In the early years of the 90s, one of the players most loved by fans of Sporting Cristal it was the argentinian Horace Baldessari. The former striker from Rima, today a sports commentator on some programs, told some anecdotes from his time as a soccer player on the YouTube program “La fe del ‘Cuto'”.
In the middle of it, the ‘Pepa’ revealed the curious reason why Julinho keep talking like brazilian despite the fact that he has lived in Peru for several years.
Goal by ‘Pepa’ Baldessari with Cristal (1991)
“That’s how I told Julinho one day: ‘Hey Juliius. He is already learning to speak Spanish.’ I tell him enough, ”said the also coach.
“He told me: ‘The day I stop talking the way I talk, I won’t ‘steal’ anymore. So let me talk like this, no more’. How we have laughed, he is a genius “, he added.
Horacio Baldessari told how Peruvian football arrived
Secondly, Horace Baldessari He recalled how he arrived at Deportivo Municipal, which was his first club in Peruvian soccer. The Argentine said that they brought him to pass a test in the mayor’s office, although he did not know anything regarding it.
“He had come to test and I without knowing it. I told Sergio that I wasn’t crazy, that he was coming back to me. But the ‘teacher’ Juan José Tan, a beauty of a kind, put me in the practice match. I played in the substitute eleven and in the first half we won 2-0 with two of my goals. They transferred me to the starting team and we turned 3-2 with three goals from me”, said ‘Pepa’.
Teams of Horacio Baldessari
The soccer career of ‘Pepa’ took place in three countries since her debut in 1976: Argentina. Bolivia and Peru.
- Belgrano (1976-1977, 1980, 1988-1989)
- Blooming (1978-1979, 1986-1987)
- Cordoba Racing (1980-1981)
- Oil East (1984)
- Bolívar (1985)
- Destroyers (1988)
- Municipal Sports (1990)
- Sporting Cristal (1991-1993).
Titles of Horacio Baldessari
As a player, the former striker was proclaimed national champion in Bolivian and Peruvian soccer.
- Bolívar: 1983, 1985
- Sporting Cristal: 1991.
