Richard Pellejero

Richard Javier Pellejero Ferreira (born 30 May 1976) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Sport Huancayo.

Pellejero had a spell in the Primera B Nacional Argentina with Quilmes during 2008.

Playing career On 30 April 2019, Pellejero scored a brace for Cerro in a 3–1 win over UT Cajamarca in the second leg of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana first stage, becoming, at the age of 43 years and 43 days, the oldest player to ever score in the Copa Sudamericana, breaking the previous record set by Diego Scotti in 2018, aged 41. Additionally, he also become the oldest player to ever score in an international club tournament in South America, breaking the previous record set by Zé Roberto in the 2017 Copa Libertadores, aged 42 years and 322 days.