Faustino Delgado

Faustino Delgado Olabarrera (15 February 1921 – 31 October 2004) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a forward for Sporting Tabaco and the Peruvian national team between 1945 and 1963. He spent his entire 18-year career at Tabaco (later renamed Sporting Cristal), thus being part of the one-club men group.

Club career Born in Mollendo on 15 February 1921, Delgado moved to Lima to complete his mandatory military service. Whilst in the Peruvian capital, he joined the ranks of Sporting Tabaco in 1945, aged 24, making his official debut for the club on 20 July 1946, in a 6–1 loss to Deportivo Municipal. Delgado scored his first goal for the club in his second appearance, a 1–4 loss to Club Universitario. Together with Máximo Mosquera, Antonio Sacco, and Carlos Zunino, he was a member of the Cristal team that won the Peruvian Primera División at the first time of asking (1956), claiming the title on the final matchday against Carlos Concha, scoring twice in a 4–0 win to finish the season as the league's top scorer with 11 goals. On 18 February 1960, he scored against Pelé's Santos in the club third-ever international match, which ended in a 3–3 draw.

Death Delgado died on 31 October 2004, at the age of 83.

Honours Deportivo Municipal Sporting Cristal: 1956, 1961