Rigoberto Guzmán

Rigoberto Guzmán

Personal information
Full name	Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón
Date of birth	11 June 1932
Place of birth	Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Date of death	22 June 2014 (aged 82)
Place of death	El Salvador
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Santa Anita
	Juventud Olimpica Metalio
National team
	El Salvador
Teams managed
1968	El Salvador
	Atlante San Alejo
	Adler San Nicolas
	Atlético Marte
	Cojutepeque
	Sonsonate
	Lincoln
	Maestranza
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

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

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 (Spanish)
2. El Salvador roster - FIFA
3. ¡Gracias, señores diputados! - La Prensa (Spanish)
4. Ayúdenos a ayudar - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)

External links

• Tribute - Memorias Guanacas (Spanish)