Personal information | |||
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Full name | Germán Aceros Buenos | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Bucaramanga, Colombia | ||
Date of death | 29 October 2018 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Floridablanca, Colombia | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1961–1962 | Colombia | 5 | (1) |
Germán Aceros Buenos (30 September 1938 – 29 October 2018) [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]
Aceros played football as a right and left winger, central forward and attacking midfielder in Colombia with Atlético Bucaramanga, Millonarios, Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Pereira. [3] He suffered a career-ending knee injury while playing for Real Cartagena in 1972. [4]
After he retired from playing, Aceros became a football coach. He managed Bucaramanga, Deportes Tolima, Liga del Magdalena and Independiente Medellín in Colombia, before moving to Venezuela to manage Minervén. [3]