Alfredo Arango
Alfredo Arango Narváez (16 February 1945 – 20 December 2005)[1] was a Colombian international footballer. He competed for the Colombian national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Arango Narváez | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Marta, Colombia | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 2005 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Santa Marta, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1972 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| 1972–1973 | Millonarios | ||
| 1974 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| 1975–1976 | Bucaramanga | ||
| 1977 | Junior | ||
| 1978–1980 | Unión Magdalena | ||
| National team | |||
| 1968 | Colombia Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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.[3] He also won league titles with Millonarios (1972) and Atlético Junior (1977).[4][5]
Arango played for the Colombia national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[6]
Personal
In December 2005, Arango died in his home city of Santa Marta.[7]
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References
- Tobías, Aantonio (21 December 2005). "De Santa Marta: nota complementaria de Alfredo Arango (qepd)" [Santa Marta: Additional note on Alfredo Arango (RIP)] (in Spanish). El Colombiano.
- Alfredo Arango – FIFA competition record
- "Máximos goleadores" (PDF) (in Spanish). Club Unión Magdalena. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- "El adiós para dos ídolos del fútbol nacional" [Goodbye to two idols of national football] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 20 December 2005.
- "Adiós a dos glorias del fútbol" [Goodbye to two football icons] (in Spanish). El Pais. December 2005.
- "Alfredo Arango Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- "Murieron ex futbolistas Alfredo Arango y Oscar López" [Former footballers Alfredo Arango and Oscar López died] (in Spanish). Nacion.com. 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
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