José Antonio "Toño" Rada Angulo (13 June 1937 – 1 June 2014) was a Colombian
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
International career
He played two matches for the
Colombia national football team
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at the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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, which was held in
Chile
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. In that tournament he played an important role in the match between his team and the USSR where he scored a goal and passed the ball for another. The final score was 4–4 and it was the first point for Colombia in a World Cup.
References
1937 births
2014 deaths
Colombian men's footballers
Colombia men's international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Atlántico Department
Atlético Junior footballers
Unión Magdalena footballers
Categoría Primera A players
20th-century Colombian sportsmen
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