Ramón Quiroga

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Ramón Quiroga

Full name	Ramón Quiroga Arancibia
Date of birth	July 23, 1950 (1950-07-23) (age 57)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968-1973 1973-1975 1975-1976 1976-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986	Rosario Central Sporting Cristal Independiente Sporting Cristal Barcelona SC CNI Universitario de Deportes
National team
1977-1985	Peru	40 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ramón Quiroga Arancibia (born 23 July 1950 in Rosario, Argentina) was an Argentine-born Peruvian international football goalkeeper, who was nicknamed "El Loco" in Peru and "Chupete" in Argentina. He obtained 40 caps playing for the Peru national football team. 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. 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. However, a cursory viewing of the game supports Quiroga's assertions that without him, Argentina would have scored more.

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The knowledge at The Guardian football website
(Spanish) RPP Noticias
Career details at National Football Teams

v • d • e Peru squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Sartor • 2 Duarte • 3 Manzo • 4 Chumpitaz • 5 Díaz • 6 Velásquez • 7 Muñante • 8 Cueto • 9 P. Rojas • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 Mosquera • 13 Cáceres • 14 Navarro • 15 Leguía • 16 Gorriti • 17 Quesada • 18 Labarthe • 19 La Rosa • 20 Sotil • 21 Quiroga • 22 R. Rojas • Coach: Calderón

v • d • e Peru squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Acasuzo • 2 Duarte • 3 Salguero • 4 Gastulo • 5 Leguía • 6 Velásquez • 7 Barbadillo • 8 Cueto • 9 Uribe • 10 Cubillas • 11 Oblitas • 12 González • 13 Arizaga • 14 Gutiérrez • 15 Díaz • 16 Olaechea • 17 Navarro • 18 Malásquez • 19 La Rosa • 20 Rojas • 21 Quiroga • 22 Reyna • Coach: Tim