Carlos Arango Medina (Santa Marta, 31 January 1928 - Los Angeles, 19 August 2014) was a
Colombian football forward, often known as "El Maestro".
Career
Born in
Santa Marta, Arango began his professional football career with
Deportes Caldas
Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium.
They were the surprise winners ...
in 1948, and he would win the league title with Caldas in 1950. He was the only Colombian player in
Deportes Samario's first professional squad in 1950. He also played for
Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the oth ...
,
Santa Fe,
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 ...
,
Cúcuta Deportivo
Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S. A. is a professional Colombian football club based in Cúcuta, which plays in the Categoria Primera B.
The club was officially founded on 10 September 1924, and its first appearance in a professional league ...
and
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 ...
in
Colombia,
Monarcas Morelia in
Mexico
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, and La Salle FC, La Salle, Vasco and Litoral Sport Club, Litoral in Venezuela.
Arango made 22 appearances and scored six goals for the Colombia national football team from 1946 to 1965. He scored Colombia's first goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying, a header against Uruguay national football team, Uruguay in Bogota on 16 June 1957.
Honours
International
Colombia
*Central American and Caribbean Games, Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal (1): Football at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games, 1946
References
External links
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1928 births
2014 deaths
Colombian men's footballers
Colombia men's international footballers
Once Caldas footballers
Atlético Nacional footballers
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Independiente Medellín footballers
Cúcuta Deportivo footballers
Unión Magdalena footballers
Millonarios F.C. players
Atlético Morelia players
Categoría Primera A players
Liga MX players
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Footballers from Santa Marta
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
Men's association football forwards
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
Footballers from Magdalena Department
20th-century Colombian people