Colombia national football team: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Team colours
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Current coach
Reynaldo Rueda, 2004-
Most capped player
Carlos Valderrama: 111
Highest goalscorer
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán: 25
First International
Colombia 1 - 3 Mexico (Panama City, Panama 10 February, 1938)
Largest win
Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September, 1993)
Largest defeat
Argentina 9 - 1 Colombia (Santiago, Chile; 7 February, 1945)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 4 (First: 1962) Best result: Round 2, 1990
Copa America
Finals appearances: 17 (First: 1945) Best result: Winners, 2001

The Colombia national football team is controlled by the Colombian Football Association.

The team was peripherally involved in two of the greatest personal tragedies to hit football in recent years. In 1994, national team defender Andres Escobar allowed an own goal in a World Cup match against the United States; shortly after the team returned to Colombia, Escobar was murdered. In 2003, at a Confederations Cup semifinal, the Colombians watched as Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died on the pitch due to an undetected heart condition.

Famous players

• Andres Escobar
• Carlos Valderrama
• Rene Higuita