Tragedy in Uruguay, former Cagliari man Victorino dies

Addio to Waldemar Victorino

Sad news comes from’Uruguay: è Waldemar Victorino passed away in tragic circumstances. In Italy, with the Cagliari shirt, he had failed to express his potential as a bomber shown for a long time in his homeland: for him two goals in the Coppa Italia but zero in the league. A season, 1982-83, for him to forget.

With Celeste he played 91 matches, scoring 48 goals, and with Nacional of Montevideo è he was a great protagonist in the conquest of the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 1980: in Tokyo, against the Nottingham Forest of Brian Clough and the recently deceased Trevor Francis, another striker seen in Italy, è it was his goal that decided the match.

In Uruguay he also played with Cerro, Progreso and River Plate of Montevideo. Abroad, besides Cagliari, he played for Deportivo Cali, Cagliari, Newell's Old Boys, Colón de Santa Fe, Audaz Octubrino, Liga de Portoviejo, América de Quito, Sport Boys and Defensor Lima.

Victorino had turned 71 last May 22