Luis Rentería

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Luis Rentería
Personal information
Full name Luis Gabriel Rentería
Date of birth (1988-09-13)September 13, 1988
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Date of death March 6, 2014(2014-03-06) (aged 25)
Place of death Panama City, Panama
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
A.D. Orión
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Tauro 36 (23)
2011Cartagena (loan) 19 (2)
2012–2014 Tauro 21 (16)
2012 Bolívar 11 (4)
2013 Tauro 22 (10)
Total 108 (70)
International career
2010–2013 Panama 26 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 15, 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 6, 2014

Luis Gabriel Rentería (September 13, 1988 – March 6, 2014) was a

Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol
.

Club career

Nicknamed Matagatos (Catkiller), Rentería started his career at Orión

International career

Rentería made his debut for

friendly match against Costa Rica and had earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[7] as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]

His final international was a February 2013 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica.

Personal life

In October 2013, Rentería was diagnosed with

Hospital Santo Tomas.[11][12]

Honours

  • Primera Division Champions (2010)
  • Primera Division Top goalscorer (2010, 2012)
  • CONCACAF Champions League 2010/2011 (participant)
  • Copa Centroamericana 2011 (3rd place)
  • Gold Cup 2011 (semi-finalist)

References

  1. ^ Fallece Luis "Matagatos" Rentería – RPC (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Luis "Matagatos" Rentería, nuevo jugador del Bolivar – Telemetro (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Real Cartagena de Colombia lamenta fallecimiento de Rentería[permanent dead link] – Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  5. ^ Fallece Luis Rentería, exjugador de la Selección Nacional de Fútbol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Luis RenteríaFIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  8. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  9. ^ ‘Matagatos’ sufre de lupus – Critica (in Spanish)
  10. ^ ‘Me siento abandonado’ Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – El Siglo (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Panameño Luis 'Matagato' Rentería pierde batalla contra el lupus – El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish)
  12. ^ "Panama's Luis Renteria footballer dies of respiratory failure product". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

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