| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Riohacha, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1981 | Cúcuta Deportivo[1] | 156 | (44) |
| 1982 | Deportivo Táchira | ||
| 1982 | Deportes Tolima[2] | 18 | (4) |
| 1983 | Independiente Santa Fe | 11 | (3) |
| 1983–1991 | Millonarios[3] | 258 | (88) |
| 1992 | Atlético Junior[4] | 28 | (3) |
| 1993–1995 | Millonarios | 78 | (32) |
| 1995–1997 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 35 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1993 | Colombia | 68 | (25) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga (born 18 January 1957), also known asEl Guajiro, is a Colombian former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. He earned 68 caps for theColombia national team between 1979 and 1993, playing at the1990 FIFA World Cup and twoCopa América tournaments. With 25 international goals, he was the nation's sole top scorer of all time untilRadamel Falcao surpassed him in 2017.
Born inRiohacha, Iguarán started and ended his club football career withCúcuta Deportivo. He spent 12 years atMillonarios, and won theColombian league in 1987 and 1988 with the club. In 13 seasons with Millonarios, he scored 120 goals in 336 league games.[5] Iguarán returned to Cúcuta Deportivo and retired from playing at age 40, making him one of the oldest players inColombian league history.[6]
Iguarán is also considered one of the best players ever in theColombia national team, having previously held the goalscoring record with 25 goals in 68 games between 1979 and 1993, until it was matched byRadamel Falcao in 2015.[7]
One of the most memorable victories he had while playing at the Colombian team was in the1991 Copa América, where they defeatedBrazil 2–0, the first goal was scored byAntony de Ávila, and the second one was scored by the "El Guájiro" Iguarán himself, in the 66th minute of the match.
Since 1991, Iguarán had been considered Colombia's all-time goal scorer with 25 goals untilRadamel Falcao tied him in 2015. During Falcao's 24th goal in a friendly match againstKuwait, a match commentator on Colombian television claimed that Falcao had tied Iguarán at 24 goals sparking a nationwide debate on whether Iguarán had scored 24 or 25 goals.[8]
The controversy stems from a 1988 friendly match against theUnited States in which Iguarán scored both of the game's goals. However, video evidence suggests that one of the goals deflected off teammateAlexis García. Regardless, the match report credited Iguarán with both goals and bothFIFA and theColombian Football Federation have Iguarán on record with 25 goals.
When interviewed by Colombian radio about the controversy Iguarán said, "In my records I have 25 and the Federation has 25 as well. Anyway, I don't worry about that and I won't lose any sleep over it. I think that all records are meant to be broken and this one was not going to be the exception.”
“Someday, another striker had to come and break it and truthfully it is an honor that it's Falcao, a player I much admire."[9]
After his retirement in the 1990s, a football academy was founded in his honor by his brother Camilo Iguarán.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 August 1979 | Estadio Nemesio Camacho,Bogotá, Colombia |  Venezuela | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1979 Copa América |
| 2 | 2 March 1985 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco,Asunción, Paraguay |  Paraguay | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 19 April 1985 | Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia | Paraguay | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 28 April 1985 | Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia |  Uruguay | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 1 July 1987 | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito,Rosario, Argentina |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1987 Copa América |
| 6 | 5 July 1987 | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina | Paraguay | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1987 Copa América |
| 7 | 2–0 | |||||
| 8 | 3–0 | |||||
| 9 | 14 May 1988 | Miami Orange Bowl,Miami, United States |  United States | 1–0[n 1][11] | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 2–0 | |||||
| 11 | 19 May 1988 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium,Helsinki, Finland |  Finland | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 7 August 1988 | Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia | Uruguay | 1–0 | 2–1 | Gonzalo Jimenez Cup |
| 13 | 9 March 1989 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez,Barranquilla, Colombia |  Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 14 | 27 June 1989 | Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States |  Haiti | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 15 | 3 July 1989 | Estádio Fonte Nova,Salvador, Brazil | Venezuela | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1989 Copa América |
| 16 | 4–1 | |||||
| 17 | 9 July 1989 | Estádio do Arruda,Recife, Brazil |  Peru | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1989 Copa América |
| 18 | 20 August 1989 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla] Colombia |  Ecuador | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 2–0 | |||||
| 20 | 27 August 1989 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Paraguay | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 21 | 17 September 1989 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla] Colombia | Paraguay | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22 | 4 May 1990 | Guaranteed Rate Field,Chicago, United States |  Poland | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1990 Marlboro Cup |
| 23 | 6 June 1991 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden |  Sweden | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 24 | 13 July 1991 | Estadio Sausalito,Viña del Mar, Chile |  Brazil | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1991 Copa América |
| 25 | 17 July 1991 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos,Santiago, Chile |  Chile | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1991 Copa América |
Deportivo Táchira
Millonarios
Individual
Colombia squads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
