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Guillermo La Rosa

1952 - Today

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Guillermo Claudio La Rosa Laguna (born June 6, 1952) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number nineteen jersey. He’s nicknamed the 'tank' for his corpulence, Guillermo La Rosa scored the last Peruvian goal for 36 years against Poland in a World Cup match in Spain 1982. The 36 year cold streak was finally broken by Andre Carrillo when Peru defeated Australia 2-0 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillermo La Rosa is the 6,149th most popular soccer player (down from 5,709th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Peru (down from 184th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Peruvian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Guillermo La Rosa ranks 6,149 out of 21,273Before him are Juan José Muñante, Antonio Di Gennaro, Luis Pérez, Gaston Taument, Piotr Mowlik, and Shinya Chiba. After him are Carlos Borja, Ivo Ulich, Layvin Kurzawa, Takeshi Motoyoshi, Eduardo Bonvallet, and Ron Staniforth.

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Among people born in 1952, Guillermo La Rosa ranks 642Before him are Hans Abrahamsen, Eusebio Acasuzo, Tatyana Goyshchik, John Hiatt, Marcella Detroit, and Juice Newton. After him are Alice Hoffman, Valentina Nikonova, Rudolf Kargus, Heiner Brand, Raúl González, and Anastase Murekezi.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Guillermo La Rosa ranks 185 out of 287Before him are Pedro González (1943), Julio César Uribe (1958), José González Ganoza (1954), Roberto Chale (1946), Eusebio Acasuzo (1952), and Juan José Muñante (1948). After him are Javier González (1939), José del Castillo (1943), Jorge Del Castillo (1950), Christian Meier (1970), Miguel Ángel Loayza (1940), and Jaime Bayly (1965).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Peru

Among soccer players born in Peru, Guillermo La Rosa ranks 56Before him are Pedro González (1943), Julio César Uribe (1958), José González Ganoza (1954), Roberto Chale (1946), Eusebio Acasuzo (1952), and Juan José Muñante (1948). After him are Javier González (1939), José del Castillo (1943), Miguel Ángel Loayza (1940), Alfredo Quesada (1949), Eladio Reyes (1948), and Jaime Duarte (1955).