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Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian
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Career

Ciciliano was born in
Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...
. From 2006, Ciciliano played at
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 ...
where he achieved several remarkable feats. One of these was on November 19, 2006, when
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 ...
played against
Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...
;
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 ...
was winning the match 1–0 and with 5 minutes remaining for the final whistle,
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 ...
goalkeeper Jose Fernando Cuadrado was sent off. Without another goalkeeper available (Juan Carlos Henao was injured), Ciciliano took his place; he eventually saved the penalty kick awarded to
Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...
as result of Cuadrado's foul, and Millos won the match. Another notable achievement for Ciciliano was on October 24, 2007, when he scored 2 goals against the Brazilian club
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, assuring
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 ...
qualification for the Semi-finals of the
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. That same year he won Top Scorer in the
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after scoring 6 goals in
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. Ciciliano played for Colombia at the
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in
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. Ciciliano entered the intensive care unit of Clínica La Asunción in
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with
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for complications of
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on September 6, 2020. He died there of his condition on September 17, 2020, at age 43.


Titles


Individual honours

* Top scorer in the
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with
Millonarios F.C. Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio El Campín, El Campín stadium. Millonarios wa ...


References

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