US EditionBarcelona legend who formed legendary partnership with Johan Cruyff dies aged 75
- Hugo Sotil, former Peru and Barcelona forward, has died at the age of 75 due to kidney and liver failure, according to the Dos de Mayo Hospital in Peru.
- FC Barcelona announced Sotil's death on social media, stating he passed away while in the ICU under observation.
- Sotil was a legendary figure in Peru, known for scoring the winning goal in the 1975 Copa America final against Colombia.
- His passing has left both Peruvian football and Barcelona in mourning, as expressed by the FCB Jugadors group.
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Lima, 30 Dec (EFE).- Peru’s former midfielder Teofilo ‘el Nene’ Cubillas, one of the top scorers in the history of football World Cups, said goodbye this Monday “with his heart in his hand” to his “companion” Hugo Sotil, who died in Lima at 75 years of age. “Dear Hugo, today, with my heart in his hand, I say goodbye to you, my dear friend and brother of football,” Cubillas said in a post on his Instagram account. The former gunner of Peruvian te…
“El Cholo” was the first Latino player to carry FC Barcelona’s dorsal 10; with Peru he competed in the World Cup of Mexico 70
The death at the age of 75 of the legendary former champion Hugo ‘Cholo’ Sotil, mourned football in Peru this Monday, where it will always be remembered as “an example of talent, dedication and love for sport,” the Peruvian government said.
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