Roberto Carlos Cortés Restrepo (born 20 June 1977) is a Colombian former

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who previously played as a defender 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 ...

. Cortés played most of his career to date with

where he was part of the Championship winning team in 2002-II. Cortés played 25 times for the Colombia national team between 1999 and 2003.Colombia record international footballers
at

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His most famous achievement was helping them to win their first ever

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Honours

;Independiente Medellín *

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

: 2002-II ;Colombia *

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...

runner-up:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Roberto Carlos 1977 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 1999 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Deportivo Cali footballers Once Caldas footballers Club Libertad footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Independiente Medellín footballers Millonarios F.C. players Atlético Junior footballers Footballers from Medellín Zacatepec F.C. players Copa América–winning players