Carlos Saucedo

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Carlos Saucedo
Personal information
Full name Carlos Enrique Saucido Urgell
Date of birth (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Oriente Petrolero
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Oriente Petrolero 16 (6)
2007 Bolívar 33 (18)
2008 Deportivo Quito 8 (1)
2008 Blooming 6 (7)
2009 The Strongest 28 (11)
2010 Aurora 42 (15)
2011 Independiente Medellín 6 (0)
2012–2013 San José 92 (76)
2014–2015 Saprissa 34 (14)
2015 Oriente Petrolero 18 (6)
2015–2016 Blooming 29 (10)
2016–2017 Real Potosí 17 (11)
2017 Guabirá 20 (17)
2017–2019 San José 109 (80)
2020 Royal Pari 6 (2)
2021 Real Santa Cruz 26 (6)
Total490(280)
International career
2007–2020 Bolivia 16 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Carlos Enrique Saucedo Urgel (born 11 September 1979), commonly known as Carlos Saucedo, is a Bolivian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Club career

Saucedo spent the majority of his career in Bolivia, playing for Oriente Petrolero, Bolívar, Blooming, The Strongest, Aurora, Real Potosí, Guabirá, San José, Royal Pari and Real Santa Cruz. While also abroad in Ecuadorian side for Deportivo Quito, Colombian team Independiente Medellín, as well as Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican Primera División.

On 14 April 2019, Saucedo scored a four-goal haul to help San José to a 6–2 trashing of Club Always Ready in the Bolivian Primera División, becoming, at the age of 39 years and 215 days, the third oldest player in history to score a poker-trick, only behind Pablo Escobar in 2018 (39y and 299d) and Josef Bican in 1955, aged 41. [1] According to the IFFHS, he was the 10th South American with the most goals in top divisions in the 21st century (277), as well as the second-best ranked Bolivian, only behind José Alfredo Castillo. [2]

International career

Saucedo made his international debut for the Bolivia national team on 22 August 2007, as a substitute for Augusto Andaveris, in a 1–0 away defeat against Ecuador, where he had a goal disallowed for offside. [3] [4]

On 13 October 2020, Saucedo started in a 2–1 loss to Argentina, becoming, at the age of 41 years and 2 days, the oldest-ever player in the history of the Bolivian national team, surpassing goalkeeper Daniel Vaca, who had set the record the previous year, aged 40 years and 10 months. [5]

Career statistics

National teamSeasonAppsGoals
Bolivia
200720
200800
200900
201000
201100
201234
201341
201432
201930
202010
Total167
Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 October 2012 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1–04–1 2014 World Cup qualifier
2.3–0
3.4–0
4.15 November 2012 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–11–1 Friendly
5.6 February 2013Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa CruzFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1–12–1
6.14 October 2014 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–02–2
7.2–1

Honours

SeasonClubTitle
2014 Verano Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rican Primera División

References

  1. "The new oldest "pokerist" in XXI century". www.iffhs.com. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. "Top 45 of CONMEBOL national goalscorers XXI century". iffhs.com. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  3. "1–0. Ecuador derrota a Bolivia en un amistoso carente de emociones". Terra Networks (in Spanish). 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. "Ecuador sink Bolivia with Urrutia penalty". Reuters . 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. "Saucedo se convierte con 41 años en el más veterano en jugar con Bolivia". www.eurosport.es (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2025.