:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/VF5QMROMRZAN7GKCLZHZWRWDO4.jpg "Johnny Vegas, the Peruvian footballer who managed to be the third most successful goalkeeper in history 1")
Johnny Vegas He is one of the goalkeepers who have marked the history of football. Throughout his professional career, he scored 45 goals and earned him a place in the all-time ranking of goalkeepers with the most goals. So far, he ranks third on this list, behind only players like Jose Luis Chilavert there Roger Ceni.
Johnny Vegas remembered the time Maicelo punched “Kukín” Flores when the boxer was a teenager
The exporter also told in detail about his fanaticism for boxing and his “sparring” with Julio César Uribe.
The 45 goals were split between penalties and free kicks, having more percentage in the action of the 12 stages. The EX the mouth He mentioned that he takes more penalties because “the distance between the penalty and the goal is too short for the goalkeeper to react”.
The EX Sports funding made his professional debut in 1997, when he belonged to the Sporty boys of Callao. With the whole ‘pinkHe scored 21 goals, where he approached the top 10 goalkeepers. His first goal dates back to 1999, in a 2-2 draw against sports pool.
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This happened when he was a goalkeeper for Pacífico FC in 2013. He also said he experienced a similar situation when he was in the second division.
In this duel for the Merconorte Cupwhat is now called the South American Cupthe coach of the ‘missile‘ time Caesar González. ‘Chalaca‘ decided to field a mix of young and experienced players. Shortly after the end of the match, the score was 2-1 for the Ecuadorian team. However, Callao’s side created a chance near the opposite goal.
“Five minutes from the end of the match, a free kick was whistled outside the area in our favour. Then ‘Chalaca’ motions for me to kick him. Marquinho was gone and I’m going to execute him. The vast majority were in my category. I kicked the ball and it hit the post before it entered the goal”, he said in an interview for ‘La fe del cuto’.
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From there, Vegas He went through different teams like scientist, Sports Crystal, melgar, athletic alliance, Saint Martin University, among others. In each of these institutions, he added more goals until he entered the top 10 goalkeepers. Since 2013, he has been in third place in the standings, when he converted a penalty from Lima Covenant with the shirt Pacifico F.C..
1. Roger Ceni 132 goals
2. Jose Luis Chilivert 62 goals
3. Johnny Vegas 45 goals
4. Rene Higuita 43 goals
5. Dimitar Ivankov 42 goals
6. Jorge Campos 41 goals
7. Marcio Luiz Silva 38 goals
8. Fernando Patterson 35 goals
9. Hans-Jorg Butt 32 goals
10. Alvaro Alfaro 31 goals
In the lower divisions, Vegas He wasn’t used to taking penalties. Even the time he tried to hit with it Sporty boysfailed before category 74 of Sports Crystal. Promoted to the main team, the former goalkeeper was encouraged to train and had great players as his teachers.
“In the professional it is different, because you have more time to train. I had Marquinho, Pinillos, Solano and ‘Kukin‘Flowers that hit the ball very well. You got a little closer and practiced. You had ‘teacher’ Rubiños, who was the Boys’ goalkeeping coach at the time, and he had Jacinto Rodríguez,” said the former union.
Former goalkeeper’s practice of penalty kicks had ‘victim’ Jacinto Rodriguezhis partner in the group ‘pink‘. His execution of these plays reached a level that the former River Plate from Paraguay asked him to be encouraged to kick them.
“Jacinto Rodríguez liked to be kicked and the ‘teacher’ shot him until his legs got tired. ANDor he was ‘chibolito’ and he hit and hit, that’s the secret of the technique. Jacinto Rodríguez was mad to nail it. He told me he could make free throws. So it becomes a habit for you,” Vegas said.