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Peruvian football manager (1928–1987)
Marcos Calderón (11 July 1928 – 8 December 1987) was a Peruvian football coach and player. During his tenure the Peru national team won the Copa América 1975 and reached the second round of the 1978 World Cup. 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.
Coaching career
Calderon was a football player during the 1950s. A few years after his playing retirement, he began coaching.
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.
Calderón holding the Copa América trophy in 1975
