 Calero while playing for Pachuca in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1971[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ginebra, Colombia | ||
| Date of death | 4 December 2012 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1997 | Deportivo Cali | 94 | (2) |
| 1987–1992 | → Sporting de Barranquilla (loan) | 86 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Atlético Nacional | 91 | (0) |
| 2000–2011 | Pachuca | 395 | (1) |
| Total | 667 | (3) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2009 | Colombia | 50 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Pachuca (Goalkeeper Trainer) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez (14 April 1971 – 4 December 2012) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007.[2]
While playing in Colombia, Calero won two championships, one with Deportivo Cali (1996) and another one with Atlético Nacional (1998). In Mexico, he played 23 tournaments with Club Pachuca and won 10 cups with the team. At an international level, Calero won four CONCACAF Champions Leagues and the Copa Sudamericana in 2006; he also won the 2001 Copa América with Colombia's national team.[3]
- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
- ^ rsssf: Colombia record international footballers Archived 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Miguel Calero, 'El cóndor' que llegó a lo más alto con el Pachuca". CNNMéxico (in Spanish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.