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Hugo Sotil

Hugo Sotil
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Hugo Sotil, Teofilo Cubillas, and Roberto Challe (1973)
Personal information
Full name Hugo Alejandro Sotil Yerén
Date of birth (1946-05-18) 18 May 1946 (age 71)
Place of birth Ica, Peru
Height 1.69m(5ft 7in)
Playing position Strikermidfielder
Youth career
Club Gaillard
Deportivo Municipal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1973 Deportivo Municipal 121 (49)
1973–1977 Barcelona 65 (21)
1977–1978 Alianza Lima 48 (23)
1979–1980 Independiente Medellín 32 (8)
1981–1982 Deportivo Municipal 20 (7)
1984 Los Espartanos 8 (2)
1986 Deportivo Junin
Total 294 (110)
National team
1970–1978 Peru 62 (18)
Teams managed
1985 Los Espartanos
1986 Deportivo Junin
1999 Deportivo Municipal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Hugo Alejandro Sotil Yerén (born 18 May 1946 in Ica) is a Peruvian former professional football player. Nicknamed El Cholo, he played as a striker or midfielder. Together with Teófilo Cubillas and Héctor Chumpitaz, he was one of Peru's most recognized football players of the 1970s. He also was a popular player in Peru, and a biopic on his life was released in that decade.

He was part of the Peruvian squad that won the Copa América 1975. He also played for Peru at the 1970 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. He won the 1973–74 La Liga title with FC Barcelona, with Johan Cruyff as a teammate.

In 1968, Sotil made his debut at the professional level for Municipal in the Peruvian Second Division, which he helped to obtain promotion to the First Division that year.

Sotil also played and scored the opening goal in an all-star match between Europe and South America in 1973 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Soccer greats such as Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Roberto Rivelino and Teófilo Cubillas took part in that game. The game finished 4–4 and in Penalty kicks, South America won 7–6.


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