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The 33 of Bolivia.
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ME
Marco Etcheverry 71 caps (Bolivia) · 13 goals · Club Destroyers, Club BolívarBolivia's first World Cup match in 44 years came on 17 June 1994 against Germany, and Etcheverry lasted about four minutes off the bench before a kick at Lothar Matthäus got him sent off. El Diablo won three MLS Cups with D.C.
CAM1989–2003
02
ES
Erwin Sánchez 57 caps (Bolivia) · 15 goals · Club Destroyers, BoavistaThree World Cups have produced exactly one Bolivian goal, and it is his: struck against Spain in Chicago on 27 June 1994 in a 3-1 defeat.
CM1989–2005
03
JC
Julio César Baldivieso 85 caps (Bolivia) · 15 goals · C.D. Jorge Wilstermann, Club BolívarEl Emperador scored in back-to-back matches at the 1997 Copa América on home soil, against Peru on 15 June and then the only goal against Uruguay three days later, and Bolivia came through the group without conceding.
CM1991–2005
04
VA
Víctor Agustín Ugarte 45 caps (Bolivia) · 16 goals · Club Bolívar, San Lorenzo de AlmagroOn 31 March 1963 in Cochabamba, Ugarte scored twice, in the 29th and 69th minutes, as Bolivia beat Brazil 5-4 in the match that settled the South American Championship.
CAM1947–1963
05
Marcelo Moreno Martins 108 caps (Bolivia) · 31 goals · FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Changchun YataiMoreno Martins finished the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup as the continent's leading scorer with 10 goals, and Bolivia still finished outside the play-off places.
ST2007–2023
Marcelo Moreno Martins 108 caps (Bolivia) · 31 goals · FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Changchun YataiMoreno Martins finished the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup as the continent's leading scorer with 10 goals, and Bolivia still finished outside the play-off places.
ST2007–2023
06
ER
Erwin Romero 49 caps (Bolivia) · 5 goals · Oriente Petrolero, Club BolívarBolivians knew him first as Chichi and then simply as El Maestro, a midfielder who scored 134 goals in 348 domestic league matches after turning professional with Destroyers at fifteen in 1973.
LM1977–1989
07
JM
Jaime Moreno 75 caps (Bolivia) · 9 goals · Club Blooming, MiddlesbroughOn 17 April 2009 he became the first player in MLS history to reach both 100 goals and 100 assists, thirteen years after arriving in Washington from Middlesbrough, where he had been the first Bolivian to play in the Premier League. He retired as the league's all-time leading scorer on 131 goals, with four MLS Cups at D.C.
SS1991–2008
08
JB
Joaquín Botero 48 caps (Bolivia) · 20 goals · Club Bolívar, Pumas UNAMLa Paz took Argentina apart 6-1 on 1 April 2009 and three of the goals were his, seven years after a season of 49 league goals that IFFHS rated the best in any top division in the world.
ST1999–2009
10
RB
Ramiro Blacut 23 caps (Bolivia) · 3 goals · Club Bolívar, Ferro Carril OesteBolivia closed the 1963 South American Championship by beating Brazil 5-4 in La Paz on 31 March, and the tournament's best player award went to Blacut, who scored once in four appearances at inside forward.
CAM1963–1972
11
RR
Ronald Raldes 89 caps (Bolivia) · Oriente Petrolero, Club Atlético Rosario Central
CB2001–2015
12
CT
Carlos Trucco 51 caps (Bolivia) · Unión de Santa Fe, Vélez SársfieldBorn in Córdoba and Bolivian by choice, Trucco kept goal in all three group games at USA 1994 and conceded four, the only World Cup Bolivia has reached since 1950.
GK1989–1997
13
JM
Juan Manuel Peña 85 caps (Bolivia) · Independiente Santa Fe, Real ValladolidOne goal in 482 matches tells you what kind of defender he was, and it came in a friendly against Honduras in Washington on 11 October 2003, twelve years after his Bolivia debut at eighteen.
CB1991–2009
14
RC
Ramiro Castillo 52 caps (Bolivia) · 5 goals · Club Sport Emelec, Club Atlético PlatenseThe terraces called him Chocolatín, and in La Paz on 25 June 1997 he scored the 39th-minute goal that carried Bolivia past Mexico and into the final of the Copa América they were hosting.
LM1989–1997
15
WC
Wilfredo Camacho 27 caps (Bolivia) · 5 goals · Deportivo Municipal de La Paz, Ferro Carril OesteCaptain in Cochabamba on 31 March 1963, he scored in the 5-4 win over Brazil that settled the South American Championship, and his relentless box-to-box running gave Bolivian football the phrase "fútbol camachista". That title remains Bolivia's only senior continental crown, won unbeaten at home, and Camacho finished the tournament with four goals in six matches before later managing the national team.
ST1957–1967
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Ausberto García C.D. Jorge WilstermannOn 31 March 1963 in La Paz he scored in the wild 5-4 win over Brazil that handed Bolivia the South American Championship, one of three goals he struck in that tournament after earlier strikes against Peru and Paraguay. That title remains the only continental crown Bolivia has ever won, and García took it as a forward of Jorge Wilstermann, the club he served for more than a decade.
