Rigoberto Guzmán

{{Short description|Salvadoran footballer and manager (1932–2014)}}

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| fullname = Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|6|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador

| death_place =El Salvador

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|6|22|1932|6|11}}

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| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = Santa Anita

| clubs2 = Juventud Olimpica Metalio

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| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

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| manageryears1 = 1968

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| managerclubs1 = El Salvador

| managerclubs2 = Atlante San Alejo

| managerclubs3 = Adler San Nicolás

| managerclubs4 = Atlético Marte

| managerclubs5 = Cojutepeque

| managerclubs6 = Sonsonate

| managerclubs7 = Lincoln

| managerclubs8 = Maestranza

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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.[http://www.diariocolatino.com/es/20090612/opiniones/67837/ Arte al desnudo en la obra de Rigoberto Guzmán, Rigo] - Diario Colatino {{in lang|es}}

Managerial career and other professions

Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211160114/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197099/teams/team=1889842.html El Salvador roster] - FIFA 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.[http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20060727/opinion/554101.asp ¡Gracias, señores diputados!] - La Prensa {{in lang|es}}

In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.[http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2001/3/16/DEPORTES/depor4.html Ayúdenos a ayudar] - El Diario de Hoy {{in lang|es}}

Death

Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edhdeportes.com/articulo/fallecio-rigoberto-guzman-14885|title = Deportes - Noticias de El Salvador - Noticias de El Salvador}}

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