José Fernando Santa Robledo (born September 12, 1970) is a retired football defender who played at international level for Colombia. He played two matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and his club at that time was

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 ...

. He also appeared at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Career

Born in Pereira, Risaralda, Santa was the first person

Risaralda Department Risaralda () or "Rizaralde", is a landlocked department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira. It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966. Risar ...

to play in a

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

. Santa made 28 appearances for the Colombia national football team from 1995 to 1998.

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* * 1970 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Footballers from Medellín Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1995 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers Colombian football managers Atlético Nacional managers Men's association football defenders Deportivo Pereira managers Atlético Huila managers Deportivo Pasto managers {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub