Ramón Quiroga

Ramón Quiroga
Personal information
Full name	Ramón Quiroga Arancibia
Date of birth	(1950-07-23) 23 July 1950 (age 64)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1968–1973	Rosario Central
1973–1975	Sporting Cristal
1975–1976	Independiente
1976–1983	Sporting Cristal
1983–1984	Barcelona SC
1984–1985	CNI
1985–1986	Universitario de Deportes
National team
1977–1985	Peru	40	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ramón Quiroga Arancibia (born 23 July 1950 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Peruvian former football goalkeeper, who was nicknamed "El Loco" in Peru and "Chupete" in Argentina. He obtained 40 caps playing for the Peru national football team.^[1] He began his career playing for the Argentine club Rosario Central. He is currently a youth coach for the Peruvian club Cienciano.

Quiroga is perhaps best remembered for his appearance at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in a match against Poland, when he ran all the way to the opposition half and fouled Grzegorz Lato, receiving a yellow card in the process.^[2] In that tournament, he also conceded 6 goals in the match against Argentina, his birth country. As a result of this, Argentina advanced to the final over Brazil, leading to some of accusing the teams of collusion, which both teams denied.

References

External links

• The knowledge at The Guardian football website
• RPP Noticias (Spanish)
• Ramón Quiroga at National-Football-Teams.com