Carlos Arango

Carlos Arango Medina (Santa Marta, 31 January 1928 - Los Angeles, 19 August 2014) was a Colombian football forward, often known as "El Maestro".

Career

Born in Santa Marta, Arango began his professional football career with Deportes Caldas in 1948, and he would win the league title with Caldas in 1950. He was the only Colombian player in Deportes Samario's first professional squad in 1950. He also played for Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, Independiente Medellín, Cúcuta Deportivo and Millonarios in Colombia, Monarcas Morelia in Mexico, and La Salle, Vasco and Litoral in Venezuela.

Arango made 22 appearances and scored six goals for the Colombia national football team from 1946 to 1965. He scored Colombia's first goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying, a header against Uruguay in Bogota on 16 June 1957.

Honours

International

Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal (1): 1946

References

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1928 births

2014 deaths

Colombian men's footballers

Colombia men's international footballers

Once Caldas footballers

Atlético Nacional footballers

Independiente Santa Fe footballers

Independiente Medellín footballers

Cúcuta Deportivo footballers

Unión Magdalena footballers

Millonarios F.C. players

Atlético Morelia players

Categoría Primera A players

Liga MX players

Colombian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico

Footballers from Santa Marta

Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia

Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

Men's association football forwards

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football

Footballers from Magdalena Department

20th-century Colombian people