Luis Paz (footballer)

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Luis Paz
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Full name Luis Carlos Paz Moreno
Date of birth(1942-06-25)25 June 1942
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Date of death 27 June 2015(2015-06-27) (aged 73)
Place of death Puracé, Cauca, Colombia
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970 Colombia 1 (0)

Luis Carlos Paz Moreno (born 25 June 1942, died 27 June 2015 [1] ) was a Colombian footballer. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile. [2] He was 19 years old when he was called up for the squad, making him the youngest Colombian ever to be named to or play for at a World Cup. [3] He died aged 73, of a heart attack, while vacationing with his family at a hotel resort in Puracé-Coconuco in the mountains in southern Colombia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Falleció Luis Carlos Paz, mundialista con Colombia en Chile-62". El Tiempo . 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. 1962 FIFA World Cup: Colombia Squad FIFA. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. "Murió Luis Carlos Paz, el futbolista colombiano más joven en asistir a un Mundial".