Víctor Hugo Antelo, nicknamed "Tucho" (born November 2, 1964 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a retired Bolivian football striker, and the all time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons.[1]
Club career
He began playing for amateur club Universidad. In 1983, he jumped to professional football when he signed for Oriente Petrolero at age 18. During his professional career he also played for Blooming, Real Santa Cruz, Bolivar, The Strongest, and San José. Even though he spent most of his career in Bolivia, he made a short spell in Japanese football with Fujita Kogyo in 1990.
Among his achievements, he has won the title of topscorer in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 7 times. Moreover, between May 17 and September 6 of 1998, he scored 18 goals in 12 consecutive matches, and therefore broke the record of most consecutives games finding the net, previously set by Juan Carlos Sánchez, who coincidentally comes second behind Antelo in the list of all time topscorers. In addition, he has scored a total of 21 goals in 46 Copa Libertadores games.[2]
International career
Despite proving his natural talent as a topscorer, Antelo was rarely considered by Bolivian national team managers throughout his career. He only earned 11 caps for Bolivia netting 2 goals.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player in 2000, "Tucho" pursued a coching career. The following year, he took over Oriente Petrolero and had a successful season. As result, the club obtained its third national championship, the first in eleven years. Later, Antelo would managed other first division clubs; among them, Blooming, The Strongest, Bolivar, Guabirá, Destroyers, Aurora and most recently Sport Boys Warnes; however, he wasn't able to match the success once achieved with Oriente.
Honours
Club
- As a player
- As a manager
Individual
References
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FC Lokomotiv Moscow [3] 
Chile 
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