Alexander Obregón Gamboa (11 December 1977 – 30 May 2009) was a Colombian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played the majority of his career in El Salvador.
Club career
Obregón arrived in El Salvador in 2001 and joined
Salvadoran second division side
Telecom. He joined
San Salvador F.C.
San Salvador Fútbol Club was a professional association football, football club located in San Salvador, El Salvador that participated in Salvadoran Primera División, Primera División de Fútbol Profesional from 2002 to 2008.
The club played i ...
the next season, helping them win the 2003 Clausura title.
He later played for
Luis Ángel Firpo,
Chalatenango and
FAS, playing his final season of top division football with
Independiente Nacional in 2007 after they were relegated. He played for the newly formed
Santa Tecla team and finally joined former coach
Rubén Alonso
Rubén Rudesindo Alonso Alves (born 1 September 1962) is a former Uruguayan professional football player and currently manager of second division team Cruzeiro.
Playing career
He won titles with Alianza and Real España, and was the top goalsco ...
at Alba Acajutla.
Death
Obregón was involved in a fatal car crash in 2009, on the road to and just outside
La Libertad. Former teammate and friend, Colombian player
Christian Gil suffered severe injuries to the skull and thorax in the same accident.
Falleció Alex Obregón
- La Prensa Gráfica (Alex Obregón has died)
Honours
* Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: 1
:: 2003
References
External links
Perece Alex Obregón
- El Diario de Hoy
- CD FAS
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1977 births
2009 deaths
Footballers from Cali
Men's association football forwards
Colombian footballers
América de Cali footballers
A.D. Chalatenango footballers
San Salvador F.C. footballers
C.D. FAS footballers
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
Santa Tecla F.C. footballers
Colombian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
Road incident deaths in El Salvador