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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Calero and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Miguel Calero Personal information Full name Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez Date of birth April 14, 1971 Place of birth Ginebra, Colombia Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career 1986-1988 Deportivo Cali Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988–1997 Deportivo Cali 94 (2) 1987–1992 → Barranquilla (loan) 86 (0) 1998–2000 Atlético Nacional 91 (0) 2000–2011 Pachuca 395 (2) National team‡ 1995–2009 Colombia 50 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2011, 00:01 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 May 2009, 16:42 (UTC)Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez (born April 14, 1971 in Ginebra, Valle del Cauca) is a retired Colombian football goalkeeper he has played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007.[1] He also is a Mexican citizen.
He played for Deportivo Cali winning the 1996 Copa Mustang Division Mayor: Primera A Championship Title and Atlético Nacional Colombia and now plays for C.F. Pachuca in Mexico, which he was the captain of the team. With Pachuca, he achieved 4 National championships, 3 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 1 Copa Sudamericana and 1 SuperLiga title. He scored a goal against Chiapas on August 11, 2002.
He played for the Colombia national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 2001 he was part of the Colombia team that won their first ever Copa América championship.[2]
He is known for wearing a baseball cap as a goalkeeper (and most recently, a bandana) Also for having a pair of wings on the back of his jersey around his number, 1. These wings symbolize his nickname, "El Condor" which gives him the courage to play a good game.
After a poor performance in Copa America 2007, which included a 5-0 loss to Paraguay, Calero announced his retirement from the Colombian National team.[3]
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Club Honors
- Mexican Championship - Invierno 2001, Apertuta 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002, 2007, 2008
- Copa Nissan Sudamericana: 2006
- North American SuperLiga: 2007'
National Team Honors
References
External links
- Miguel Calero stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
- Career details at National Football teams
C.F. Pachuca – current squad 1 Calero · 2 López · 3 Escalante · 4 Pérez · 5 Cervantes · 7 Hernández · 9 Esqueda · 10 Cejas · 11 Borja · 12 Rojas · 14 Castillo · 15 Silva · 16 Rodríguez · 18 Torres · 19 Brambila · 21 Herrera · 22 Velázquez · 23 Ayoví · 24 Martínez · 26 Muñoz Mustafá · 28 Chávez · 29 García · 30 Cota · 110 Chitiva · Manager: Flores
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Primera División de México players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Colombian expatriates in Mexico
- Association football goalkeepers
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
- Colombia international footballers
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Colombia
- Mexican people of Colombian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
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