In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arboleda and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niver_Arboleda
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