Rigoberto Guzmán

Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (11 June 1932 – 22 June 2014) was a Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager from Atiquizaya.

Rigoberto Guzmán
Personal information
Full name Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón
Date of birth (1932-06-11)11 June 1932
Place of birth Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Date of death 22 June 2014(2014-06-22) (aged 82)
Place of death El Salvador
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Santa Anita
Juventud Olimpica Metalio
International career
El Salvador
Managerial career
1968 El Salvador
Atlante San Alejo
Adler San Nicolás
Atlético Marte
Cojutepeque
Sonsonate
Lincoln
Maestranza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Calderón.

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.[1]

Managerial career and other professions

Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games.[2] 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.[3]

In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.[4]

Death

Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.[5]

References
  1. Arte al desnudo en la obra de Rigoberto Guzmán, Rigo - Diario Colatino (in Spanish)
  2. El Salvador roster - FIFA
  3. ¡Gracias, señores diputados! - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. Ayúdenos a ayudar - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  5. "Deportes - Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador".
  • Tribute - Memorias Guanacas (in Spanish)


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