Arnoldo Iguarán

Arnoldo Iguarán

Football player infobox
playername = Arnoldo Iguarán


fullname = Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga
nickname = El Guajiro, El Guájaro
height = height|meter=1.79
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|01|18
cityofbirth = Riohacha
countryofbirth = Colombia
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1978-1980
1981
1982
1983-1995
1995-1997
clubs = Cúcuta Deportivo
Deportivo Táchira
Deportes Tolima
Millonarios
Cúcuta Deportivo
caps(goals) =



35 (14)
nationalyears = 1979-1993
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 68 (25)
ntupdate =
pcupdate =

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. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html#goals rsssf: Colombia record international goalscorers] ]

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.Fact|date=April 2008

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.

Legacy

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

Titles

National Championships

References

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iguaran-intlg.html International statistics] at rsssf
*es icon [http://www.iguaran.com/ Website of the Arnoldo Iguarán football academy]


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