Alfredo Arango (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arango and the second or maternal family name is Narváez.
Alfredo Arango
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Arango Narváez
Date of birth (1945-02-16)16 February 1945
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Date of death 20 December 2005(2005-12-20) (aged 60)
Place of death Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1972 Unión Magdalena
1972–1973 Millonarios
1974 Unión Magdalena
1975–1976 Bucaramanga
1977 Junior
1978–1980 Unión Magdalena
International career
1968 Colombia Olympic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo Arango Narváez (16 February 1945 – 20 December 2005)[1] was a Colombian international footballer. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Born in Santa Marta, Arango played professional football in Colombia. The midfielder spent most of his playing career with Unión Magdalena. He won the Colombian league title with Unión in 1968, and is the club's all-time leading goal-scorer with 104 total goals.[3] He also won league titles with Millonarios (1972) and Atlético Junior (1977).[4][5]

Arango played for the Colombia national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[6]

Personal

In December 2005, Arango died in his home city of Santa Marta.[7]

Honours

Unión Magdalena
Millonarios
Atlético Junior

Individual

References

  1. ^ Tobías, Aantonio (21 December 2005). "De Santa Marta: nota complementaria de Alfredo Arango (qepd)" [Santa Marta: Additional note on Alfredo Arango (RIP)] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ^ Alfredo Arango – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Máximos goleadores" (in Spanish). Club Unión Magdalena.
  4. ^ "El adiós para dos ídolos del fútbol nacional" [Goodbye to two idols of national football] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 20 December 2005.
  5. ^ "Adiós a dos glorias del fútbol" [Goodbye to two football icons] (in Spanish). El Pais. December 2005.
  6. ^ "Alfredo Arango Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Murieron ex futbolistas Alfredo Arango y Oscar López" [Former footballers Alfredo Arango and Oscar López died] (in Spanish). Nacion.com. 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2012.


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