Overview
- Family, former players and supporters laid Azkargorta to rest in Santa Cruz, with 1994 stars Marco Etcheverry, Milton Melgar, Marco Sandy, Juan Manuel Peña and William Ramallo carrying the coffin.
- He died on November 14 in Santa Cruz from cardiac complications, with the Caja Nacional de Salud hospital confirming his passing shortly before 7 a.m. at age 72.
- CONMEBOL and clubs including Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero, Espanyol and Chivas issued condolences, hailing him as a symbol of Bolivian football.
- He is best known for leading Bolivia to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the nation’s only qualification by merit, and later settled in the country.
- His career spanned Spain, Chile, Japan and Mexico, with titles for Yokohama Marinos in 1998 and Bolívar’s Apertura 2014 and Clausura 2015, plus a 2014 Copa Libertadores semifinal run.