Waldir Sáenz is remembered by all Alianza Lima fanssince when it was his turn to defend the blue and white mica, he always left soul, heart and life, actions that made him become the historical scorer with 178 annotations.
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In addition, he managed to lift the champion’s cup with the blue and white club on 4 occasions, for which he was completely crowned in the institution. In addition, his record managed to put him in the top 3 of the local tournament’s top scorers, sharing the podium with Oswaldo Ramírez and the ‘Checho’ Ibarra.
He retired in 2013 and never wore the blue and white shirt once more in an official tournament. However, in 2020, when Alianza Lima was going through one of the worst sports moments in its history and was regarding to lose the category, Waldir Sáenz came forward and declared his unconditional love for the club.
“I’m going to have to dust off my boots. What do I get into, I’m going to play second; at 47 years old. I swear”He commented determined. With this, he made it clear to more than one that he would not hesitate twice to defend Alianza in case he needed it.
Finally, Alianza Lima was relegated, but following appealing to the TAS he was able to return to the first division and not go through League 2, so it was not necessary for his historic scorer to dust off his boots and return to the courts.
Waldir Sáenz and his time in This is War
Alianza Lima’s historic scorer had brief steps through the youth competition reality show on more than one occasion. In 2013 he led the ‘Lions’ and left the blue and white to wear yellow.
Waldir Sáenz was more than 1 time in This is War
However, several years later, even following offering to play in the second division, he was called up once more by Esto es Guerra and was the great reinforcement of the ‘Guerreros’. On that occasion he faced ‘Rabbit’ Rebosio who defended the ‘Combatientes’.
