 Sánchez in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Efraín Elías Sánchez Casimiro | ||
| Date of birth | (1926-02-26)February 26, 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Barranquilla,Colombia | ||
| Date of death | January 16, 2020(2020-01-16) (aged 93) | ||
| Place of death | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944 | Millonarios | ||
| 1945 | Once Caldas | ||
| 1946 | La Fortuna | ||
| 1947–1949 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1950 | América de Cali | ||
| 1951 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 1952 | Junior | ||
| 1953–1954 | Santa Fe | ||
| 1955–1957 | Medellín | ||
| 1958–1960 | Atlas | ||
| 1960–1963 | Medellín | ||
| 1964[2] | Millonarios | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947–1962 | Colombia[1] | 30 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963 | Colombia | ||
| 1975 | Colombia | ||
| 1983–1984 | Colombia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Efraín Elías "El Caimán" Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombianfootballer who played asgoalkeeper. He competed for theColombia national football team at the1962 FIFA World Cup which was held inChile. Among other teams, he played forSan Lorenzo ofArgentina in the 1940s. He won the Colombian league title three times during his career.
Sánchez played for Mexican sideClub Atlas in 1959.[3]
After retiring as a player Sánchez went into management, taking charge of the Colombia national team on three occasions.
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