Mario Zabalaga

Personal information
Date of birth	(1938-05-08)8 May 1938
Place of birth	Cochabamba, Bolivia
Date of death	13 December 2008(2008-12-13) (aged 70)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958-1961	Jorge Wilstermann
1961	Always Ready
1962-1963	Jorge Wilstermann
1964	Aurora
1965-1973	Jorge Wilstermann
International career
1961-1967	Bolivia	11	(0)
Medal record Representing  Bolivia Copa América Winner 1963 Bolivia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Zabalaga (8 May 1938 – 13 December 2008)^[1][2] was a Bolivian footballer^[3][4] He was part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship on home soil.^[5]

International career

Zabalaga got his first cap with Bolivia on 15 July 1961 against Uruguay for the 1st leg of the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[6] He also play the 2nd leg on 30 July, also against Uruguay.^[7]

He was selected in Bolivia's squad for the 1963 South American Championship, playing only one game against Paraguay on 24 March^[8] as Bolivia won the tournament, its first and only Copa America.

In July and August 1965, he played three 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification games, two against Paraguay^[9][10] and one against Argentina.^[11]

Zabalaga was in Bolivia's squad for the 1967 South American Championship and played 5 games during the tournament.^[12] The game against Chile on 1 February was his 11th and last cap with Bolivia.

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