Lorenzo Calonga

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calonga and the second or maternal family name is Arce.
Lorenzo Calonga
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Calonga Acre
Date of birth 28 August 1929
Place of birth Paraguay
Date of death 20 September 2003(2003-09-20) (aged 74)
Place of death Arauca, Arauca, Colombia
Playing position Striker, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
1947–1950 Club Guaraní
1951–1953 Deportivo Pereira[1] 68 (10)
1954–1957 Independiente Medellín[2] 88 (9)
1958 Irapuato
León
National team
1950 Paraguay 1 (1)
Teams managed
1961 Deportes Quindío

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

† Appearances (goals)

Lorenzo Calonga Arce (born 28 August 1929 - died 20 September 2003) was a Paraguayan football striker and midfielder who was part of the Paraguay squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals.[3]

Career

Calonga began playing football in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, Club Olimpia and Club Guaraní, where he won the 1949 Paraguayan Primera División title.[4] He moved to Colombia where he played for Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Medellín. He finished his playing career in Mexico with Club León and Club Irapuato.[5][6]

Calonga scored a goal for the Paraguay national team in a friendly against Brazil on 13 May 1950.[7]

After he retired from playing, Calonga returned to Colombia to work as a coach.[8] He managed Deportes Quindío during the 1961 season.

Personal

Lorenzo Calonga is from a Paraguayan family of famous athletes, including Manuel Calonga who played football and basketball for Club Guaraní.[9]

Calonga died from pneumonia in Arauca at age 77.[8]

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