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Marcos Calderón (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach. During his tenure the Selección de fútbol de Perú won the Copa América 1975 and reached the second round of the 1978 World Cup.[1] He was born in Lima in 1928 and died when he was coach to Alianza Lima in a terrible aviation crash that occurred on 8 December 1987 that killed most of the team's promising squad.

Marcos Calderón

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Calderón
Date of birth	(1928-07-11)11 July 1928
Place of birth	Peru
Date of death	8 December 1987(1987-12-08) (aged 59)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
194?–1951	Carlos Concha
1951–1956	Sport Boys
Teams managed
1958–1960	Sport Boys
1963	Defensor Lima
1964–1968	Universitario
1965–1967	Peru
1969–1971	Defensor Arica
1972–1974	Sporting Cristal
1975–1976	Alianza Lima
1975–1979	Peru
1978–1979	Barcelona de Guayaquil
1979–1981	Sporting Cristal
1981	Tigres UANL
1981–1982	Deportivo Municipal
1983	Deportivo Táchira
1984	Sport Boys
1985–1986	Universitario
1987	Peru
1987	Juventud La Joya
1987	Alianza Lima
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Calderon was a football player during the 1950s. A few years after his playing retirement, he began coaching.

Several titles were won during his coaching tenure with significant Peruvian clubs, such as: Universitario de Deportes, Sport Boys, and Sporting Cristal. His successes led to becoming coach of the Selección de fútbol de Perú.

Alianza Lima air disaster

Calderon coached Alianza Lima, developed several significant players and won several titles. Much of the team was relatively young. Calderon had faith in his players, and many of them played on national team. Onboard a plane for an away match of the Peruvian League Alianza Lima, it crashed; Calderon and the entire team Alianza were killed. Several on the team were national team players.^{[citation needed]}

References

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[es] Marcos Calderón

Marcos Calderón Medrano (Lima, 11 de julio de 1928 - Océano Pacífico, 8 de diciembre de 1987) fue un jugador y entrenador peruano de fútbol. A lo largo de la historia del fútbol peruano, es el entrenador que más títulos ha conseguido, diez en primera división y uno con la selección peruana.

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