Rodrigo Ureña arrived this year to reinforce Universitario de Deportes. Josepmir Ballón, on the other hand, has been at Alianza Lima for four seasons. Both have the particularity that they are the footballers who have added the most minutes of play this year with their teams.
Chilean Rodrigo Ureña has been present for 2,653 minutes and is the footballer with the most minutes in Universitario in Liga 1 Betsson. He is followed with 20 minutes less by the Argentine Martín Pérez Guedes. The third? It is Matías Di Benedetto with 2612.
On the front side, Josepmir Ballón is the footballer who has had the most minutes on the field with an Alianza Lima shirt. In total, he has played 2824. In fact, the advantage he has over the second is so wide that they will not catch up to him even if he misses the two finals against Universitario: Ricardo Lagos has played 2543 minutes.
for that star
In the history of Universitario, only one Chilean soccer player became national champion. His name is Juan Carlos Letelier, an attacker who arrived in the country with the banner of having been a World Cup player in Spain 1982 and scored eight goals in Universitario’s campaign to win the championship in 1992.
Then Fernando Vergara and Rodrigo Valenzuela arrived in 2001, but they had no luck in the merengue team. The attacker Luis Núñez arrived in 2007 and the last one was the defender Cristian Álvarez. The last two left good memories in Universitario, but they did not manage to win.
NAME | POSITION | YEAR |
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Juan Carlos Letelier | Forward | 1992 |
Fernando Vergara | Forward | 2001 |
Rodrigo Valenzuela | Defending | 2001 |
Luis Nunez | Forward | 2007 |
Cristian Alvarez | Defending | 2011 |
Rodrigo Urena | Steering wheel | 2023 |
Rodrigo Ureña has been a key piece in this Universitario de Deportes campaign. He has been present in 32 duels and in 31 of them he started. He received eight yellows and three reds. In addition, he scored a goal against Alianza Atlético at the Monumental.
This Saturday he will have the task of canceling Jairo Concha, one of the most important players in Alianza Lima and who usually enables Hernán Barcos. If the creams do well they will have won the midfield. If Rodrigo Ureña wins the title, a Chilean soccer player will be a national champion with Universitario de Deportes after 31 long years.
can make history
At 35 years old, Josepmir Ballón is one of Alianza Lima’s most experienced players behind Hernán Barcos (39) and Pablo Míguez (36). What few know is that if he wins the three-time championship, he will join the precious list of players with the most titles in Peruvian soccer.
José Luis “Puma” Carranza, Héctor Chumpitaz and Percy Rojas have been champions in Peruvian soccer eight times. Josepmir Ballón has seven as do Flavio Maestri, Marko Ciurlizza and Roberto Silva, who also have seven titles but have already retired.
Josepmir Ballón won three titles with San Martín: he was in the two-time championship in 2007 and 2008 and was also present in winning the 2010 championship. With the Sporting Cristal shirt he was national champion in 2016 and 2018. While, with Alianza Lima he achieved the two-time championship (2021-2022).
SOCCER PLAYER | TITLES | EQUIPMENT |
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Hector Chumpitaz | 8 | 5 with Universitario and 3 with Cristal |
Percy Rojas | 8 | 6 with Universitario and 2 with Cristal |
Jose Luis Carranza | 8 | 8 with University |
Josepmir Ballon | 7 | 3 with San Martín, 2 with Cristal and 2 with Alianza Lima |
Flavio Maestri | 7 | 5 with Cristal and 2 with Alianza Lima |
Marko Ciurlizza | 7 | 3 with Universitario and 4 with Alianza Lima |
Robert Silva | 7 | 4 with Alianza Lima and 3 with San Martín |
Ballón was a vital piece of the Alianza Lima team in 2021 with Carlos Bustos on the bench playing a total of 27 games. While, last year with Guillermo Salas he alternated in 36 duels. In both seasons he started every game he played.