Valeriano Lopez Mendiola (born 4 May 1926 in Casma died 7 May 1993 in Callao) was a football forward from Peru nicknamed Tanque de Casma. Recognized as one of Peru's most important players he was an all round forward with great finishing positioning and heading skills. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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