Vicente Villanueva (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Zegarra.
Vicente Villanueva
Personal information
Full name José Vicente Villanueva Zegarra
Date of birth 10 June 1924
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Date of death 24 March 2014(2014-03-24) (aged 89)
Place of death Lima, Peru
Position Forward
Youth career
Sucre FBC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941 Ciclista Lima
1942 Alfonso Ugarte (Chiclín)
1943–1945 Ciclista Lima
1945–1955 Sporting Tabaco
1956–1957 Sporting Cristal
1958 Defensor Arica
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Vicente Villanueva Zegarra (10 June 1924 – 24 March 2014) is a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.

Career

Trained at Sucre FBC, Vicente Villanueva played for Ciclista Lima in the early 1940s after a brief stint with Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (northern Peru) in 1942.[1]

In 1945, he joined Sporting Tabaco, where he made a name for himself by finishing as the top scorer in the Peruvian championship in 1954 (14 goals).[2] The following year, he witnessed Sporting Tabaco's transition to Sporting Cristal and, on 24 June 1956, became the club's first goalscorer, opening the scoring with a header in Sporting Cristal's 2–1 friendly victory over Sport Boys.[1] He also won the league title in 1956 with his new club.

In 1958, he finished his career with Defensor Arica in the second division.[1]

Death

Vicente Villanueva died in Lima on 24 March 2014.[3]

Honours

Sporting Cristal

Sporting Tabaco

  • Peruvian Primera División Top scorer: 1954 (14 goals)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Roberto Gando (29 December 2014). "Vicente Villanueva: La raza enfundada todos" [Vicente Villanueva: The sheathed race]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Juan Pablo Andrés, Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona and José Luis Pierrend (16 December 2025). "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ Descanse en paz don Vicente (in Spanish) Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
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