Lorenzo Calonga

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Calonga and the second or maternal family name is Arce.
Lorenzo Calonga
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Calonga Arce
Date of birth 28 August 1929
Place of birth Paraguay
Date of death 20 September 2003(2003-09-20) (aged 74)
Place of death Arauca, Arauca, Colombia
Position(s) Striker, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Cerro Porteño
– Olimpia
1947–1950 Club Guaraní
1951–1953 Deportivo Pereira[1] 68 (10)
1954–1957 Independiente Medellín[2] 88 (9)
1958 Irapuato
– León
International career
1950 Paraguay 1 (1)
Managerial career
1961 Deportes Quindío
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorenzo Calonga Arce (28 August 1929 – 20 September 2003) was a Paraguayan football striker and midfielder who was part of the Paraguay squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals.[3]

Career

Calonga began playing football in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, Club Olimpia and Club Guaraní, where he won the 1949 Paraguayan Primera División title.[4] He moved to Colombia where he played for Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Medellín. He finished his playing career in Mexico with Club León and Club Irapuato.[5][6]

Calonga scored a goal for the Paraguay national team in a friendly against Brazil on 13 May 1950.[7]

After he retired from playing, Calonga returned to Colombia to work as a coach.[8] He managed Deportes Quindío during the 1961 season.

Personal

Lorenzo Calonga is from a Paraguayan family of famous athletes, including Manuel Calonga who played football and basketball for Club Guaraní.[9]

Calonga died from pneumonia in Arauca, at the age of 77.[8]

References

  1. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-01-11 at archive.today
  2. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today
  3. ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Se fue Ovidio Casartelli, campeón en 1949 con Guaraní" [It was Ovidio Casartelli, champion in 1949 with Guaraní] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 28 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Se fue Pate' mula" [It was Pate' mule] (in Spanish). Llanera.com. 23 September 2003.
  6. ^ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (19 December 2007). "El baúl de los recuerdos: Estrellas de 1952" [The trunk of memories: Stars of 1952] (in Spanish). El Espectador.
  7. ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 June 2012). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1947-1952". RSSSF.
  8. ^ a b "Muerte de "Patemula" Calonga" [Death of "Patemula" Calonga] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 1 September 2003.
  9. ^ "Brillaron en más de un deporte" [Shone in more than one sport] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 4 July 2005.