Níver Arboleda
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Níver Arboleda Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia | ||
| Date of death | 5 October 2011 (aged 43) | ||
| Place of death | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Atlético Nacional[1] | 102 | (22) |
| 1992–1995 | Deportivo Cali[2] | 147 | (61) |
| 1995–1996 | Veracruz | 29 | (5) |
| 1996–2000 | Zacatepec | ||
| 2000-2001 | RSD Zacatecas | ||
| 2001 | Zhejiang Greentown | ||
| 2002-2003 | Juventud Retalteca[3] | ||
| 2003 | Antigua GFC[4] | ||
| National team | |||
| 1991–1995 | Colombia | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Niver Arboleda Díaz (8 December 1967 – 5 October 2011) was a Colombian footballer who played for Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali, Veracruz, Zacatepec and Zhejiang Greentown.[5]
Club career
Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Arboleda began playing football at the Carlos Sarmiento Lora School. He turned professional with Atlético Nacional, where he would win the 1989 Copa Libertadores. Next, he made 147 league appearances for Deportivo Cali before moving abroad to play for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Mexican Primera División. After one season in Veracruz, he played for second division sides Zacatepec and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas. He finished his career playing in Guatemala with Antigua GFC and Juventud Retalteca.[6]
International career
Arboleda also won four caps for Colombia with two of them coming in the 1995 Copa America.[7]
Personal
Arboleda died from a heart attack during a surgical procedure at a Guatemala City hospital at age 43.[8]
References
- ↑ Nacional statistics at Golgolgol.net
- ↑ Cali statistics at Golgolgol.net
- ↑ Argentinos encabezan la legión de extranjeros en futbol de Guatemala - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ Argentinos y brasileños dominan legión de extranjeros - Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.niver.arboleda.51098.en.html
- ↑ "Murió exfutbolista Niver Arboleda" [Former footballer Niver Arboleda died] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 5 October 2011.
- ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.niver.arboleda.51098.en.html
- ↑ Londoño Ortiz, Julián (5 October 2011). "Falleció Níver Arboleda, exjugador de Nacional y Cali" [Former Nacional and Cali player Níver Arboleda died] (in Spanish). El Colombiano.
External links
- Níver Arboleda at National-Football-Teams.com
- Níver Arboleda Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
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