Andrés Balanta
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrés Felipe Balanta Cifuentes | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
Date of death | 29 November 2022 | (aged 22)||
Place of death | Tucumán, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
Deportivo Cali | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Deportivo Cali | 96 | (4) |
2022 | → Atlético Tucumán (loan) | 7 | (0) |
Total | 103 | (4) | |
International career | |||
2017 | Colombia U17 | 13 | (0) |
2019 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) |
2020 | Colombia U23 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andrés Felipe Balanta Cifuentes (18 January 2000 – 29 November 2022) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as defensive midfielder for Deportivo Cali and Atlético Tucumán. He represented his nation at the youth level.[2]
In June 2022, he joined Atlético Tucumán on loan from Deportivo Cali until June 2023 with a purchase option at the express request of the technical director Lucas Pusineri, this being his first international experience.
During training in Tucumán, Argentina, on 29 November 2022, Balanta collapsed to the ground due from cardiorespiratory arrest. Medical personnel unsuccessfully attempted resuscitation for 40 minutes.[3]
References
- ^ a b Andrés Balanta at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Andrés Balanta at Soccerway
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Clubes colombianos envían mensaje por fallecimiento de Andrés Balanta". futbolred.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
Categories:
- 2000 births
- 2022 deaths
- Colombian footballers
- Footballers from Cali
- Association football midfielders
- Colombia youth international footballers
- Colombia under-20 international footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Atlético Tucumán footballers
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Association football players who died while playing
- Sport deaths in Argentina
- 21st-century Colombian people
- Colombian football defender stubs