# Mario Zabalaga

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{{short description|Bolivian footballer (1938–2008)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Mario Zabalaga
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|fullname       = 
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1938|5|8|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba), Bolivia
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2008|12|13|1938|5|8|df=yes}}
|death_place    = 
|position       = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
|years1         = 1958-1961
|clubs1         = [Jorge Wilstermann](/source/C.D._Jorge_Wilstermann)
|years2         = 1961
|clubs2         = [Always Ready](/source/Club_Always_Ready)
|years3         = 1962-1963
|clubs3         = [Jorge Wilstermann](/source/C.D._Jorge_Wilstermann)
|years4         = 1964
|clubs4         = [Aurora](/source/Club_Aurora)
|years5         = 1965-1973
|clubs5         = [Jorge Wilstermann](/source/C.D._Jorge_Wilstermann)
|nationalteam1  = [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia_national_football_team)
|nationalyears1 = 1961-1967
|nationalcaps1  = 11
|nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|BOL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Copa América](/source/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica)}}
{{Medal|Winner|[1963 Bolivia](/source/1963_South_American_Championship)|}}
}}

'''Mario Zabalaga''' (8 May 1938 – 13 December 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Entre la nostalgia y el olvido se recuerdan 60 años del título de Bolivia del 63 |url=https://www.la-razon.com/marcas/2023/03/31/bolivia-3/ |website=La Razon |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EL HOMBRE RECORD |url=https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=715108786956903&locale=ms_MY |website=Facebook Wilstermann cuestion de orgullo |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> was a Bolivian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe158337/mario-zabalaga/ |title=Mario Zabalaga |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mario Zabalaga |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/mario-zabalaga/ |website=Live Futbol |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
He was part of Bolivia's squad that won the [1963 South American Championship](/source/1963_South_American_Championship) on home soil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html |title=South American Championship 1963 |work=RSSSF |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>

==International career==
Zabalaga got his first cap with [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia_national_football_team) on 15 July 1961 against [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay_national_football_team) for the 1st leg of the [1962 FIFA World Cup qualification](/source/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bolivia v Uruguay, 15 July 1961 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/bolivia-v-uruguay-15-july-1961-227950/ |website=11v11 |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> He also play the 2nd leg on 30 July, also against Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uruguay v Bolivia, 30 July 1961 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-bolivia-30-july-1961-227951/ |website=11v11 |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

He was selected in Bolivia's [squad](/source/1963_South_American_Championship_squads) for the [1963 South American Championship](/source/1963_South_American_Championship), playing only one game against [Paraguay](/source/Paraguay_national_football_team) on 24 March<ref>{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1963 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/63safull.html |website=RSSF |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> as Bolivia won the [tournament](/source/1963_South_American_Championship), its first and only [Copa America](/source/Copa_America).

In July and August 1965, he played three [1966 FIFA World Cup qualification](/source/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL_%E2%80%93_Group_3)) games, two against Paraguay<ref>{{cite web |title=Paraguay v Bolivia, 25 July 1965 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/paraguay-v-bolivia-25-july-1965-229103/ |website=11v11 |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bolivia v Paraguay, 22 August 1965 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/bolivia-v-paraguay-22-august-1965-229135/ |website=11v11 |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> and one against [Argentina](/source/Argentina_national_football_team).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bolivia v Argentina, 29 August 1965 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/bolivia-v-argentina-29-august-1965-229145/ |website=11v11 |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>

Zabalaga was in Bolivia's [squad](/source/1967_South_American_Championship_squads) for the [1967 South American Championship](/source/1967_South_American_Championship) and played 5 games during the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=South American Championship 1967 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/67safull.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
The game against [Chile](/source/Chile_national_football_team) on 1 February was his 11th and last cap with Bolivia.

==References==
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{{Bolivia squad 1963 South American Championship}}
{{Bolivia squad 1967 South American Championship}}
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Category:1938 births
Category:Bolivian men's footballers
Category:20th-century Bolivian sportsmen
Category:Bolivia men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
Category:Copa América–winning players
Category:Club Aurora players

Category:2008 deaths

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