Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga ( Spanish: Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga ; March 13, 1967 , Medellin , Colombia - July 2, 1994 , ibid.) - Colombian footballer , player of the Colombian national team , who was killed for his own goal 10 days before his death, who scored at the World Cup 1994 in a match with the hosts of the tournament - the US team [1] .
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| Full name | Andres Escobar Saldarriaga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El caballero del futbol (Soccer knight) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 13, 1967 Medellin , Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 2, 1994 (aged 27) Medellin , Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 3 movies
- 4 notes
- 5 References
Biography
Escobar was a defender , played for the Atletico Nacional medellin club, played for a while at the Young Boys number 2 in Switzerland ; had the nickname "El Caballero del Fútbol" ( Football Knight ). Winner of the Libertadores Cup (1988) and the Inter-American Cup (1989). In 1988, he scored a goal in a match with England at Wembley ; this goal brought the Colombians a draw. He participated in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
The consequences of Escobar's own goal in the match with the United States (trying to break American lumbago John Harks , he cut the ball into his own net) were serious: Colombia lost 1: 2 and was forced to leave the tournament after the group stage. Escobar returned to his homeland with the team, where - even before the end of the championship - he was overtaken by the bullet of the killer, Umberto Munoz Castro, who worked as a security guard . Munoz fired 6 bullets at Escobar, who was sitting in a car next to one of Medellin's bars. Each time, making a shot, the killer shouted "Goal!" The footballer was immediately brought to the hospital, where he died after 45 minutes. Andres Escobar had a state funeral, his name is still surrounded by great honor in Medellin, the international street football cup was named in his honor.
Umberto Munoz was sentenced to 43 years in prison . In 2001, the term was reduced to 26 years. But Munoz served only 11 years and was released in 2005 for good behavior . [2]
Andres's famous namesake, drug lord Pablo Escobar , also from Medellin, was also killed in this city six months before Andres's death.
Achievements
- Copa Libertadores : 1989
- Champion of Colombia : 1991 , 1994
- Inter-American Cup : 1989
- Semifinalist of the America's Cup : 1991
- Silver medalist at Colombia Championship: 1988 , 1990
- America's Cup 1989 (4 matches, 360 minutes)
- 1990 World Cup (4 matches, 390 minutes)
- America's Cup 1991 (7 matches, 630 minutes, 4th place)
- 1994 World Cup (3 matches, 270 minutes, 1 own goal)
Movies
- The documentary film Jeff and Michael Zimbalist “Two Escobars” ( born The Two Escobars , 2010 , Columbia , USA ).
Notes
- ↑ World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... No7: Andrés Escobar's deadly own goal / The Guardian . www.theguardian.com . Date of treatment January 14, 2019.
- ↑ What happens for an own goal .