Lucio España

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is España and the second or maternal family name is López.
Lucio España
Personal information
Full name Lucio Fernando España López
Date of birth (1971-10-29)29 October 1971
Place of birth Colombia
Date of death 2 June 2005(2005-06-02) (aged 33)
Place of death Jamundí, Colombia
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Quindío[1] 21 (0)
1995 Cortuluá[2] 23 (6)
1996–1998 Bucaramanga[3] ? (?)
1996 Pereira[4] ? (?)
1999 Nacional[5] 19 (0)
2000 Atlético Junior[6] 19 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Lucio Fernando España López (29 October 1971 — 2 June 2005) was a Colombian footballer. The defender helped Atlético Nacional win the national league title in 1999, and also played for Atlético Bucaramanga, Real Cartagena, Atlético Junior, and Deportivo Pereira.

Career

España played well for Cortuluá during 1995, but a move to Deportivo Cali fell through after he failed a physical before the 1996–97 season began.[7]

In 1999, España joined Atlético Nacional from Atlético Bucaramanga.[8]

Personal

On 2 June 2005, España was shot while picking up a nephew from a football field in Jamundí by two thieves. A number of Colombian footballers have been shot the last 20 years, the most notable being Andrés Escobar. Other firearms victims include former Atlético Nacional players Albeiro Usuriaga, who was killed in Cali one year earlier, Omar Cañas, Martin Zapata, Elson Becerra, Jairo Zulbarán and Felipe Pérez Urrea.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  2. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  3. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  4. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  5. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  6. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  7. ↑ "El Cali descartó a Lucio España" [Cali discarded Lucio España] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 9 August 1996.
  8. ↑ "El Fichero" [The file] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 7 February 1999.
  9. ↑ "Espana shot dead in horror attack". BBC Sport. 2 June 2005.
  10. ↑ Díaz Sánchez, Wilson. "El adiós para el jugador Lucio España" [Farewell to the player Lucio España] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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