Mauricio Baldivieso

Mauricio Baldivieso (born 22 July 1996) is a Bolivian former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Club San José in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.

At the age of 12, Baldivieso was the youngest player ever to play professional football when his father, Julio Baldivieso, who managed Club Aurora at the time, sent him on as a late substitute against La Paz on 19 July 2009,[1] until his record was broken by 11-year-old Eric Godpower Marshall in April 2021.

[2] In July 2009 Baldivieso played his first match in professional football for Aurora just a few days short of his 13th birthday when he came on as a late substitute in a Clausura fixture against La Paz.

On 30 June 2013, Baldivieso signed for Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano club Nacional Potosí on a free transfer.

Baldivieso was selected for the Bolivian U-20 team to play in the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.