Rigoberto Guzmán
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón | ||
Date of birth | (1932-06-11)11 June 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador | ||
Date of death | 22 June 2014(2014-06-22) (aged 82) | ||
Place of death | El Salvador | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Santa Anita | |||
Juventud Olimpica Metalio | |||
International career | |||
El Salvador | |||
Managerial career | |||
1968 | El Salvador | ||
Atlante San Alejo | |||
Adler San Nicolás | |||
Atlético Marte | |||
Cojutepeque | |||
Sonsonate | |||
Lincoln | |||
Maestranza | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (11 June 1932 – 22 June 2014) was a Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager from Atiquizaya.
Club career
Guzmán was a running athlete who competed at the 800 and 3000 metres but later became a football player and captained the Juventud Olimpica Metalio side for eight years.[1]
Managerial career and other professions
Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games.[2] Also, he is a painter and caricaturist and in 2006 he was given the title Maestro Meritísimo de El Salvador after 50 years of educating.[3]
In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.[4]
Death
Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.[5]
References
External links
- Tribute - Memorias Guanacas (in Spanish)
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