Place of death El Salvador Role Football player | Name Rigoberto Guzman Years Team | |
Full name Rigoberto Guzman Calderon Date of birth (1932-06-11)11 June 1932 Place of birth Atiquizaya, Ahuachapan, El Salvador Date of death 22 June 2014(2014-06-22) (aged 82) Died June 21, 2014, Atiquizaya, El Salvador | ||
Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (11 June 1932 – 22 June 2014) was a Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager from Atiquizaya.
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Club career
Guzmán was a running athlete who competed at the 800 and 3000 metres but later became a football player and captained the Juventud Olimpica Metalio side for eight years.
Managerial career and other professions
Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games. Also, he is a painter and caricaturist and in 2006 he was given the title Maestro Meritísimo de El Salvador after 50 years of educating.
In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.
Death
Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.
References
Rigoberto Guzmán Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA