Adelfo Magallanes

Adelfo Magallanes Campos^[a] (29 August 1910 – 16 January 1988) was a Peruvian footballer.^[1] He was part of the first golden era of the Peru national football team.

Adelfo Magallanes

Personal information
Full name	Adelfo Magallanes Campos
Date of birth	(1910-08-29)August 29, 1910
Place of birth	San Vicente de Cañete, Peru
Date of death	16 January 1988(1988-01-16) (aged 77)
Place of death	Lima, Peru
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1928	Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1944	Alianza Lima	144	(32)
International career
1936–1942	Peru	22	(4)
Managerial career
1946–1948	Alianza Lima
1949–1950	Deportivo Cali
1951	América de Cali
1954–1956	Alianza Lima
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Born in Cañete, Magallanes developed his footballing skills as part of Alianza Lima, and became an important part of the famed Rodillo Negro era of the club. Nicknamed El Bólido, he played in the interior right and became the replacement of Alberto Montellanos in the Rodillo Negro.

International

His skill did not go unnoticed, and was soon called up to participate in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin.^[2] He earned a total of 22 caps, scoring 4 goals.^[3]

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, he became Alianza Lima's coach in two periods (1946–52 and 1954–56), and in-between those periods he went to manage in Colombia. He is the coach with which Alianza Lima has won the most titles (four: 1948, 1952, 1954, and 1955). Adelfo Magallanes died in 1988 at the age of 77.^[4]

Temporadas en Alianza Lima: 1930-44 (77 partidos, 16 goles). Títulos: Tres en Primera (1931,32,33) y uno en segunda división (1939).

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Magallanes and the second or maternal family name is Campos.