Enrique Casaretto

Enrique Casaretto
Casaretto playing for Universitario
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-29)29 April 1945
Place of birth Chiclayo, Peru
Date of death 22 June 2020(2020-06-22) (aged 75)
Place of death Lima, Peru
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 Atlético Grau
1965–1970 Universitario
1971–1972 Defensor Lima
1973–1974 Atlético Chalaco
1975 Sporting Cristal
1976 Miami Toros 6 (0)
International career
1968–1975 Peru 10 (8)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Copa América
Winner 1975
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enrique Casaretto (29 April 1945 – 22 June 2020) was a Peruvian footballer. He was part of Peru's squad for the 1975 Copa América tournament.[1]

Biography

Club career

Apart from a short stint in the United States (with Miami Toros in 1976), Enrique Casaretto spent his entire career in Peru. He made his debut with Atlético Grau in 1962, but it was with Universitario de Deportes that he distinguished himself in the late 1960s, forming an attacking line – notably with Percy Rojas and Ángel Uribe – that allowed the Merengue club to win three Peruvian championships in 1966, 1967 and 1969.

International career

A Peruvian international from 1968 to 1975, Enrique Casaretto played 10 matches and scored eight goals.[2] He played a major role in Peru's qualification for the 1975 Copa América final, scoring twice in the semi-final against Brazil in Belo Horizonte. Paradoxically, he did not play in the final, which his team won against Colombia.

Death

Cassaretto died at the age of 75, after being hospitalized in recent days due to pulmonary fibrosis.[3]

Honours

Universitario de Deportes

Peru

References

  1. ^ a b Martín Tabeira (22 April 2020). "Copa América 1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Enrique Casaretto: el día que el 'Loco' le anotó dos goles a Brasil en la Copa América 1975" [Enrique Casaretto: the day the ‘Madman’ scored two goals against Brazil in the 1975 Copa América]. La República (in Spanish). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Enrique Cassaretto dejó de existir a los 74 años" [Enrique Cassaretto passed away at the age of 74]. Fútbolperuano.com (in Spanish). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2025.