Alfredo Arango (footballer) explained

Alfredo Arango
Fullname:Alfredo Arango Narváez
Birth Date:16 February 1945
Birth Place:Santa Marta, Colombia
Death Place:Santa Marta, Colombia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1965–1972
Clubs1:Unión Magdalena
Years2:1972–1973
Clubs2:Millonarios
Years3:1974
Clubs3:Unión Magdalena
Years4:1975–1976
Clubs4:Bucaramanga
Years5:1977
Clubs5:Junior
Years6:1978–1980
Clubs6:Unión Magdalena
Nationalyears1:1968
Nationalteam1:Colombia Olympic
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

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.

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.[2] He also won league titles with Millonarios (1972) and Atlético Junior (1977).[3] [4]

Arango played for the Colombia national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[5]

Personal

In December 2005, Arango died in his home city of Santa Marta.[6]

Honours

Unión Magdalena
Millonarios
Atlético Junior

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Colombiano. Tobías, Aantonio. De Santa Marta: nota complementaria de Alfredo Arango (qepd). Santa Marta: Additional note on Alfredo Arango (RIP). Spanish. 21 December 2005. 12 December 2012. 27 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090727131532/http://www.elcolombiano.com/proyectos/capsulas/historico/2005/diciembre/21.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Club Unión Magdalena. Máximos goleadores. Spanish. 12 December 2012.
  3. Web site: El Colombiano. El adiós para dos ídolos del fútbol nacional. Goodbye to two idols of national football. Spanish. 20 December 2005.
  4. Web site: El Pais. Adiós a dos glorias del fútbol. Goodbye to two football icons. Spanish. December 2005.
  5. Web site: Sports-reference.com. Alfredo Arango Biography and Olympic Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/alfredo-arango-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 December 2012.
  6. Web site: Nacion.com. Murieron ex futbolistas Alfredo Arango y Oscar López. Former footballers Alfredo Arango and Oscar López died. Spanish. 20 December 2005. 2012-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233407/http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2005/diciembre/20/udeportes-la8.html. 2013-10-04. dead.