Giraldo Arango González (29 May 1958 – 28 August 2021) was a Cuban

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player and coach.

Biography

Born in

Los Palacios Los Palacios () is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1760. Geography The municipality is divided into the barrios of Limones, Macurijes, Paso Real, Santa Mónica, Santo Domingo, Sierra and Urbano ...

, González made his debut in the XVIII

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, 1978-1979, as a shortstop for

Vegueros de Pinar del Río Vegueros de Pinar del Río (English: Pinar del Río Meadow Growers) is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in the western city of Pinar del Río, the ''Vegueros'' are historically one of the more successful teams in the Cuban Nat ...

. He remained with the Vegueros for fifteen years. He participated in national and international events such as Copa José Antonio Huelga,

1982 Central American and Caribbean Games The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2,420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports. Some events were held in Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, an ...

, 1987 Pan American Games, Intercontinental Cup Baseball 1987 and others. Giraldo González died on 28 August 2021, after contracting

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. He was 63 years old.

References

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