Claudio Pizarro

Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio, born on 3 October 1978, is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a striker and now serves as a club ambassador for Bayern Munich. He is the highest scorer and most successful Latin American player in the history of German football, with 197 Bundesliga goals in 490 appearances, which makes him the sixth top scorer in Bundesliga history, and he is the oldest player to score a goal in the league, at over 40 years of age. He is also the all-time top scorer of Werder Bremen and the ninth top scorer in the history of Bayern Munich. He began in Peru with Deportivo Pesquero and Alianza Lima, joined Werder Bremen in 1999, signed for Bayern in 2001, won several Bundesliga titles and domestic cups in two spells there, played for Chelsea in the Premier League and for 1. FC Köln, and retired in 2020 after a fifth spell at Bremen. He earned 85 caps and scored 20 goals for Peru and captained the team to third place at the 2015 Copa America.