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Soccer-Peru hat-trick man seeks to emulate and honour his uncle

Yahoo! Sports | June 26, 2015

Related Topics: Peru national football team, Paolo Guerrero, Teófilo Cubillas, Copa América, Association football

By Gideon Long

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SANTIAGO, June 26 (Reuters) - Paolo Guerrero, Peru's hat-trick scorer in their quarter-final win over Bolivia on Thursday, was only three years old when his uncle, a Copa America winner in 1975, died in one of Peruvian soccer's worst tragedies.

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