Alfredo Arango Narváez (16 February 1945 – 20 December 2005) was a Colombian international

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. He competed for the

Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member ...

at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Career

Born in

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...

, Arango played professional football in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The

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spent most of his playing career with

Unión Magdalena Unión Magdalena () commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone) and also Los Samarios (The Samarios), is a Colombian football club from the city of Santa Marta, capital of the department of Magdalena, ...

. He won the Colombian league title with Unión in 1968, and is the club's all-time leading goal-scorer with 104 total goals. He also won league titles with

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

(1972) and

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...

(1977). Arango played for the

at the

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Personal

In December 2005, Arango died in his home city of

Honours

;Unión Magdalena * Campeonato Colombiano (1):

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;Millonarios * Campeonato Colombiano (1): 1972 ;Atlético Junior * Campeonato Colombiano (1): 1977

Individual

* All-time top scorer in

(112 goals)

References

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* 1945 births 2005 deaths Colombian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Unión Magdalena footballers Millonarios F.C. players Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Atlético Junior footballers Categoría Primera A players Men's association football midfielders Colombia men's international footballers Footballers from Santa Marta Footballers from Magdalena Department {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub