Luis Paz (footballer) explained

Luis Paz
Fullname:Luis Carlos Paz Moreno
Birth Date:25 June 1942
Birth Place:Cali, Colombia
Death Place:Puracé, Cauca, Colombia
Nationalyears1:1970
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Luis Carlos Paz Moreno (born 25 June 1942, died 27 June 2015) was a Colombian footballer. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.[1] He was 19 years old when he was called up for the squad, making him the youngest Colombian ever to be named to or play for at a World Cup.[2] He died aged 73, of a heart attack, while vacationing with his family at a hotel resort in Puracé-Coconuco in the mountains in southern Colombia.[3]

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133113/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/chile1962/teams/team=43926/players.html 1962 FIFA World Cup: Colombia Squad
  2. Web site: Murió Luis Carlos Paz, el futbolista colombiano más joven en asistir a un Mundial.
  3. News: Falleció Luis Carlos Paz, mundialista con Colombia en Chile-62 . . 29 June 2015 . 22 October 2021.