Efraín Elías "El Caimán" Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombian
footballer
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who played as
goalkeeper
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. He competed for the
Colombia national football team
The Colombia national football team (), nicknamed ''Los Cafeteros,'' represents Colombia in men's international Association football, football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (), the govern ...
at the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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which was held in
Chile
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. Among other teams, he played for
San Lorenzo of
Argentina
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in the 1940s. He won the Colombian league title three times during his career.
Career
Sánchez played for Mexican side
Club Atlas
Atlas Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara. The club currently plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, it plays home matches at Estadio Jalisco.
Atlas has won t ...
in 1959.
After retiring as a player Sánchez went into management, taking charge of the Colombia national team on three occasions.
Honours
Club
;
Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...
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Campeonato Profesional:
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
,
1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
;
Los Millonarios Bogotá
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Campeonato Profesional:
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
References
External links
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Profile (in Spanish)
1926 births
2020 deaths
Men's association football goalkeepers
Colombian men's footballers
Colombia men's international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
1983 Copa América managers
Millonarios F.C. players
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
América de Cali footballers
Deportivo Cali footballers
Atlético Junior footballers
Independiente Medellín footballers
Independiente Santa Fe footballers
Atlas F.C. footballers
Categoría Primera A players
Liga MX players
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Colombian football managers
Once Caldas managers
Atlético Junior managers
Colombia national football team managers
Footballers from Barranquilla
Deportes Quindío managers
1975 Copa América managers
Independiente Medellín managers
20th-century Colombian sportsmen
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