Claudio Pizarro vs Hugo Sotil
Peru against Peru. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Claudio Pizarro
Peru · 2001–18 · SS
- Almanac rating
- 87
- Rank in Peru
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 85 · 20 goals
- Clubs
- Club Alianza Lima, SV Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich
On the final day of the 2018/19 season, at 40 years and 227 days, he scored the 88th-minute winner against RB Leipzig and left the Bundesliga its oldest goalscorer. He won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup with Bayern in 2013, the Intercontinental Cup in 2001, six Bundesliga titles and five DFB-Pokals, plus a Pokal with Bremen, and finished with 197 Bundesliga goals in 490 games. Career record: 85 caps and 20 goals for Peru; club career at Club Alianza Lima, SV Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich.
Hugo Sotil
Peru · 1970–75 · ST
- Almanac rating
- 89
- Rank in Peru
- #4 of 33
- Caps
- 62 · 18 goals
- Clubs
- Club Deportivo Municipal, FC Barcelona, Club Alianza Lima
Barcelona were four up at the Bernabéu on 17 February 1974 when he made it five, the afternoon Cruyff's side won 5-0 in Madrid and Catalonia found a scoreline it still quotes. Peru have won the Copa América twice and he settled the second of them in the 1975 Caracas playoff against Colombia, adding the 1973-74 Spanish championship at Barcelona and a World Cup quarter-final in 1970. Career record: 62 caps and 18 goals for Peru; club career at Club Deportivo Municipal, FC Barcelona, Club Alianza Lima.
The verdict
The almanac puts Hugo Sotil ahead by 2 rating points, 89 against 87.
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