Omar Cañas

Omar Cañas
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-09-16)16 September 1969
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Date of death 3 February 1993(1993-02-03) (aged 23)
Place of death Bello, Colombia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Atlético Nacional
International career
Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Darío Cañas Espinosa (16 September 1969 – 3 February 1993) was a Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

Death

Cañas, along with two others were shot and killed on 3 February 1993. He was 23 years old.[3] The day the Colombia U-17 National Team was playing against Ecuador and “Toro” met with some friends to watch the game. They found him tied hand and foot and shot several times, along with a 17-year-old girl and a young man who was the brother of a hitman leader who had been murdered hours before.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Omar Cañas at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Omar Cañas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Asesinado en Medellín el tor Omar Cañas". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 5 February 1993. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Cuando el fútbol se mancha de sangre". Marca (in Spanish). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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