Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo (born March 28, 1947, in Lima, Callao) is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and on the Peru national football team, which won the 1975 Copa América.
Club career Ramírez started his career with Sport Boys in 1966. In 1968, he was the top scorer in the Peruana Primera División.
In 1969, Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramirez scored two historic goals against Argentina in the Bombonera (Argentina). This allowed Peru to compete in the 1970 Mexico World Cup and eliminated Argentina from the competition.
In 1970, he joined Universitario de Deportes and won the league title in 1971 and 1974.
From 1975 to 1977, he played for Atlético Espanol (Mexico).
In 1977, Ramírez returned to Peru to play for Sporting Cristal and won the Peruana Primera División championship in 1979 and 1980, being top scorer in 1980.
A short spell with Deportivo Galicia (Venezuela), was followed by Ramírez's return to Sporting Cristal. He then retired in 1982.
Ramírez scored a total of 26 goals in the Copa Libertadores making him the 8th highest scoring player overall and the highest scoring Peruvian in the history of the tournament.Copa Libertadores topscorers at rsssf
Club titles SeasonClubTitle1971 Universitario Peruana Primera División1974 Universitario Peruana Primera División1975 Atlético Español CONCACAF Champions League1979 Sporting Cristal Peruana Primera División1980 Sporting Cristal Peruana Primera División1981 Deportivo Galicia Copa de Venezuela
Individual awards
Peruana Primera División: Top Scorer 1968, 1980 Copa Libertadores: Top Scorer 1972, 1975
International career
Ramírez played a total of 57 games for Peru, scoring a total of 17 goals, representing them at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and won the Copa América 1975.
Ramírez's 17 goals for Peru made him the 10th highest scorer in the history of the Peru national football team.
International title SeasonClubTitle1975 Peru Copa América
International goals Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ramírez goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Oswaldo RamírezNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 9 May 1969 Bogotá, Colombia 1–1 3–1 Friendly2 14 May 1969 San Salvador, El Salvador 2–1 4–1 3 4–1 4 31 August 1969 La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1–0 2–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification5 2–06 18 June 1972 Vivaldão, Manaus, Brazil 1–0 1–0 Brazil Independence Cup7 25 June 1972 1–2 1–28 23 April 1973 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 3–0 4–0 Friendly9 1 July 1973 3–0 3–110 10 July 1975 Lima, Peru 1–0 2–0 11 2–0 12 27 July 1975 Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro, Bolivia 1–0 1–0 1975 Copa América13 7 August 1975 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–0 3–114 22 October 1975 2–0 2–015 17 May 1977 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–1 1–1 Friendly16 29 May 1977 Port-au-Prince, Haiti 2–2 2–217 1 April 1978 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru 1–1 1–1
External links Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1975
References