Roberto Carlos Cortés Restrepo (born 20 June 1977) is a Colombian former
footballer
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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
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 ...
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 rsssf
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His most famous achievement was helping them to win their first ever Copa América
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in 2001
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.
Honours
;Independiente Medellín
*Categoría Primera A
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: 2002-II
;Colombia
*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 ...
*CONCACAF Gold Cup
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runner-up: 2000
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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