Mario Zabalaga

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Mario Zabalaga
Personal information
Date of birth(1938-05-08)8 May 1938
Place of birth Cochabamba, Bolivia
Date of death 13 December 2008(2008-12-13) (aged 70)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958-1961 Jorge Wilstermann
1961 Always Ready
1962-1963 Jorge Wilstermann
1964 Aurora
1965-1973 Jorge Wilstermann
International career
1961-1967 Bolivia 11 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Copa América
Winner 1963 Bolivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Zabalaga (8 May 1938 - 13 December 2008) [1] [2] was a Bolivian footballer [3] [4] He was part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship on home soil. [5]

International career

Zabalaga got his first cap with Bolivia on 15 July 1961 against Uruguay for the 1st leg of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification. [6] He also play the 2nd leg on 30 July, also against Uruguay. [7]

He was selected in Bolivia's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing only one game against Paraguay on 24 March [8] as Bolivia won the tournament, its first and only Copa America.

In July and August 1965, he played three 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification games, against Paraguay two times, [9] [10] and one time against Argentina. [11]

Zabalaga was in Bolivia's squad for the 1967 South American Championship and played 5 games during the tournament. [12] The game against Chile on 1 February was his 11th and last cap with Bolivia.

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