Carlos Arango Medina (Santa Marta, 31 January 1928 – Los Angeles, 19 August 2014)[9] was a Colombian football forward, often known as "El Maestro".
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| Date of birth | (1928-01-31)31 January 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Marta, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 August 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Los Angeles, United States[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Deportes Caldas[2] | 69 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Deportes Samario | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Atlético Nacional[3] | 27 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Santa Fe[4] | 32 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Independiente Medellín[5] | 21 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Cúcuta Deportivo[6] | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Morelia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Unión Magdalena[7] | 60 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1963 | Millonarios[8] | 90 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| – | La Salle | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Vasco | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Litoral | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1965 | Colombia | 22 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Santa Marta, Arango began his professional football career with Deportes Caldas in 1948, and he would win the league title with Caldas in 1950. He was the only Colombian player in Deportes Samario's first professional squad in 1950.[10] He also played for Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, Independiente Medellín, Cúcuta Deportivo and MillonariosinColombia, Monarcas MoreliainMexico, and La Salle, Vasco and LitoralinVenezuela.[11][12]
Arango made 22 appearances and scored six goals for the Colombia national football team from 1946 to 1965.[13] He scored Colombia's first goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying, a header against UruguayinBogota on 16 June 1957.[14]
Colombia
