Calixto Avena

Calixto Avena
Personal information
Date of birth 18 October 1943
Date of death 21 January 2021 (aged 77)
Place of death Santa Cruz de Lorica, Colombia
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Millonarios
1965–1970 Junior
International career
Colombia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Calixto Avena (18 October 1943 – 21 January 2021) was a Colombian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Career

Avena played professionally for Millonarios and Junior between 1963 and 1970.[2]

Avena also represented the Colombia national team in qualifying matches for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[2][3]

He died from COVID-19 in Santa Cruz de Lorica, on 21 January 2021, aged 77, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Calixto Avena Casas: 'Estoy dentro de los diez mejores arqueros de la historia de Colombia'". Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Calixto Avena, exportero de selección Colombia, falleció por secuelas del covid". RCN Radio. 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "FCF lamenta la muerte de Calixto Avena – Federación colombiana de fútbol". Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.


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