Abdúl Aramayo (4 September 1934 – 2 September 2020)^[1] was a Bolivian footballer.^[2][3][4] He was part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship on home soil.^[5]

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Abdúl Aramayo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-09-04)4 September 1934
Date of death	2 September 2020(2020-09-02) (aged 86)
Place of death	La Paz, Bolivia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ferroviario La Paz
1954-1964	Chaco Petrolero
1965-1967	Bolívar
1968	The Strongest
International career
1959-1963	Bolivia	10	(0)
Managerial career
	Bolívar
Medal record Representing  Bolivia Copa América Winner 1963 Bolivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Aramayo was part of Bolivia’s squad for the 1959 South American Championship in Argentina.^[6]

He played 5 games during the tournament, the game against Argentina on 11 March being his first cap with Bolivia.^[7]

During the game against Brazil on 21 March, Argentinian journalists, who came to see Garrincha, were so impressed by Aramayo’s performance that they nicknamed him the "Bolivian Garrincha".^[8]

His sixth cap was on 15 July 1961 against Uruguay for the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Aramayo was again selected in Bolivia’s squad for the 1963 South American Championship and played 4 games during the tournament^[9] as Bolivia won the competition on home soil, its first and only Copa America to date.

During the tournament, the game against Paraguay on 24 March was his last cap with Bolivia.^[10]