Víctor Marchena

Víctor Marchena
Personal information
Full name Víctor Manuel Marchena Navarro
Date of birth 22 September 1914
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Date of death 6 June 1981(1981-06-06) (aged 66)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1939 Sport Boys
1940–1941 Atlético Chalaco
1942–1945 Sport Boys
International career
1938 Peru 1[1] (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Bolivarian Games
1938 Bogotá
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Víctor Manuel Marchena Navarro (22 September 1914 – 6 June 1981) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as goalkeeper.

Playing career

Víctor Marchena is one of the most iconic goalkeepers of Sport Boys of Callao, his hometown.[2] He won the Peruvian championship twice there in the 1930s (1935 and 1937).[3] After a brief stint with Atlético Chalaco, Sport Boys' arch-rival, he returned to the latter club in 1942 and won his third championship.[3] He remained there until 1945, the year he retired.

A Peruvian international, Víctor Marchena participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics as Juan Valdivieso's backup.[2] In 1938, he won the Bolivarian Games with Peru,[4] earning his only cap for the national team, against Ecuador on 11 August 1938 (a 9–1 victory).[5]

Honours

Sport Boys

Peru

References

  1. ^ Víctor Marchena at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b Raúl Behr (7 August 2012). "Víctor Marchena: Guantes en marcha" [Victor Marchena: Gloves in motion]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c 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 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b Eduardo Combe (17 August 2018). "Selección Peruana: hace 80 años ganó el primer título de su historia" [Peruvian National Team: 80 years ago they won the first title in their history]. Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Peru v Ecuador, 11 August 1938". 11v11. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2025.