Héctor Echeverri Atehortúa (10 April 1938 – 1988), often misspelled as ''Héctor Echeverry'', was a Colombian international

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Club career

Echeverri played in 457 official matches for

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

, more than any other player in the club's history.

International career

He competed for the

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at the

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which was held in

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. He played in their second group game on 3 June 1962 against the then

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1938 births Men's association football defenders Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Independiente Medellín footballers Independiente Santa Fe footballers Categoría Primera A players 1988 deaths 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub