Efraín Elías "El Caimán" Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombian
footballer who played as
goalkeeper. He competed for the
Colombia national football team
The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member ...
at the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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which was held in
Chile. Among other teams, he played for
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
of
Argentina in the 1940s. He won the Colombian league title three times during his career.
Career
Sánchez played for Mexican side
Club Atlas in 1959.
After retiring as a player Sánchez went into management, taking charge of the Colombia national team on three occasions.
Honours
Club
;
Independiente Medellín
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*
Campeonato Profesional:
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
,
1957
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;
Los Millonarios Bogotá
*
Campeonato Profesional:
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
References
External links
*
Profile (in Spanish)
1926 births
2020 deaths
Association football goalkeepers
Colombian footballers
Colombia international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
1983 Copa América managers
Millonarios F.C. players
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
América de Cali footballers
Deportivo Cali footballers
Atlético Junior footballers
Independiente Medellín footballers
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Atlas F.C. footballers
Categoría Primera A players
Liga MX players
Colombian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Colombian football managers
Once Caldas managers
Atlético Junior managers
Colombia national football team managers
Sportspeople from Barranquilla
Deportes Quindío managers
1975 Copa América managers
Independiente Medellín managers
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