Albeiro Usuriaga

Football player infobox
playername = Albeiro Usuriaga


fullname = Albeiro Usuriaga López
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1966|6|12|mf=y
cityofbirth = Cali
dateofdeath = death date and age|2004|2|12|1966|6|12
cityofdeath = Cali
countryofdeath = Colombia
countryofbirth = Colombia
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1987
1988
1989
1990
1990-1993
1993
1994-1995
1995
1996
1996
1996-1997
1998
1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001
2002
2003
clubs = Deportes Tolima
Cúcuta Deportivo
Atlético Nacional
CD Málaga
América de Cali
Atlético Malagueño
Independiente
Necaxa
Barcelona Sporting Club
Santos
Independiente
Millonarios
Bucaramanga
General Paz Juniors
All Boys
Deportivo Pasto
Sportivo Luqueño
Carabobo FC
caps(goals) =
38 (12)
06 (0)
15 (4)
4 (0)
nationalyears = 1989-1991
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)

pcupdate = June 2007

Albeiro Usuriaga Lopez "El Palomo" (*June 12, 1966 - † February 11, 2004) was a Colombian football player. He played club football in Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela.

Nicknamed 'Palomo', he played for Atlético Nacional, CA Independiente,Barcelona Sporting Club, Santos, Necaxa, Sportivo Luqueño and CD Málaga. For Nacional he scored the deciding goal in their Copa Libertadores 1989 final victory. He was also a striker for Colombia in the qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and even scored the decisive goal against Israel in the qualification playoffs, but because of disciplinary problems he was omitted from the final squad. He won the 1994 Argentine Apertura tournament with Independiente. In 1997 he was suspended for two years by the Argentine Football Association for testing positive for cocaine.

On February 11, 2004, Usuriaga was gunned down in a nightclub district in Santiago de Cali.

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

* [http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/7081829 Former Colombia soccer player Albeiro Usuriaga shot dead] (Associated Press)