Andrés Escobar

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Andrés Escobar
Personnel
Surname Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga
birthday March 13, 1967
place of birth Medellin ,  Colombia
date of death 2nd July 1994
Place of death Medellin ,  Colombia
size 184 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
1985-1987 Atlético Nacional
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1987-1989 Atlético Nacional 75 (0)
1989-1990 BSC Young Boys
1990-1994 Atlético Nacional 144 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1988-1994 Colombia 50 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (born March 13, 1967 in Medellín , † July 2, 1994 ibid) was a Colombian football player .

Life

Escobar was born on March 13, 1967 in Medellín as the son of the banker Dario Escobar († 2013), who founded an organization for young people. He attended the Colegio Calasanz and graduated from the Instituto Conrado Gonzalez . He played on several school soccer teams before turning pro. His brother Santiago was also a soccer player and is now a coach .

Escobar played in the position of a defender and participated as such with the Colombian national team at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the 1994 World Cup in the USA . In the preliminary round match against the USA team on June 22, 1994, he scored an own goal to make it 0-1; Colombia eventually lost 2-1 and was eliminated from the tournament. A few days later, on July 2, 1994, Escobar was shot six times in front of a bar in Medellín.

The perpetrator Humberto Muñoz Castro was a bodyguard and driver of powerful drug lords. He may have acted as a disappointed, angry fan or a hitman for the Colombian gambling mafia. It is believed that Escobar's murder was due to his own goal. Muñoz Castro was sentenced to 43 years imprisonment in June 1995, but was released in 2005 after eleven years for good conduct.

Escobar's funeral was attended by around 120,000 people. Fans bring photos of him to games every year. In July 2002 the city of Medellín erected a memorial to him.

Copa Andrés Escobar

The Street Football World Cup was named Escobar in honor of Copa Andrés Escobar .

successes

Atlético Nacional
1989
1991
1989

Others

On October 24, 2014, the radio play with the Spanish title “La vida no termina aquí” ( German : “Life does not end here”), which deals with the life of Escobar, won the German Football Culture Prize in the category Fan Prize as Football - Radio Play of the Year Awarded. The piece comes from Simon Schneider and was spoken by him.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caracio Radio: Murió Darío Escobar, el padre del asesinado futbolista Andrés Escobar , January 18, 2013 (Spanish)
  2. ^ Biography of Andrés Escobar
  3. ↑ Mourning Fills Colombia: Shooting: Alleged gunman arrested in slaying of Escobar as nation tries to come to terms with latest violence , Los Angeles Times. July 4, 1994. Retrieved May 14, 2012. 
  4. ↑ a b Colombian goalie's killer released early , MSNBC . August 6, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2010. 
  5. ↑ Own goal at 1994 World Cup still connects slain Colombian Andres Escobar, former US midfielder John Harkes , NJ.com. June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2010. 
  6. ↑ The own goal as a death sentence (Spanish) , Marca.com. July 6, 1994. Retrieved June 28, 2010. 
  7. ↑ News from the Football Culture Prize: Winner 2014: “La vida no termina aquí”. German Academy for Football Culture , October 16, 2014, archived from the original on October 24, 2014 ; Retrieved October 17, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Escobar, Andrés
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Escobar Saldarriaga, Andrés (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Medellin , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1994
Place of death Medellin , Colombia