Víctor Hugo Antelo Explained

Víctor Hugo Antelo
Fullname:Víctor Hugo Antelo Bárba
Birth Date:1964 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1980–1982
Youthclubs1:Universidad
Years1:1983–1988
Years2:1989
Years3:1990
Years4:1990
Years5:1991
Years6:1992
Years7:1993
Years8:1994
Years9:1995
Years10:1996
Years11:1997–2000
Years12:2001
Clubs1:Oriente Petrolero
Clubs2:Real Santa Cruz
Clubs3:Blooming
Clubs4:Fujita Kogyo
Clubs5:Blooming
Clubs6:Bolivar
Clubs7:San José
Clubs8:Bolivar
Clubs9:Real Santa Cruz
Clubs10:The Strongest
Clubs11:Blooming
Clubs12:Real Santa Cruz
Caps1:221
Caps2:31
Caps3:11
Caps4:26
Caps5:29
Caps6:16
Caps7:33
Caps8:28
Caps9:26
Caps10:36
Caps11:123
Totalcaps:580
Goals1:144
Goals2:22
Goals3:5
Goals4:19
Goals5:16
Goals6:3
Goals7:20
Goals8:12
Goals9:8
Goals10:14
Goals11:106
Totalgoals:369
Nationalyears1:1985–1999
Nationalteam1:Bolivia
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:2
Manageryears1:2001–2002
Manageryears2:2002–2003
Manageryears3:2004
Manageryears4:2004
Manageryears5:2005–2006
Manageryears6:2007
Manageryears7:2008
Manageryears8:2008–2009
Manageryears9:2011
Manageryears10:2013
Manageryears11:2014–2015
Manageryears12:2016–2018
Manageryears13:2019
Manageryears14:2021–2022
Manageryears15:2022
Manageryears16:2024
Managerclubs8:Oriente Petrolero
Managerclubs9:Destroyers
Managerclubs10:Aurora
Managerclubs11:Sport Boys Warnes
Managerclubs12:Guabirá
Managerclubs13:Sport Boys Warnes
Managerclubs14:Guabirá
Managerclubs15:Blooming

Víctor Hugo Antelo Bárba (born 2 November 1964) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Antelo the all-time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons.[1] In 2000, he was named the world's active most prolific top division goalscorer with 343 goals in 429 league games.[2]

Club career

Nicknamed Tucho, Santa Cruz de la Sierra-born Antelo began playing for amateur club Universidad. In 1983, he jumped to professional football when he signed for Oriente Petrolero at age 18. During his professional career he also played for Blooming, Real Santa Cruz, Bolivar, The Strongest, and San José. Although he spent most of his career in Bolivia, he made a short spell in Japanese football with Fujita Kogyo in 1990.

Among his achievements, he has won the title of topscorer in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 7 times. Between May 17 and September 6 of 1998, he scored 18 goals in 12 consecutive matches, and therefore broke the record of most consecutive games finding the net,[2] previously set by Juan Carlos Sánchez, who coincidentally comes second behind Antelo in the list of all time topscorers. In addition, he has scored a total of 21 goals in 46 Copa Libertadores games.[3]

International career

Despite proving his natural talent as a topscorer, Antelo was rarely considered by Bolivia national team managers throughout his career and was overlooked for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He only earned 11 caps for Bolivia netting 2 goals.

International goals! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1. 25.01.1993 FC Lokomotiv Moscow[4] 1–2 Loss Friendly match
2. 28.04.1999 1–1 Draw Friendly match

Managerial career

After retiring as a player in 2000, "Tucho" pursued a coaching career. The following year, he took over Oriente Petrolero and had a successful season. As result, the club obtained its third national championship, the first in eleven years. Later, Antelo managed other first division clubs; among them, Blooming, The Strongest, Bolivar, Guabirá, Destroyers, Aurora and most recently Sport Boys Warnes; however, he wasn't able to match the success once achieved with Oriente.

Honours

Player

Bolívar

Blooming

Manager

Oriente Petrolero

Individual

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/boltops.html Bolivian league topscorers
  2. http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2001/febrero/19/deportes14.html 343 veces gol
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/players/players-in-copalib.html Copa Libertadores statistics
  4. Match is a full FIFA international.