Rigoberto Guzmán

Rigoberto Guzmán

Personal information
Full name	Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón
Date of birth	(1932-06-11)11 June 1932
Place of birth	Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Date of death
Place of death	El Salvador
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Santa Anita
	Juventud Olimpica Metalio
International career
	El Salvador
Managerial career
1968	El Salvador
	Atlante San Alejo
	Adler San Nicolas
	Atlético Marte
	Cojutepeque
	Sonsonate
	Lincoln
	Maestranza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Calderón.

Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (11 June 1932 – 22 June 2014) was a Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager from Atiquizaya.

Club career

Guzmán was a running athlete who competed at the 800 and 3000 metres but later became a football player and captained the Juventud Olimpica Metalio side for eight years.

Managerial career and other professions

Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games. Also, he is a painter and caricaturist and in 2006 he was given the title Maestro Meritísimo de El Salvador after 50 years of educating.

In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.

Death

Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.

External links

• Tribute - Memorias Guanacas (Spanish)