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Ausberto García C.D. Jorge WilstermannOn 31 March 1963 in La Paz he scored in the wild 5-4 win over Brazil that handed Bolivia the South American Championship, one of three goals he struck in that tournament after earlier strikes against Peru and Paraguay. That title remains the only continental crown Bolivia has ever won, and García took it as a forward of Jorge Wilstermann, the club he served for more than a decade.Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q11687004
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CA
Carlos Aragonés 31 caps (Bolivia) · 15 goals · Club Bolívar, Sociedade Esportiva PalmeirasBrazil came to the Hernando Siles on 26 July 1979 and lost 2-1 to a Bolivia side whose goals both came from Aragonés, a penalty on 36 minutes and a finish on 73.
CM1977–1981
18
CL
Carlos Lampe Club Bolívar, GuabiráBrazil came to La Paz on 5 October 2017 and could not score, because Lampe made eleven saves in a night, a record for South American qualifying that left Tite praising him afterwards.
GK2010–
19
FC
Fortunato Castillo Chaco PetroleroFour days after opening the scoring against Paraguay in Cochabamba, he put Bolivia ahead of Argentina in La Paz on 28 March 1963 with a goal after twelve minutes. The midfielder, who played his club football for Chaco Petrolero and Bolívar, came out of that unbeaten home campaign with the 1963 South American Championship, the only senior title Bolivia has ever won.
ST
Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q9261837
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JC
Juan Carlos Arce Oriente Petrolero, S.C. Corinthians PaulistaOn 5 September 2017 he stepped up in La Paz and put away the penalty that beat Chile 1-0, a result that helped push the two-time Copa América holders out of the 2018 World Cup.
RM2004–
23
MA
Máximo Alcócer 22 caps (Bolivia) · 13 goals · C.D. Jorge Wilstermann, Club Always ReadyHis goal on 57 minutes at the Estadio Félix Capriles on 31 March 1963 made it 5-4 against Brazil and held as the winner, with 25,000 in Cochabamba watching Bolivia finish the tournament unbeaten.
ST1957–1963
24
OM
Ovidio Messa 37 caps (Bolivia) · 8 goals · Club Petrolero, Chaco PetroleroHe wore Bolivia's number 10 at the 1975 Copa América and scored three times in four matches, in a career that began at Petrolero de Cochabamba in 1969 and ended with a knee injury in October 1986.
CM1972–1983
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ÁP
Álvaro Peña The Hernando Siles was still roaring at Etcheverry's 88th-minute goal when Peña made it 2-0 against Brazil on 25 July 1993, the first World Cup qualifier Brazil had ever lost.About the editorial selection
SS
27
VS
Vladimir Soria 51 caps (Bolivia) · Club BolívarNinety-three Copa Libertadores matches for Bolívar put him among the competition's most-used players, and he was on the field in Chicago when Bolivia opened the 1994 World Cup against Germany.
LB1989–2001
28
JC
José Carlos Fernández Between 1995 and 2010 Fernández kept goal for more than twenty clubs in six countries, from Oriente Petrolero and Blooming to Córdoba in Spain, Veracruz in Mexico, New England Revolution and Universidad de Chile.About the editorial selection
GK
29
JC
Juan Carlos Sánchez Blooming got 146 league goals out of him in the 1980s, and the crowd in Santa Cruz called him Pinocho.About the editorial selection
ST
31
RG
Raúl Gutiérrez 18 caps (Bolivia) · Blooming, AuroraPelecho stayed put: thirteen seasons at Blooming from 1995 to his last match on 17 July 2008, interrupted only by loans to Aurora and Destroyers.
CDM1994–2003
32
GQ
Gustavo Quinteros 26 caps (Bolivia) · Central Córdoba (R), Talleres (RdE)The Strongest turned him into a centre-back, and on 29 January 1993, in his first match for Bolivia, he scored in a 3-1 friendly win over Honduras.
CB1993–1999
33
MS
Mauricio Soria 23 caps (Bolivia) · Aurora, The StrongestThe Strongest took both the Apertura and the Clausura in 2003 with him in the side, two decades after he started out at Aurora, the club he came back to for a last season in 2005.
GK1990–2003
About this XI
The collection opens with Marco Etcheverry, Erwin Sánchez and Julio César Baldivieso. The 33 covers 4 goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 12 midfielders and 9 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1940s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Left out, and why
A 33 is a set of decisions, and these are the players who lost their place in the last revision of Bolivia's list. Every one of them has a case.
- José BustamanteThe place went to Ausberto García.
- Rudy CardozoThe place went to Wilfredo Camacho.
- Juan Carlos Paz GarcíaThe place went to Fortunato Castillo.
Disagree? That is the point. Settle it in the duels above.
Who is the greatest Bolivia footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Marco Etcheverry. Its first five careers: Marco Etcheverry, Erwin Sánchez, Julio César Baldivieso, Víctor Agustín Ugarte, Marcelo Moreno Martins. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Bolivia players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Bolivia's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
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