This Monday, a former FC Barcelona forward, died at the age of 75. The one known as Cholo Sotil was born in Peru and was considered one of the best South American players of his time and stood out for being a skilled, elusive and intuitive forward. On December 19, he was admitted to the Dos de Mayo Hospital in Lima due to multiple organ failure and in the last few hours, the disease worsened until he suffered circulatory shock with kidney and liver failure.
In his first season as a Barça player, he played every game in the 1973-74 League, where he met figures such as Cruyff, Asensi and Marcial. “FC Barcelona regrets the death of Hugo Sotil, and wants to express its condolences to his family and friends. Rest in peace, Cholo,” Barcelona reported on their social networks this Monday.
FC Barcelona mourns the death of Hugo Sotil, a Barça player between 1973 and 1976, and wants to express its condolences to his family and friends.
Rest in peace, Cholo.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es)
Sotil scored 12 goals in his first season in the Barça team, playing 34 games. In the following season he did not play a single game because the signing of Johan Neeskens closed the door for him. He reappeared in the 1975-76 season and only scored three goals in 19 games. After playing his fourth and last season with Barça, the Peruvian left in 1977 for Alianza Lima.
In 1984, a tribute was paid to the Miniestadi with a veterans’ match between the 1974 team and a South American team. “Since I left Barça I was waiting for this moment. “I like Barcelona, the kindness of its people and the affection of the fans,” he declared when that match ended.
Decades later, in 2014, Sotil once again showed off his love for Barcelona from Lima: “All that love that the people of Barça gave me cannot be forgotten, the day I die, I hope they bury me in the Barcelona shirt. “, said. Last November, Sotil visited what was always his home coinciding with the events of .
