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Arnoldo Iguarán
Personal information
Full name Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga
Date of birth (1957-01-18) 18 January 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Riohacha, Colombia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 Cúcuta Deportivo[1] 156 (44)
1982 Deportivo Táchira
1982 Deportes Tolima[2] 18 (4)
1983 Independiente Santa Fe 11 (3)
1983–1991 Millonarios[3] 258 (88)
1992 Atlético Junior[4] 28 (3)
1993–1995 Millonarios 78 (32)
1995–1997 Cúcuta Deportivo 35 (14)
International career
1979–1993 Colombia 68 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga (born 18 January 1957), also known as El Guajiro, is a former Colombian footballer who played as a forward. He earned 68 caps for the Colombia national team between 1979 and 1993, playing at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and two Copa América tournaments. With 25 international goals, he was the nation's sole top scorer of all time until Radamel Falcao tied him in 2015.

Club career

Born in Riohacha, Iguarán started and ended his club football career with Cúcuta Deportivo. He spent 12 years at Millonarios, and won the Colombian league in 1987 and 1988 with the club. In 13 seasons with Millonarios, he scored 120 goals in 336 league games.[5] Iguarán returned to Cúcuta Deportivo and retired from playing at age 40, making him one of the oldest players in Colombian league history.[6]

International career

Iguarán is also considered one of the best players ever in the Colombia national football team, where he previously held the goalscoring record with 24 goals in 68 games between 1979 and 1993, until it was tied by Radamel Falcao in 2015.[7] One of the most memorable victories he had while playing at the Colombian team was in the 1991 Copa América, where they defeated Brazil 2–0, the first goal was scored by Antony de Ávila, and the second one was scored by the "El Guájiro" Iguarán himself, in the 66th minute of the match.

All-Time Goal Record

Since 1991, Iguarán had been Colombia's all-time goal scorer with 25 goals until Radamel Falcao tied him in 2015. During Falcao's 24th goal in a friendly match against Kuwait, the match commentator on Colombian television claimed that Falcao had tied Iguarán at 24 goals sparking a nationwide debate on whether Iguarán had scored 24 or 25 goals.[8] The controversy stems from a 1988 friendly match against the United States in which Iguarán scored both of the game's goals. However, video evidence suggests that one of the goals deflected off teammate Alexis Garcia. Regardless, the match report credited Iguarán with both goals and both FIFA and the Colombian Football Federation have Iguarán on record with 25 goals. When interviewed by Colombian radio about the controversy Iguarán said, "In my records I have 25 and the Federation has 25 as well. Anyway, I don't worry about that and I won't lose any sleep over it. I think that all records are meant to be broken and this one was not going to be the exception. Someday, another striker had to come and break it and truthfully it is an honor that it's Falcao, a player I much admire."[9]

International goals

Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.[10]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 22 August 1979 Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia  Venezuela
1–0
4–0
 1979 Copa América
2. 2 March 1985 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay
2–0
3–0
 Friendly
3. 19 April 1985 Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia  Paraguay
1–1
2–2
4. 28 April 1985  Uruguay
2–1
2–1
5. 1 July 1987 Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina  Bolivia
2–0
2–0
 1987 Copa América
6. 5 July 1987 Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario, Argentina  Paraguay
1–0
3–0
7.
2–0
8.
3–0
9. 14 May 1988 Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States  United States
1–0
2–0
 Friendly
10.
2–0
11. 19 May 1988 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland
3–1
3–1
12. 7 August 1988 Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá, Colombia  Uruguay
1–0
2–1
 Gonzalo Jimenez Cup
13. 9 March 1989 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Argentina
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
14. 27 June 1989 Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States  Haiti
2–0
4–0
15. 3 July 1989 Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil  Venezuela
2–0
4–2
 1989 Copa América
16.
4–1
17. 9 July 1989 Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil  Peru
1–0
1–1
18. 20 August 1989 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Ecuador
1–0
2–0
 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.
2–0
20. 27 August 1989 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay
1–1
1–2
21. 17 September 1989 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Paraguay
1–1
2–1
22. 4 May 1990 Comiskey Park, Chicago, United States  Poland
1–0
2–1
 1990 Marlboro Cup
23. 6 June 1991 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Sweden
2–1
2–2
 Friendly
24. 13 July 1991 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Brazil
2–0
2–0
 1991 Copa América
25. 17 July 1991 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile
1–0
1–1

Legacy

After his retirement in the 1990s, a football academy was founded in his honor by his brother Camilo Iguarán.

Honours

Club

Deportivo Táchira

Millonarios F.C.


Individual

Golden Boot

References

  1. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  2. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  3. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  4. ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net
  5. ^ "Iguarán, el mejor volante o delantero que jugó en Millonarios y Santa Fe" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 5 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Rozo Castiblanco, Fabián M. (27 July 2009). "Antony de Ávila batiría récord en el balompié nacional" (in Spanish). El Espectador. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Radamel Falcao: Manchester United striker equals goal record". BBC Sport. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ^ "¿Falcao está a uno o dos goles del récord de Arnoldo Iguarán?" (in Spanish). ComuTricolor. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "¿Son 24 0 25 goles? La polémica en torno a Falcao e Iguarán" (in Spanish). HSB Noticias. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (12 September 2002). "Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán - Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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