Alberto Baldovino

Alberto Baldovino
Personal information
Full name Alberto Baldovino La Rosa
Date of birth 13 April 1917[1]
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Date of death 23 May 1997(1997-05-23) (aged 80)[2]
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1934 Alianza Frigorífico
1935 Sport Boys
1937–1938 Universitario
1939–1945 Sport Boys
1946–1947 Deportivo Español
1948–1949 C.D. Veracruz
1949–? Escuela Militar
?–1952 Litoral S.C.
International career
1939 Peru
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Copa América
Winner 1939 Lima
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Baldovino La Rosa (13 April 1917 – 23 May 1997) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.

Playing career

Alberto Baldovino began his career very young, at 15, in the ranks of the Alianza Frigorífico of the Callao league, hence his nickname El Pibe (the kid), which would stay with him throughout his life.[3] In 1935, he joined Sport Boys and became Peruvian champion the same year. After a stint at Universitario de Deportes between 1936 and 1938, he returned to Sport Boys and played there until 1945, winning his second Peruvian championship in 1942.

Between 1946 and 1952, he emigrated to play in Venezuela for Deportivo Español, followed by a spell in Mexico with C.D. Veracruz between 1948 and 1949. It was at this last club that he reunited with his compatriots Rufino Lecca, Leopoldo Quiñónez and Grimaldo González.[3] He continued his career in Venezuela until 1952.

Even though Baldovino never played a match with the Peruvian national team, he was part of the squad that won the South American championship in 1939.[1]

Honours

Sport Boys

Peru

References

  1. ^ a b c Eduardo Combe (12 February 2018). "Selección Peruana: un día como hoy ganó la Copa América por primera vez" [Peruvian National Team: On this day they won the Copa America for the first time]. Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Publicación de Retrobolas – #Campeones de América". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Roberto Gando (16 August 2011). "Alberto Baldovino: Un chico que fue grande" [Alberto Baldovino: A boy who became great]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. ^ 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 (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.