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You were born in Corongo, a neighborhood of baseball players…
Rivelino Carazas area, the ‘Chino’ Huamán, ‘Cuto’ Guadalupe.
Did ‘Nene’ Cubillas adopt you as a footballer?
He told me that he was extraordinary in practice matches. When I played my first game against Bolognesi, the one who spoke to me the most was Teófilo. I remember that I entered and my first victim was Marcos Charún, I gave him a dance.
Do you have any anecdotes with Teófilo?
After scoring a goal in the Nacional against Municipal, he talked to me all week. They gave me a note in my neighborhood of Corongo and took them to Cubillas. It was there where he sponsored me.
People compared you to ‘Potrillo’ Luis Escobar…
Yes, I also wore the anklets down. Escobar was skinnier than me, but we looked alike. I played ’10’, Marcos Calderón told me that he was very fast, and he made me play as a right forward.
You were saved from suffering the Fokker accident in Alianza Lima…
Before the San Agustín game, Professor Marcos Calderón had a party and ‘Pechito’ Farfán approached me. He told me to play the same as he did in the practice match, since he had talent. At that time, I played as a midfielder, not a striker. The dressing room door was on the list, it appears against San Agustín, a game before the tragedy, but he gave it to Jorge Vallejos, who had more experience. They deleted me. I arrived sad, I told my old lady. I go to watch the game, they win, and the next day Jorge had a stomach infection. He did not travel to Pucallpa. If they had wanted, I would travel, and I had agreed to meet up with Braulio Tejada, but he never arrived. My mother told me at dawn that the plane didn’t show up, I went to train, and there was a sea of people. They were all my colleagues, they were like a family. The saddest thing was to be the new Alianza.
Did you have a confrontation with Juan Reynoso in Alianza Lima?
Yes, I remember when Juan came to mark me, I hit him, and he slapped me. He didn’t apologize to me. In another play I threw myself into a wheelbarrow, Juan jumped and we held on. Nobody got involved. I picked him up and kicked him in the face., the man was left bloody. Miguel Company was the coach and said: “Reynoso to the dressing room, Alguedas keep playing.”
Did they become friends later or not?
Yes, it was my fault. Everything was left on the court, we are still friends. When I arrived at the national team, Juan advised me. In football I only had problems with Juan and Kukín Flores.
How was it with ‘Kukín’?
It was in a practice match. I stole the ball from him, I took a meter of speed from him and I jumped, I fell and told him that his World Cup was at stake. The mommy is not here playing. I gave him a guaracazo, in 30 seconds he ate 35 punches. I didn’t want to go to the locker room. Then she said that we were both from Callao, nothing was happening.
Your former teammate Marco Charún spoke several anecdotes together…
Clear. We play for Alianza Lima and Sport Boys. He was my roommate. That room looked like Halloween. Charún wore Alibaba shoes with his soccer socks.
Was it true that Flamengo from Brazil wanted to hire you?
Yes, they invited Alianza Lima to the Marlboro Cup. We were runners-up and faced Sporting Lisbon. We beat him one to zero. We did a total dance with César Cueto. The final was with Flamengo from Brazil, Edmundo and Junior were playing, for whom I gave a dance. Of course, the only one they touched they scored the goal for us. Then the president of Flamengo came and asked me if he was Brazilian. I had problems with Amaral, who said I was undisciplined. He stoned me. My future would have been different.
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