Lorenzo Calonga
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Calonga Arce
Date of birth 28 August 1929
Place of birth Paraguay
Date of death 20 September 2003(2003-09-20) (aged 74)
Place of death Arauca, Arauca, Colombia
Position(s) Striker, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Cerro Porteño
– Olimpia
1947–1950 Club Guaraní
1951–1953 Deportivo Pereira[1] 68 (10)
1954–1957 Independiente Medellín[2] 88 (9)
1958 Irapuato
– León
International career
1950 Paraguay 1 (1)
Managerial career
1961 Deportes Quindío
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorenzo Calonga Arce (28 August 1929 – 20 September 2003) was a Paraguayan football striker and midfielder who was part of the Paraguay squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals.[3]

Career

Calonga began playing football in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, Club Olimpia and Club Guaraní, where he won the 1949 Paraguayan Primera División title.[4] He moved to Colombia where he played for Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Medellín. He finished his playing career in Mexico with Club León and Club Irapuato.[5][6]

Calonga scored a goal for the Paraguay national team in a friendly against Brazil on 13 May 1950.[7]

After he retired from playing, Calonga returned to Colombia to work as a coach.[8] He managed Deportes Quindío during the 1961 season.

Personal

Lorenzo Calonga is from a Paraguayan family of famous athletes, including Manuel Calonga who played football and basketball for Club Guaraní.[9]

Calonga died from pneumonia in Arauca, at the age of 77.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-01-11 at archive.today
  2. ↑ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today
  3. ↑ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Se fue Ovidio Casartelli, campeón en 1949 con Guaraní" [It was Ovidio Casartelli, champion in 1949 with Guaraní] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 28 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Se fue Pate' mula" [It was Pate' mule] (in Spanish). Llanera.com. 23 September 2003.
  6. ↑ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (19 December 2007). "El baúl de los recuerdos: Estrellas de 1952" [The trunk of memories: Stars of 1952] (in Spanish). El Espectador.
  7. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (12 June 2012). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1947-1952". RSSSF.
  8. 1 2 "Muerte de "Patemula" Calonga" [Death of "Patemula" Calonga] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 1 September 2003.
  9. ↑ "Brillaron en más de un deporte" [Shone in more than one sport] (in Spanish). ABC Digital. 4 July 2005.
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