Jairo Zulbarán

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Jairo Zulbarán
Personal information
Full name Jairo Luís Zulbarán
Date of birth (1970-01-07)7 January 1970
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Date of death 15 March 2002(2002-03-15) (aged 32)
Place of death Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991[1] Unión Magdalena
1991[2][3] Sporting Club
1992[4] Independiente Medellín
1993-1995[5][6]
Millonarios
1995-1997[7] Unión Magdalena
1997–1998 Unicosta
Total 243 (51)
International career
1989–1992 Colombia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jairo Luís Zulbarán,

Colombian football forward
.

Club career

Born in

Millonarios and Unicosta.[9] He is one of Unicosta's all-time leading goal-scorers.[10] He ended his career early after having problems with his knee ligaments.[11]

International career

Zulbarán competed for Colombia at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[12]

Personal life and death

In March 2002, Zulbarán was shot dead in a public market in downtown Santa Marta.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Sometimes written as "Sulbarán""Jairo CALANCHE SULBARAN - olympics.com".EFE (2002-03-15). "Asesinado ex jugador de fútbol Jairo Calanche Sulbarán". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-16.

References

  1. ^ Espectador, El (2009-11-14). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1991-08-22). "SPORTING: COCTEL PUBLICITARIO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  3. ^ YoSoyElCarlos (2015-12-03). "Equipos desaparecidos del Fútbol Colombiano - Vol I: el Sporting de Barranquilla". La Monserga del Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  4. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1992-01-14). "NOTICIAS DEL INDEPENDIENTE MEDELLIN". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El; TIEMPO, REDACCION EL (1994-06-03). "NACIONAL NO GANA, PERO SE MANTIENE..." ElTiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  6. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1993-01-20). "CALANCHE, AZUL". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  7. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1995-05-15). "TRES EMPATES SIN GOLES EL SÁBADO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  8. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2002-03-16). "ASESINAN A EX JUGADOR DEL UNIÓN". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  9. ^ Ruiz M., Juan Guillermo (7 January 2012). "Un día como hoy en el fútbol: Enero 7" [On this day in football: January 7]. GolGolGol Futbol. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
  10. ^ Ballesteros, Frank (21 February 2004). "Colombia - All-Time Topscorers". RSSSF.
  11. ^ "ASESINAN A EX JUGADOR DEL UNIÓN" [Former Unión footballer assassinated] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 March 2002.
  12. ^ "Jairo Calanche Bio Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  13. ^ "EL FINAL TRISTE DE MUCHOS FUTBOLISTAS" [The sad end of many players] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. January 2006.

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