Ricardo Ciciliano Explained

Ricardo Ciciliano
Fullname:Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo
Birth Date:23 September 1976
Birth Place:Barranquilla, Colombia
Death Place:Barranquilla, Colombia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1993–1995
Years2:1996–1997
Years3:1998–1999
Years4:2000
Years5:2000
Years6:2001
Years7:2001
Years8:2002–2004
Years9:2005–2006
Years10:2006–2008
Years11:2008
Years12:2009
Years13:2009
Years14:2010–2011
Years15:2012
Years16:2012
Clubs13:Millonarios
Clubs14:Juan Aurich
Clubs16:Atlético Huila
Caps10:65
Caps11:18
Caps13:18
Caps14:58
Caps15:14
Caps16:7
Goals10:16
Goals11:5
Goals13:3
Goals14:17
Goals15:3
Goals16:1
Nationalyears1:1993
Nationalteam1:Colombia U17
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:2
Pcupdate:April 24, 2013

Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian football midfielder.

Career

Ciciliano was born in Barranquilla. From 2006, Ciciliano played at Millonarios where he achieved several remarkable feats. One of these was on November 19, 2006, when Millonarios played against Independiente Medellín; Millonarios was winning the match 1–0 and with 5 minutes remaining for the final whistle, Millonarios goalkeeper Jose Fernando Cuadrado was sent off. Without another goalkeeper available (Juan Carlos Henao was injured), Ciciliano took his place; he eventually saved the penalty kick awarded to Independiente Medellín as result of Cuadrado's foul, and Millos won the match.

Another notable achievement for Ciciliano was on October 24, 2007, when he scored 2 goals against the Brazilian club São Paulo FC, assuring Millonarios qualification for the Semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2007. That same year he won Top Scorer in the Copa Sudamericana 2007 after scoring 6 goals in Millonarios. Ciciliano played for Colombia at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan.

Ciciliano entered the intensive care unit of Clínica La Asunción in Barranquilla with pneumonia for complications of COVID-19 on September 6, 2020. He died there of his condition on September 17, 2020, at age 43.[1] [2]

Titles

SeasonClubTitle
1993ColombiaU-17 South American Championship
2003Deportes Tolima2003-II - Copa Mustang
20052005-II - Copa Mustang

Individual honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William González Badillo . Falleció el exfutbolista soledeño Ricardo Ciciliano . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925103354/https://www.elheraldo.co/deportes/fallecio-el-exfutbolista-soledeno-ricardo-ciciliano-759375 . es . El Heraldo . 17 September 2020 . 25 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Falleció Ricardo Ciciliano tras luchar contra una neumonía . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920084843/https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/fallecio-ricardo-ciciliano-tras-luchar-contra-una-neumonia-538437 . es . El Tiempo . 17 September 2020 . 20 September 2020.