36 Facts About Alberto Gallardo

Felix Alberto Gallardo Mendoza was a Peruvian football player and manager who played as a forward.

Alberto Gallardo is regarded as a renowned sprinter, possessing shooting power and an atypical physical display for Peruvian football.

Alberto Gallardo is considered one of the best Peruvian wingers of all time.

Alberto Gallardo began his career with Club Mariscal Castilla but the Bentin family, founder of Sporting Cristal, signed him for the sky-blue team and his decision resulted in the consecration of the best player in the history of the Rimense club.

Alberto Gallardo is considered the greatest idol of Sporting Cristal where he won five national championships with one of them as the technical director.

Alberto Gallardo is recognized for his great work in the lower divisions of the club, to which he dedicated a large part of his life until the day of his death.

Alberto Gallardo was born on the Rosero Bajo Hacienda within Chincha Alta on 28 November 1940.

Alberto Gallardo was the son of Victor Gallardo Cartagena and Victoria Mendoza Zegarra.

Alberto Gallardo moved to Lima with his family at the age of nine.

Alberto Gallardo studied at the Colegio Puericultorio Perez Aranibar where he began his love for football.

The consistency in the training of Alberto Gallardo was highlighted since its inception, a topic that has generated various stories.

Alberto Gallardo's remains were buried in the Jardines de La Paz Cemetery in the La Molina District.

Alberto Gallardo signed for the modest Mariscal Castilla after being observed by some directors in a match played by his school in the city of Huacho and which caught his attention due to the enormous potential they saw in him.

Alberto Gallardo stood out with seventeen goals throughout the championship in eighteen games played.

Alberto Gallardo managed to score thirty-seven goals in thirty games played, 18Of which the club won twenty, drew seven and lost three.

Alberto Gallardo stayed there until 1966 and scored six goals.

Alberto Gallardo had a brief return to Peru to play a friendly match between Sporting Cristal and FC Barcelona on 25 July 1964 to raise funds after the Estadio Nacional disaster.

Alberto Gallardo would be more prominent within the club and won important titles.

Alberto Gallardo played forty-nine games in two seasons, in which he scored sixteen goals.

Alberto Gallardo played in the 1968 Copa Libertadores where he had a good performance and scored five goals but Alberto Gallardo would receive various injuries in the same year.

One of the most memorable matches of Alberto Gallardo was that of the 1968 Torneo Descentralizado final against Juan Aurich, often considered to be the "revelation" team of the year.

Alberto Gallardo had his great night that earned him his second championship at Sporting Cristal and definitely gave him the quality of an idol of the club.

Alberto Gallardo scored three goals in the 1969 Copa Libertadores and in that tournament, Cristal would set another record of remaining undefeated for seventeen consecutive games, a continental record that still stands today.

Alberto Gallardo participated in the match against Boca Juniors that ended with a pitched battle at La Bombonera where he would kick Ruben Sune in the face after he attacked Gallardo with a corner flag.

In 1972, Alberto Gallardo played all seven games in the first round of the Metropolitan Tournament, scoring one goal but he would then be called up to the national team for the Mundialito played in Brazil.

That year Alberto Gallardo played nine games and scored five times.

In total, Alberto Gallardo scored 148 goals with Sporting Cristal's kit, 137 for the local tournament and 11 for the Copa Libertadores.

Alberto Gallardo was a member of the Peruvian team that participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Alberto Gallardo scored three more goals in the tournament and was the team's top scorer.

Alberto Gallardo scored against Bolivia in La Paz which would have meant the early qualification of Peru but inexplicably annulled by referee Chechelev.

Alberto Gallardo scored his last goal on 11 June 1972 against Bolivia and played his last game on 25 June 1972 against Yugoslavia.

Alberto Gallardo led the matches against Coronel Bolognesi and Sport Boys.

In 1981 he continued to dedicate himself to the club's sister club known as Esther Grande de Bentin but in April of that year Marcos Calderon would switch clubs and Alberto Gallardo assumed the position of technical director of the team from May 1981 until the beginning of 1982.

Alberto Gallardo got his personal three-time championship, curiously the same years in which Sporting Cristal was proclaimed three-time Peruvian soccer champion.

Alberto Gallardo nearly achieved the Copa Peru title in 2000, managing Coronel Bolognesi but they lost in the final of the tournament against Estudiantes de Medicina.

Likewise Alberto Gallardo was appointed coach of the U-17 National Team that participated in the 1993 South American U-17 Championship.