Former Colombia soccer captain Freddy Rincón has died after being involved in a car crash in Cali, the hospital treating him said in a statement
The 55-year-old Rincón was admitted to hospital on Monday following a car accident in the early hours of the day, CNN en Español reported, citing local media.Five people were injured in the accident, which involved a van with four occupants, including the former player, and a bus, the Undersecretary of Mobility of Cali, Edwing Candelo, told the newspaper, El País Cali.Rincon celebrates scoring the equaliser against Germany at the 1990 World Cup.
Real Madrid, who Rincón played for between 1995 and 1996, also paid tribute to him, expressing"condolences and care and affection to all of his family, teammates and managers, his clubs and all his loved ones."Born in 1966 in Buenaventura, in western Colombia, he was one of the key players of his country's golden generation in the 1990s.
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