Roberto Mosquera


Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera is a Peruvian football manager and former forward who played for Peru in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He is currently the manager of Sporting Cristal.

Club career

Mosquera was forged in the minor divisions of Sporting Cristal, influenced by two relatives who played in the club: his father, Roberto Mosquera Sr. who played for Sporting Tobaco, and his uncle Max Mosquera, Cristal champion in 1956. He debuted in 1974 and played 3 games that year. Mosquera was consolidated as a starter the following years and was part of the powerful team that won the Bicampeonato in 1979 and 1980.
Then he migrated to Argentina where he played for Talleres de Córdoba. He later played for clubs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru's Deportivo San Augustine, with whom he won the 1986 championship.

International career

Mosquera played for the Peruvian National Team in 16 games where scored 4 goals. He was also part of the team who participated in the World Cup 1978 and the Copa America 1979.

Managerial career

His first coaching experience was at Unión Huaral, leading the team in the 1995 regular season. The following year he joined Sporting Cristal where he managed a few games as interim coach. He was assistant to Sergio Markarian in the direction of Cristal for two years, winning the Campeonato Descentralizado in 1996 and finishing as runner-up in the 1997 Copa Libertadores.
The following years he led a series of provincial teams in Peru, said its passage by Coronel Bolognesi between 2002 and 2004 which were their best seasons in which they qualified for their first international cup competition. He has also managed teams in Bolivia since 2017, starting with Jorge Wilstermann from the city of Cochabamba and Royal Pari the following year.

Honours

Player

;Sporting Cristal
;San Agustín
;Sporting Cristal
;Deportivo Binacional