The former player and coach died on Monday at age 83 for health complications, in the Colombian city of Barranquilla.
Miguel Ángel “El Zurdo” Lópezhistorical figure of Independent, He died on Monday at age 83.
Born in in Villa María, Córdoba, López It consolidated itself as a legend of Independent and also built an extensive career as a coach in different clubs of South America and Mexico.
He started his career in Central Union and University of Córdoba before reaching Silver students in 1964. Then he played in Ferro Carril West and took a quality leap in River, where he played three consecutive finals of the championship between 1968 and 1970.
But his golden stage as a player came in Independent, where between 1971 and 1975 conquered an impressive palmraés: the 1971 National Championship, Four liberating glasses (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975), Inter -American Cup and Intercontinental Cup of 1973 in front of Juventus.
Then he finished his career as a player in Colombia, dressing the shirt of National Atlético.
As a coach, he also left footprint in football with an extensive list of directed teams, where he emphasized having been DT of Diego Armando Maradona in Argentinos Juniors.
Independent, where he won the South American Super Cup in 1995 in view of Flamengo, He fired in his official account one of his great glories with a legend: “Multiple times champion as a player and as DT in the Maracaná, but above all one of ours until the end. We send a giant greeting to your family and friends, and we want you to rest in peace. Until always, left -handed. And thanks for so much.”
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