Horacio Calcaterra Explained

Horacio Calcaterra
Fullname:Horacio Martín Calcaterra
Height:1.76 m
Birth Date:22 February 1989
Birth Place:Santa Fe, Argentina
Currentclub:Universitario de Deportes
Clubnumber:10
Position:Attacking Midfielder
Years1:2008–2010
Clubs1:Rosario Central
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:2011
Clubs2:Unión Comercio
Caps2:26
Goals2:4
Years3:2012
Caps3:34
Goals3:7
Years4:2013–2022
Clubs4:Sporting Cristal
Caps4:310
Goals4:44
Years5:2023-
Caps5:59
Goals5:5
Nationalyears1:2018–
Nationalteam1:Peru
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:21:23, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Ntupdate:16:18, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Horacio Martín Calcaterra (born 22 February 1989) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes.[1] Born in Argentina, he plays for the Peru national team.

Club career

Calcaterra began his senior career with Rosario Central in the 2007–08 Argentine Primera División season.[1] In January 2011, he joined the recently promoted Peruvian club Unión Comercio. He made his debut in the first game of the 2011 season in a 4–1 loss against Alianza Lima, in which Calcaterra scored a goal with an assist by Miguel Trauco.[2] There he played under managers Hernán Lisi, who had requested his signing after training him in Rosario Central's reserve team,[3] and later Julio César Uribe. He featured as a regular for Comercio, making 26 appearances with 4 goals during the season and contributing to his team qualifying for the first time to an international competition: the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

On 20 January 2012, it was announced that Calcaterra had joined Universitario de Deportes.[4] There, he played 34 matches and scored 7 goals. In 2013, he was signed by Sporting Cristal, and there, that same year, he disputed the Copa Libertadores for the first time. In 2014, Cristal won the national league with Calcaterra standing out in the team's midfield along Jorge Cazulo and Carlos Lobatón. In the third leg of that year's finals against Juan Aurich, he scored the 2–2 goal for Cristal which sent the game into extra time, where a goal by Edinson Chávez would finally win Cristal the game, and thus, the national title. On 15 November 2022, Cristal officially announced Calcaterra's departure after 10 seasons wearing the celeste shirt.[5]

On 23 November 2022, Universitario de Deportes announced his return to the club, with a contract for three seasons.[6] He played his first game in his second spell with Universitario on matchday 3, in a 4–0 victory against Academia Cantolao, and scored his first goal on matchday 11, in a 2–1 victory against Atlético Grau.[7]

International career

Born in Argentina, Calcaterra was nationalized as a Peruvian. He represents the Peru national team since 2018.[8]

Honours

Club

Sporting Cristal
Universitario de Deportes

2023

2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player -Horacio Calcaterra. footballdatabase.eu. 18 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Alianza Lima 4-1 Unión Comercio . footballdatabase.eu . 18 April 2012.
  3. News: Peña . Kenyi . 23 August 2018 . Horacio Calcaterra: "Por Internet me enteré que en Moyobamba se jugaba en canchas de barro" . Horacio Calcaterra: "On the internet, I found out that in Moyobamba one played in mud fields" . 29 April 2024 . . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Argentino Horacio Calcaterra llegó para ponerse la 10 de la 'U'. elcomercio.pe . 18 April 2012.
  5. News: 15 November 2022 . Horacio Calcaterra se va de Sporting Cristal: la despedida de los celestes al volante . Spanish . Horacio Calcaterra leaves Sporting Cristal: the farewell of the "celestes" to the midfielder . . 16 November 2023.
  6. News: Galiano . Renzo . 23 November 2023 . Horacio Calcaterra regresa a la ‘U’ tras una década . Spanish . Horacio Calcaterra returns to "la U" after a decade . . 16 November 2023.
  7. Web site: Solís . Miguel . 9 April 2023 . Horacio Calcaterra anotó su primer gol de manera inesperada con Universitario ante Atlético Grau por Liga 1 . Horacio Calcaterra scored his first goal in an unexpected way with Universitario against Atlético Grau on the Liga 1 . 29 April 2024 . . Spanish.
  8. Web site: Horacio Calcaterra es la gran novedad en convocatoria de la selección. 18 August 2018.