Freddy Rincón
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Freddy Eusebio Rincón Valencia | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||
Date of death | 13 April 2022 | (aged 55)||
Place of death | Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1988 | Atlético Buenaventura | 77 | (18) |
1988–1990 | Santa Fe | 82 | (20) |
1990–1993 | América de Cali | 177 | (54) |
1993–1995 |
Palmeiras | 28 | (12) |
1994–1995 |
→ Napoli (loan) | 28 | (7) |
1995–1997 |
Real Madrid | 21 | (0) |
1996–1997 |
→ Palmeiras (loan) | 17 | (7) |
1997–2000 | Corinthians | 151 | (37) |
2000 | Santos | 20 | (1) |
2001 | Cruzeiro | 16 | (1) |
2004 | Corinthians | 7 | (2) |
Total | 627 | (162) | |
International career | |||
1990–2001 | Colombia | 84 | (17) |
Managerial career | |||
2005 | Iraty | ||
2006 | São Bento | ||
2009 | São José | ||
2009 |
Corinthians (youth) | ||
2010 | Flamengo de Guarulhos | ||
2010 | Atlético Mineiro (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Freddy Eusebio Rincón Valencia (Spanish pronunciation:
Club career
Rincón began his professional career at
With
It was his performances at the 1994 World Cup that prompted
Rincón spent the latter part of his career playing club football in Brazil where he played for
International career
Rincón scored 17 goals in 84 caps for the Colombia national team, playing in the 1990, 1994, and 1998 World Cups.[4]
His most memorable goal is the one he scored against
Coaching career
In 2005, Rincón started a football manager career, after he was hired as Iraty manager for the 2006 season.[6] On 27 September 2006, Rincón was hired as São Bento's manager.[7] He was the coach of São José Esporte Clube of São José dos Campos, São Paulo.
He was hired as
Personal life
Rincón had been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 20 August 2005. He was baptized in São Paulo Perdizes Stake in Brazil.[citation needed]
In 2007, Rincón came under criminal investigation in Colombia and
Rincón's son is professional footballer Sebastián Rincón, who once played for Barracas Central in Argentina.[11]
Death
On 11 April 2022, Rincón was hospitalized with critical head injuries after the car he was driving collided with a bus in the Colombian city of Cali. Four of his passengers and the bus driver were also injured.[12][13] He died two days later.[14]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rincón goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 May 1990 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly
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2 | 2 June 1990 | Népstadion, Budapest , Hungary |
Hungary | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
3 | 19 June 1990 | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan , Italy |
Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup |
4 | 3 February 1991 | Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, United States | Switzerland | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1991 Miami Cup |
5 | 6 June 1991 | Solna , Sweden |
Sweden | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
6 | 23 June 1993 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil, Ecuador | Argentina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1993 Copa América |
7 | 8 August 1993 | Estadio Nacional, Lima , Peru |
Peru | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8 | 22 August 1993 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Paraguay | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
9 | 29 August 1993 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia | Peru | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
10 | 5 September 1993 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires , Argentina |
Argentina | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
11 | 3–0 | |||||
12 | 5 June 1994 | East Rutherford , United States |
Greece | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
13 | 10 July 1995 | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera, Uruguay | Ecuador | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1995 Copa América |
14 | 16 July 1995 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Paraguay | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1995 Copa América |
15 | 22 July 1995 | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado, Uruguay | United States | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1995 Copa América |
16 | 10 November 1996 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Bolivia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
17 | 23 May 1998 | East Rutherford , United States |
Scotland | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Independiente Santa Fe
- Copa Colombia: 1989
América de Cali
- Categoría Primera A: 1990, 1992
Palmeiras
Corinthians
Colombia
- Copa América third place: 1993, 1995
Individual
- South American Team of the Year: 1993, 1999[15]
- Bola de Prata: 1999
See also
References
- ^ "Freddy Rincón: todas las veces que gritó "campeón"". Semana. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Couzens, Gerard; Ridley, Nathan (11 April 2022). "Former Real Madrid star Freddy Rincon in critical condition after car crash". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Freddy Rincón". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ a b Ballesteros, Frank (26 January 2002). "Freddy Eusebio Rincón – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ Brewin, Joe (5 September 2018). "Twenty-five years on: Argentina 0-5 Colombia, 1993 – the game that rocked the world... and embarrassed El Diego". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ (in Portuguese) Rincón inicia carreira de treinador de futebol – Esportes Terra (26 December 2005)
- ^ (in Portuguese) Colombiano Rincón comanda 1° treino no São Bento – Esportes Terra (27 September 2006)
- ^ "Ex-volante Rincón volta ao Timão para ser técnico das categorias de base" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
- ^ Freddy Rincón, arrestado. El Pais. 10 May 2007.
- ^ Freddy Rincón sufre múltiples heridas en un accidente de tránsito. Caracol Radio. 24 August 2013.
- ^ Ridley, Nathan (13 April 2022). "Freddy Rincon's son posts emotional picture as ex-Real Madrid star critical after car crash". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Freddy Rincón: Former Colombia captain dies after car crash". CNN. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain in critical condition after car crash". BBC Sport. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain dies following car crash". BBC Sport. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
External links
- Freddy Rincón at FIFA (archived)
- Freddy Rincón at BDFutbol
- Freddy Rincón at FBref.com
- Freddy Rincón at FootballDatabase.eu
- Freddy Rincón at L'Équipe (in French)
- Freddy Rincón at kicker (in German)
- Freddy Rincón at National-Football-Teams.com
- Freddy Rincón at Soccerbase.com
- Freddy Rincón at Soccerway.com
- Freddy Rincón at WorldFootball.net
- Freddy Rincón at National-Football-Teams.com
- International statistics at rsssf
- Futbol Factory profile[dead link] (in Spanish)
- What happened to Freddy Rincon? at Realmadridnews.com