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José Antonio "Toño" Rada Angulo (13 June 1937 – 1 June 2014) 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 ...
who played as a
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.


International career

He played two matches for the Colombia national football team at the
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, which was held in
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. In that tournament he played an important role in the match between his team and the USSR where he scored a goal and passed the ball for another. The final score was 4–4 and it was the first point for Colombia in a World Cup.


References

1937 births 2014 deaths Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football midfielders People from Atlántico Department {{colombia-footy-midfielder-stub