Máximo Lobatón


Máximo Lobatón was a Peruvian manager and former player.

Playing career

Club career

Trained at Alianza Lima, Lobatón nevertheless began his career at Deportivo Municipal in 1937. He first moved abroad in 1939 to Deportes Magallanes, before returning to Peru to play for his boyhood club, Alianza Lima, in 1941. He moved abroad a second time, signing with Huracán, where he played 10 matches in 1942. He was, in fact, the first Peruvian player to play for Huracán.
He returned to Peru and played for Alianza from 1943 to 1947 before moving abroad a third and final time to Colombia in 1948, where he joined Deportivo Cali along with the exodus of Peruvian footballers to ‘El Dorado’.

International career

Lobatón was a Peruvian international 12 times between 1941 and 1942. He participated in the South American Championships of 1941 and 1942.

Managerial career

Máximo Lobatón coached Sport Boys in 1944. He also managed Deportivo Cali and Cúcuta Deportivo in Colombia. In 1966, he took over as manager of Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín.

Honours

Player

Deportivo Municipal