Víctor Hugo Antelo

Víctor Hugo Antelo Bárba (born 2 November 1964) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Antelo and the second or maternal family name is Bárba.

Víctor Hugo Antelo

Personal information
Full name	Víctor Hugo Antelo Bárba
Date of birth	(1964-11-02) 2 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1980–1982	Universidad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1988	Oriente Petrolero	221	(144)
1989	Real Santa Cruz	31	(22)
1990	Blooming	11	(5)
1990	Fujita Kogyo	26	(19)
1991	Blooming	29	(16)
1992	Bolivar	16	(3)
1993	San José	33	(20)
1994	Bolivar	28	(12)
1995	Real Santa Cruz	26	(8)
1996	The Strongest	36	(14)
1997–2000	Blooming	123	(106)
2001	Real Santa Cruz
Total		580	(369)
International career
1985–1999	Bolivia	11	(2)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Oriente Petrolero
2002–2003	Blooming
2004	The Strongest
2004	Destroyers
2005–2006	Oriente Petrolero
2007	Bolivar
2008	Guabirá
2008–2009	Oriente Petrolero
2011	Destroyers
2013	Aurora
2014–2015	Sport Boys Warnes
2016–2018	Guabirá
2019	Sport Boys Warnes
2021–2022	Guabirá
2022	Blooming
2024	Oriente Petrolero
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antelo the all-time topscorer in the Bolivian League with 350 goals scored in 18 seasons.^[1] In 2000, he was named the world's active most prolific top division goalscorer with 343 goals in 429 league games.^[2]

Club career

Nicknamed Tucho, Santa Cruz de la Sierra-born Antelo began playing for amateur club Universidad. In 1983, he jumped to professional football when he signed for Oriente Petrolero at age 18. During his professional career he also played for Blooming, Real Santa Cruz, Bolivar, The Strongest, and San José. Although he spent most of his career in Bolivia, he made a short spell in Japanese football with Fujita Kogyo in 1990.

Among his achievements, he has won the title of topscorer in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 7 times. Between May 17 and September 6 of 1998, he scored 18 goals in 12 consecutive matches, and therefore broke the record of most consecutive games finding the net,^[2] previously set by Juan Carlos Sánchez, who coincidentally comes second behind Antelo in the list of all time topscorers. In addition, he has scored a total of 21 goals in 46 Copa Libertadores games.^[3]

International career

Despite proving his natural talent as a topscorer, Antelo was rarely considered by Bolivia national team managers throughout his career and was overlooked for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He only earned 11 caps for Bolivia netting 2 goals.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25.01.1993	Madras, India	FC Lokomotiv Moscow[4]	1–2	Loss	Friendly match
2.	28.04.1999	Cochabamba, Bolivia	Chile	1–1	Draw	Friendly match

Managerial career

After retiring as a player in 2000, "Tucho" pursued a coaching career. The following year, he took over Oriente Petrolero and had a successful season. As result, the club obtained its third national championship, the first in eleven years. Later, Antelo managed other first division clubs; among them, Blooming, The Strongest, Bolivar, Guabirá, Destroyers, Aurora and most recently Sport Boys Warnes; however, he wasn't able to match the success once achieved with Oriente.

Honours

Player

Bolívar

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: 1992, 1994

Blooming

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: 1998, 1999

Manager

Oriente Petrolero

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: 2001

Individual

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Top scorer: 1984 (38 goals), 1985 (37 goals), 1989 (22 goals), 1993 (20 goals), 1997 (24 goals), 1998 (31 goals), 1999 (31 goals)

References

1. Bolivian league topscorers at RSSSF (in English)
2. 343 veces gol - Nación (in Spanish)
3. Copa Libertadores statistics at RSSSF (in English)
4. Match is a full FIFA international.

External links

• Víctor Hugo Antelo at National-Football-Teams.com