Víctor Aristizábal

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Name Victor Aristizabal Playing position Forward 1994 Valencia Weight 78 kg		1990–1994 Atletico Nacional Height 1.74 m Years Team Role Football player


Full name Victor Hugo Aristizabal Posada Date of birth (1971-12-09) December 9, 1971 (age 44) Similar People Faustino Asprilla, Francisco Maturana, Mauricio Serna, Rene Higuita, Alexis Garcia
Place of birth Medellin, Colombia

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Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian retired football striker. Aristizábal scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.

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Club career

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He started his career in Atlético Nacional, and played there from 1990 to 1996 only interrupted by a short spell with Valencia CF in 1994. Winning the Colombian league twice with Nacional, he eventually moved to play in Brazil. He played for São Paulo and Santos before spending two seasons at Nacional and Deportivo Cali. In 2002 he once again moved to Brazil, and played for EC Vitória, Cruzeiro and Coritiba. Aristizábal is the all-time top foreign goalscorer in the Brazilian league. He is also the all-time Colombian goalscorer with 348 goals, of which about 200 goals were scored with Atlético Nacional, club which he is also the top goalscorer. He is the only player that has won 6 championship with Atlético Nacional. He announced his retirement from football on November 2007 after suffering an awkward knee injury.

International career

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Between 1993 and 2003, Aristizábal played 66 international matches and scored 15 goals for the Colombia national team. He was an unused substitute for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but played all three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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Aristizábal finished as top scorer with six goals in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia, as Los Cafeteros won the title for the first time. He was also a member of the nation's squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where they finished in fourth place.

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During the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Aristizábal announced he was retiring from international soccer after being dropped for a match against Brazil.