Omar Cañas

Omar Cañas
Personal information
Date of birth	16 September 1969
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Date of death	3 February 1993 (aged 23)
Place of death	Bello, Colombia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	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

^ Omar Cañas at WorldFootball.net
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Asesinado en Medellín el tor Omar Cañas". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 5 February 1993. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "Cuando el fútbol se mancha de sangre". Marca (in Spanish). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2021.