 To give him a chance to play more games he was loaned to the club Coronel Bolognesi of Tacna in 2002, where he performed well.He then returned to the 'U' in 2003, where he had another good year.Due to money arguments the next year he moved to rival team Sporting Cristal, where he performed so well, scoring several goals and leading the team to a national championship, that he was named the Peruvian player of the year by the media outlets.