Jaime Drago

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Jaime Drago
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Jaime Drago, player for Deportivo Municipal in 1980
Personal information
Full name Jaime Mario Drago Maturo
Date of birth (1959-01-14) 14 January 1959 (age 66)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Lawn Tennis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1982 Deportivo Municipal
1983–1987 Universitario
1987 SD Aucas
1988 San Agustín
1988–1989 Deportivo Italia
1991 Sport Boys
1992 Meteor-Lawn Tennis
International career
1979 Peru 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime Mario Drago Maturo (born on 14 January 1959) is a Peruvian professional footballer who played as midfielder.

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His father and older brother, Roberto Drago Burga and Roberto Drago Maturo respectively, were also footballers.

Playing career

Club career

Nicknamed Diablo (the devil), Jaime Drago began playing Lawn Tennis at the age of 13. [1] However, he made his professional debut with Deportivo Municipal in 1976 at the age of 17. [1] There, he was the Peruvian league runner-up in 1981 and played in the Copa Libertadores the following year (six matches and one goal). [2]

In 1983, he joined Universitario de Deportes and became the joint top scorer in the 1984 league (tied with Francisco Montero) with 13 goals. [3] He won two Peruvian league titles with Universitario in 1985 [4] and 1987 [5] and participated in two Copa Libertadores tournaments with the club, in 1985 and 1986 (10 matches played in total, scoring two goals). [2]

Jaime Drago had the opportunity to play abroad, first in Ecuador with SD Aucas in 1987, then in Venezuela with Deportivo Italia between 1988 and 1989. Upon returning to Peru, he played successively for Deportivo San Agustín in 1990, Sport Boys in 1991, and ended his career with Meteor-Lawn Tennis in 1992.

International career

Jaime Drago only played one match with the Peruvian national team, [6] in a friendly against Mexico on 1 November 1979 in Monterrey (1–0 defeat).

Honours

Universitario de Deportes

References

  1. 1 2 José Augusto Giuffra (8 April 2008). "Jaime Drago: Tremendo diablo" [Jaime Drago: Tremendous devil]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Jaime Drago - Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Juan Pablo Andrés, Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona and José Luis Pierrend (16 December 2025). "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona (7 April 2023). "Campeón 1985 - Club Universitario de Deportes". daleucampeon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona (29 December 2024). "Campeón 1987 - Club Universitario de Deportes". daleucampeon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Jaime Drago at National-Football-Teams.com
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