraflores (twice, in 1963 and 1965), and CNI of Iquitos in 1967.[6] In 1970, he won the Second Division championship with ADO of Callao.[2]

Honours

Player

C.D. Español (Venezuela)

Sport Boys

Porvenir Miraflores

Mariscal Castilla

  • Peruvian Segunda División: 1957

Manager

ADO

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pedro Valdivieso at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b c Roberto Gando (22 November 2015). "ADO 1970: Nada call-Ado". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b Eduardo Combe (13 July 2017). "El mes rosado: todos los títulos de Sport Boys en Primera" [The pink month: all of Sport Boys' titles in the First Division]. depor.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  4. ^ Eliézer Pérez (8 April 2009). "Deportivo Español dio sus primeras patadas en 1932" [Deportivo Español took its first kicks in 1932]. marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  5. ^ Martín Tabeira (4 January 2013). "Southamerican Championship 1949". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  6. ^ Roberto Castro (15 May 2017). "50 años de Copa Perú: Los machos primigenios" [50 years of Copa Perú: The original males]. dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  7. ^ Manuel Enrique Paredes Gonzales (10 September 2023). "Porvenir Miraflores 1957". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  8. ^ Cesar Silva (16 February 2023). "Peru - Second Level Winning Coaches". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 January 2026.