Pablo Escobar Killed Soccer Player

Two escobars uplifted the colombian soccer team from obscurity.

Pablo escobar killed soccer player. Nicknamed the gentleman he was known for his clean style of play and calmness on the pitch. Andres escobar as team captain. Pablo escobar as the drug lord in the shadows. Step back then into the world of colombian soccer circa 1994 when their national team traveled to the u s.

They shared a name and a violent fate. Andres escobar s assassination. Pablo escobar a soccer aficionado who built playing fields in. Pablo escobar was eventually killed by colombian national police after he went on the run with his bodyguard alvaro de jesús agudelo.

A colombian tv network on friday announced its decision not to air a documentary about a colombian soccer player murdered after. Pablo escobar the cocaine baron who was killed in a shootout with police last december was a major contributor to medellin s professional team ateltico nacional for which andres escobar. Andres pablo. 13 march 1967 2 july 1994 was a colombian footballer who played as a defender he played for atlético nacional bsc young boys and the colombia national team.

Andres escobar s murder marked the beginning of the end of the narco soccer period as some players quit and officials stepped up their crackdown on the sport s nefarious business affairs. The brother of a colombian footballer shot dead after being blamed for sending his team home from the 1994 world cup fears other star players could be killed. As a pre world cup favorite with the post pablo escobar months unfurling back home a. Atletico nacional was turned over to a new owner and colombia s international soccer ranking plummeted from a high of 4 to a low of 34 for the decade.