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Radamel García
Radamel Enrique García King (16 April 1957 – 3 January 2019) was a Colombian association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He competed in the Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Personal life and death García was the father of Colombian international, Radamel Falcao García. His brothers Alex García King and Herbert King were also a footballer and an actor, respectively. García died on 3 January 2019, aged 61. References External links * 1957 births 2019 deaths Men's association football central defenders Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Footballers from Santa Marta Footballers from Magdalena Department Falcao Garcia family 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fourth-largest urban city of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, after Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, and Soledad, Atlantico, Soledad. Founded on July 29, 1525, by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, it was one of the first Spanish settlements in Colombia, its oldest surviving city, and second-oldest in South America. This city is situated on a bay by the same name and as such, it is a prime tourist destination in the Caribbean region. History Pre-Columbian times Before the arrival of Europeans, the South American continent was inhabited by a number of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous groups. Due to a combination of tropical weather, significant rainfall, and the destruction and misrepresentation of man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radamel Falcao García
Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Categoría Primera A club Millonarios F.C., Millonarios. Nicknamed "El Tigre" (The Tiger), he is considered one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest Colombian footballers of all time. With over 350 goals for club and country, he is the second highest Colombian goalscorer of all time. Falcao began his professional career in Argentina with Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate, where he played with their youth academy from 2001 until 2004 and later won the 2007–08 Argentine Primera División, 2007–08 Apertura and Clausura in Argentine football, Clausura tournament. In 2009–10, he joined FC Porto, Porto, where he won several trophies, including the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League, 2010–11 Taça de Portugal, Taça de Portugal and 2010–11 Primeira Liga, Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footballers From Magdalena Department
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Olympic Footballers For Colombia
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Colombia Men's International Footballers
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Colombian Men's Footballers
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2019 Deaths
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1957 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert King
Herbert García King (16 December 1963 – 2 August 2018), known artistically as Herbert King, was a Colombian actor. Biography King was born in the city of Santa Marta and in his youth moved to England, where he had his training in dramatic art. Back in his native country he moved to the city of Bogotá where he began his career as an actor. After a minor appearance in the series ''The alternative of the scorpion'', he joined the cast of '' Guajira'', popular telenovela of 1996 by RCN Televisión. Two years later he played the role of Bernabé in the short film by Sergio Cabrera, '' Golpe de Estadio''. A year later he joined the cast of the series ''Francisco the mathematician'' in the role of Octavio Tobón. He started the 2000s with a participation in the telenovela ''Alejo, the search for love'', followed by appearances in soap operas ''Pedro el escamoso'', ''Pasión de Gavilanes'', '' La saga, negocio de familia'', ''La Tormenta'', '' En los tacones de Eva'', '' Nuevo ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
