Níver Arboleda

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arboleda and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Níver Arboleda
Personal information
Full name Níver Arboleda Díaz
Date of birth (1967-12-08)8 December 1967
Place of birth Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia
Date of death 5 October 2011(2011-10-05) (aged 43)
Place of death Guatemala City, Guatemala
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Atlético Nacional[1] 102 (22)
1992–1995 Deportivo Cali[2] 147 (61)
1995–1996 Veracruz 29 (5)
1996–2000 Zacatepec
2000–2001 RSD Zacatecas
2001 Zhejiang Greentown
2002–2003 Juventud Retalteca[3]
2003 Antigua GFC[4]
International career
1991–1995 Colombia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niver Arboleda Díaz (8 December 1967 – 5 October 2011) was a Colombian footballer who played for Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali, Veracruz, Zacatepec and Zhejiang Greentown.[5]

Club career

Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Arboleda began playing football at the Carlos Sarmiento Lora School. He turned professional with Atlético Nacional, where he would win the 1989 Copa Libertadores. Next, he made 147 league appearances for Deportivo Cali before moving abroad to play for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Mexican Primera División. After one season in Veracruz, he played for second division sides Zacatepec and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas. He finished his career playing in Guatemala with Antigua GFC and Juventud Retalteca.[6]

International career

Arboleda also won four caps for Colombia with two of them coming in the 1995 Copa America.[7]

Personal

Arboleda died from a heart attack during a surgical procedure at a Guatemala City hospital at age 43.[8]

References

  1. ^ Nacional statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today
  2. ^ Cali statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-01-11 at archive.today
  3. ^ Argentinos encabezan la legión de extranjeros en futbol de Guatemala - Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Argentinos y brasileños dominan legión de extranjeros - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Niver Arboleda - Stats and titles won".
  6. ^ "Murió exfutbolista Niver Arboleda" [Former footballer Niver Arboleda died] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 5 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Niver Arboleda - Stats and titles won".
  8. ^ Londoño Ortiz, Julián (5 October 2011). "Falleció Níver Arboleda, exjugador de Nacional y Cali" [Former Nacional and Cali player Níver Arboleda died] (in Spanish). El Colombiano.