Máximo Mosquera

{{short description|Peruvian footballer (1928-2016)}}

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|birth_place = Chincha Alta, Peru

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|position = Striker

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|clubs1 = Deportivo Municipal

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|years2 = 1949–1950

|clubs2 = Deportivo Cali

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|years3 = 1951–1955

|clubs3 = Alianza Lima

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|years4 = 1956–1958

|clubs4 = Sporting Cristal

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|years5 = 1959–1960

|clubs5 = Alianza Lima

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|years6 = 1961–1962

|clubs6 = Atlético Baleares

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|years7 = 1962–1963

|clubs7 = Cádiz

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Máximo Mosquera Zegarra (8 January 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Born in Chincha Alta, Mosquera played for Deportivo Municipal, Deportivo Cali, Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Atlético Baleares and Cádiz.{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/54937.html |title=Player profile |website=National-Football-Teams.com |accessdate=30 July 2016}} He won the Peruvian Primera División with Deportivo Municipal (1943), Alianza Lima (1952, 1954, 1955), and Sporting Cristal (1956). In the 1955 season he was the top scorer in the league, with 11 goals.

He was a member of the Peruvian national team between 1947 and 1957.

Later life and death

He later worked as a radio commentator, and died on 27 July 2016.{{cite web|url=http://trome.pe/deportes/maximo-vides-mosquera-fallecio-idolo-municipal-dejo-existir-2096788|title=Máximo 'Vides' Mosquera falleció: ídolo de Municipal dejó de existir|date=27 July 2016|accessdate=30 July 2016|language=Spanish|publisher=Trome|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728141111/http://trome.pe/deportes/maximo-vides-mosquera-fallecio-idolo-municipal-dejo-existir-2096788|archivedate=28 July 2016}}

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