Ricardo Ciciliano: what is his legacy and how were the last months of his life – Colombian Football – Sports



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A demand to Millionaires It was one of the recent games that he knew how to win Ricardo Ciciliano. The former footballer, who died this Thursday at the age of 43, who lived in a house in the La Magdalena neighborhood, south of Barranquilla, held a labor lawsuit with the ambassador team, due to a breach of the club.

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A few months ago, before the covid-19 pandemic, he was asked at a public event about the legal fight. Ciciliano, explained that the ruling had been in his favor, but that it was still waiting for the disbursement. And he added that he had a lot of expectations with the arrival of it, because he planned to invest in his soccer school.

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The creative midfielder, who stood out in 1993 with the Colombia youth team, being a South American champion and later contesting the World Cup in the same category, he recognized with the maturity of the years, a series of bad decisions that he made with money. Even so, in his present he had economic stability and projection, because he kept studying to consolidate himself as a coach.

“While in retirement, he devoted himself with great discipline to his coaching course. He did it with the Association of Argentine Soccer Technicians. That had him motivated. Besides, I was projected to work with the Atlantic Sub-17 National Team this year, just when the whole issue of the pandemic came in, “he said. Juvenal Manjarrez, journalist and friend of the ex-flyer.

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Six children (Emily, Ricardo, Manuela, Manuel, Calogero and Mássimo), the product of four unions, lament the departure of a person who was a figure in several clubs in Colombia, mainly from Deportivo Pereira, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Cali and Millionaires. With Junior, the club of his loves, was twice, without becoming an idol.

Other sources close to the Soledeño, pointed out the discontent he maintained with the procedure of the Colombian Association of Professional Soccer Players (Acolfutpro), of which he was very critical. They reveal that he came to think of forming another entity that would group the players.

Other facets

Billiards was one of Ciciliano’s hobbies, who was also a lover of salsa de The Great Combo of Puerto Rico. “One of the songs that fascinated him the most was ‘Trampoline’. He danced it and sang it, ”Manjarrez recalled.

Many residents of the Soledad 2000 neighborhood and nearby sectors had become used to seeing him in the morning in his role as coach. He worked with various categories of his school until the government ordered the confinement.
He had begun to gain significant experiences at the bank, such as being a technical assistant for Melquicedeth Navarro in the Atlantic youth team the previous year, reaching the national runner-up in the category and the gold medal in National Games.

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Beginning in September, he was admitted to the La Asunción Clinic, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. At that time, his family announced that they were tested to detect if he had covid-19, which gave negative results.

During Thursday, September 17, it was learned of the death of Ciciliano. The fight sustained for weeks in the ICU was more complex than many imagined. He was fired this Friday by family, friends and spontaneous fans at the Jardines de la Eternidad cemetery, north headquarters.

Wilhelm Garavito Maldonado
DNA editor

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