Víctor Bielich

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

Víctor Bielich

Bielich (4th crouching) and the Peruvian team in 1939.
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Bielich Rocatagliatta
Date of birth	7 August 1916
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Date of death	13 March 1940(1940-03-13) (aged 23)
Place of death	Pisco, Peru
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1937	Universitario
1938–1940	Deportivo Municipal
International career
1938–1939	Peru	5	(4)
Medal record Men's football Representing Peru Bolivarian Games 1938 Bogotá Copa América Winner 1939 Lima
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Víctor Bielich Rocatagliatta (7 August 1916 – 13 March 1940) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.

Playing career

Nicknamed Pichín, Víctor Bielich played for Universitario de Deportes between 1936 and 1937. But it was at Deportivo Municipal that he made a name for himself, winning the Peruvian championship in 1938. He is considered one of the great players of this latter club.

A Peruvian international five times between 1938 and 1939 (scoring four goals), Bielich was part of the Peruvian team that won the South American championship in 1939.

Death

On March 9, 1940, returning from Chincha Alta where the Deportivo Municipal officials had sent him to recruit a local player (José Montero), Víctor Bielich's car collided with a truck on National Highway PE-1S. Montero died instantly in the accident. Bielich himself died four days later at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pisco.

As a tribute, a football club in Pisco, Club Deportivo Víctor Bielich, bears his name.

Honours

Deportivo Municipal

• Peruvian Primera División: 1938

Peru

• South American Championship: 1939
• Bolivarian Games: 1938

External links

• Víctor Bielich at National-Football-Teams.com