Óscar Aguirregaray

Óscar Osvaldo Aguirregaray Acosta (born 25 October 1959) is a former Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender for the Uruguay national team.

Club career At club level, he played for Nacional, Defensor Sporting, Internacional de Porto Alegre, Palmeiras, Figueirense and Peñarol. In 2006, he was head coach of Club Atlético River Plate in Uruguay alongside Pablo Bengoechea.

On 2 May 2001, Oscar Aguirregaray scored Peñarol's only goal in a 1-3 loss to Vasco da Gama in the group stage of the 2001 Copa Libertadores, thus becoming the oldest player to score in the competition at the age of 41 years and 189 days, a record he held for 16 years, until Zé Roberto scored at nearly 43, on 25 May 2017.

International career Aguirregaray made ten appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1995 to 1997, having played earlier in 1987 for the Uruguayan Olympic team. He was a member of the Uruguayan squad for the 1987 Copa América but he did not play.

Honours

Nacional

Copa Libertadores: 1980 Primera División (Uruguay): 1980, 1983 Intercontinental Cup: 1980 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1982

Uruguay

Copa América: 1987 e 1995

Defensor Sporting

Primera División (Uruguay): 1987, 1991 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1991

Peñarol

Primera División (Uruguay): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 e 1999 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1994 e 1997