| Omar Cañas | |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Medellín, Colombia |
| Death Place: | Bello, Colombia |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Clubs1: | Atlético Nacional |
| Nationalteam1: | Colombia |
Omar Darío Cañas Espinosa (16 September 1969 - 3 February 1993) was a Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
Cañas, along with two others were shot and killed on 3 February 1993. He was 23 years old. [2] 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.[2] [3]