Arnoldo Iguarán

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Arnoldo Iguarán
Full name	Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga
Date of birth	January 18, 1957 (1957-01-18) (age 51)
Place of birth	Riohacha, Colombia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1980 1981 1982 1983-1995 1995-1997	Cúcuta Deportivo Deportivo Táchira Deportes Tolima Millonarios Cúcuta Deportivo	35 (14)
National team
1979-1993	Colombia	68 (25)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga (born January 18, 1957 in Riohacha) aka "El Guajiro" is a former Colombian footballer who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Colombia national team.^[1]

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Legacy
4 Titles
- 4.1 National Championships
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Club career

He started and ended his club career in Cúcuta Deportivo. He spent 12 years at Millonarios, and won the Colombian league in 1987 and 1988 with the club, he is still considered one of the finest players in the club's history.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International career

Iguarán is also considered one of the best players ever in the Colombia national football team, where he holds the goalscoring record with 25 goals in 68 games between 1979 and 1993. One of the most memorable victories he had while playing at the Colombian team was in the Copa América 1991, where they defeated Brasil with a score of 2-0, the first goal was scored by Antony De Ávila, and the second one was scored by the "Guájaro" Iguarán himself, at the 66th minute of the match.

[edit] Legacy

After his retirement in the 1990s, a football academy was founded in his honor by his brother Camilo Iguarán.

[edit] Titles

[edit] National Championships

Team	Country	Year
Deportivo Táchira	Venezuela	1981
Millonarios	Colombia	1987
Millonarios	Colombia	1988

[edit] References

^ rsssf: Colombia record international goalscorers

[edit] External links

International statistics at rsssf
(Spanish) Futbol Factory profile
(Spanish) Website of the Arnoldo Iguarán football academy

v • d • e Colombia squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Higuita • 2 Escobar • 3 Gildardo Gómez • 4 Herrera • 5 Villa • 6 Pérez • 7 Estrada • 8 Gabriel Gómez • 9 Guerrero • 10 Valderrama • 11 Redín • 12 Niño • 13 Hoyos • 14 Álvarez • 15 Perea • 16 Iguarán • 17 Cassiani • 18 Cabrera • 19 Rincón • 20 Fajardo • 21 Mendoza • 22 Hernández • Coach: Maturana

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