Waldir Sáenz

Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973, in Lima) is a Peruvian retired football striker.

Waldir Sáenz

Personal information
Full name	Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez
Date of birth	(1973-05-15) May 15, 1973
Place of birth	Lima, Perú
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1986–1991	Alianza Lima
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1998	Alianza Lima	169	(108)
1998	Colorado Rapids	23	(6)
1999	Alianza Lima	32	(22)
1999–2000	Unión de Santa Fe	3	(1)
2000	Sporting Cristal	15	(4)
2001–2005	Alianza Lima	117	(38)
2006	Melgar	6	(1)
2007	Deportivo Municipal	5	(0)
2008	Alianza Lima	6	(0)
2009	Sport Boys	18	(12)
2013	Walter Ormeño	8	(2)
International career‡
1993–2000	Peru	27	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 2010

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

Career

Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goalscorer of the club with 168 goals in 324 matches. He also played for Colorado Rapids (1998), Unión de Santa Fe (1999), Sporting Cristal (2000), among others. In 2013, he came back from retirement to play for Walter Ormeño.

International career

He obtained 27 caps for the Peru national football team from 1993 to 2000, scoring three goals.

External links

• Waldir Sáenz at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Waldir Sáenz at Soccerway
• Waldir Sáenz at fichajes.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 July 2019)
• Waldir Sáenz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Waldir Saenz's Goals