José Antonio "Toño" Rada Angulo (13 June 1937 – 1 June 2014) was a Colombian

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who played as a

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International career

He played two matches for the

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at the

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, which was held in

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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

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