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Peru · 1968–75Julio Meléndez
Rating
88
Caps
35
Goals
0
Life
1942
Clubs
Club Atletico Defensor Lima 1931, Sport Boys, Defensor Arica
#7
Editorial rank of 33 for Peru
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
La 12 sang him his own chant at the Bombonera, y ya lo ve, es el peruano y su ballet, and Boca Juniors, who signed him in 1968, ended up putting the captain's armband on a Peruvian centre-back. Two Argentine championships in 1969 and 1970, the Copa Argentina in 1969, the Copa América with Peru in 1975, 35 caps, and a place in Boca's all-time XI. Career record: 35 caps and 0 goals for Peru; club career at Club Atletico Defensor Lima 1931, Sport Boys, Defensor Arica.
Career record
| 1961–1962 | Club Atletico Defensor Lima 1931 |
| 1963–1964 | Sport Boys |
| 1965–1967 | Defensor Arica |
| 1968–1972 | Boca Juniors |
| 1972–1972 | Defensor Arica |
| 1973–1973 | Atlético Chalaco |
| 1974–1974 | José Pardo de Tumán |
| 1975–1977 | Club Juan Aurich |
| Peru | 35 caps, 0 goals |
Shared the era
Peru legends whose careers overlapped Meléndez's