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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-04-14)14 April 1971[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ginebra, Colombia | ||
| Date of death | 4 December 2012(2012-12-04) (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1997 | Deportivo Cali | 94 | (2) |
| 1987–1992 | → Sporting de Barranquilla (loan) | 86 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Atlético Nacional | 91 | (0) |
| 2000–2011 | Pachuca | 395 | (1) |
| Total | 667 | (3) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2009 | Colombia | 50 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Pachuca (Goalkeeper Trainer) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez (14 April 1971 – 4 December 2012) was a Colombian professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He played 50 times for theColombia national team between 1995 and 2007.[2]
While playing in Colombia, Calero won two championships, one withDeportivo Cali (1996) and another one withAtlético Nacional (1998). In Mexico, he played 23 tournaments withClub Pachuca and won 10 cups with the team. At an international level, Calero won fourCONCACAF Champions Leagues and theCopa Sudamericana in 2006; he also won the2001 Copa América with Colombia's national team.[3]
Calero was born inGinebra, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, but later became aMexican citizen.
He played forDeportivo Cali winning the 1996Copa Mustang Division Mayor: Primera A championship title andAtlético Nacional Colombia, then moving toC.F. Pachuca,Mexico, where he was captain of the team. With Pachuca, he won four national championships, three CONCACAF Champions Cups, one Copa Sudamericana and one SuperLiga title. He scored a goal againstChiapas on 11 August 2002.
He played for theColombia national team and was a participant at the1992 Summer Olympics and at the1998 FIFA World Cup. In2001 he was part of theColombia team that won their first everCopa América championship.[4]
He was known for wearing a baseball cap as a goalkeeper and a bandana, and for having a pair of wings on the back of his jersey around his number, 1. These wings symbolize his nickname, "El Cóndor".
After a poor performance inCopa América 2007, which included a 5–0 loss to Paraguay, Calero announced his retirement from the Colombia national team.[5]
On 23 October 2011, Calero played his last game with Pachuca and retired from football.[6]
Calero was hospitalized on 26 November 2012 after he suffered from acerebral thrombosis at his home in Pachuca.[7] After suffering from a second cerebral thrombosis episode, Calero was pronounced clinicallybrain dead on 3 December 2012.[8] For the rest of the day, he remained on life support but the injuries were irreversible.[9] At a public conference on noon of 4 December, Calero was declared dead.[10] His funeral was held inPachuca, Hidalgo, home of his tenured clubCF Pachuca.[11] After the ceremonies, Calero was later cremated and his remains were divided with one half of it sent to his nativeColombia, whereas the rest stayed in Mexico.[12]
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