Juan Carlos Bazalar Cruzado (born 23 February 1968) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Bazalar developed as part of the youth system of Universitario de Deportes, and played his first professional game by Universitario to continue his development as a player.
Bazalar has made 26 appearances for the Peru national football team.
He had expressed a wish to play alongside his son who was part of the U-17 team that went to the U-17 World Cup in 2007.
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