Carlos Valderrama: Last News

Diego Maradona has been removed from FIFA 22 less than two years after the Argentine icon's death.Maradona featured on the game in its Ultimate Team section, where he had four FUT Icon 'cards' at various stages of his career. He was also part of the Soccer Aid World XI, available to use in the Kick-Off mode.The legend is one of the highest-rated players in the game - and his highest card is rated 98 out 99.

World Cup, their first in the country's history.Gomez was also Colombia's assistant manager for their 1994 World Cup voyage in the USA.Colombia had entered the tournament as dark horses with an array of talent on display, most notably from the eccentric Carlos Valderrama.However, Andreas Escobar's own goal sent the Colombians packing early.Tragically, Escobar was killed a couple of weeks later in the car park of a nightclub in Medellin - when he had reportedly tried to diffuse an argument about his own goal. Like Gomez, would you return to the same job after being shot? Let us know in the comments section When speaking to The Guardian in 2018, Gomez revealed he almost walked away from the game after Escobar was killed, and then again after he was shot.“It’s a passion,” Gomez said.“I don’t know if you get used to it too: maybe you need the pressure, the fear, the pitch, the players – the ball.

Liverpool are closing in on the signing of Porto forward Luis Diaz as Jurgen Klopp looks to strengthen his playing squad - and fans will love his humble nature.The 25-year-old, who came through the ranks at Barranquilla and Junior in Columbia before moving to Portugal in 2019, was raised right next to the Venezuela border in the indigenous Wayuu community.It was in 2015 that he was called up to represent Columbia at the Copa America of Indigenous People, a tournament where he caught the eye of footballing icon Carlos Valderrama.Coaching that side was former Colombia international John 'Pocillo' Diaz, who spoke about the most humble member of their playing squad back in November of 2021.He told BBC Sport: "The competition would be held in Chile so we took a five-hour flight there and you could see his eyes light up with that experience."Lucho would ask us if he could have the same meal more than once.

Liverpool owe the discovery of their soon-to-be new signing Luis Diaz to Colombia legend Carlos Valderrama - well, sort of. Jurgen Klopp didn't need to look too deep into the numbers to work out Diaz would be an excellent acquisition at Anfield.

What do you think of Higuita's impressive 'scorpion-kick' save? Let us know in the comments section Colombia went to the 1994 World Cup as a genuine dark horse to take the title, with players such as Carlos Valderrama in their squad.However, Higuita, who was 28 at the time, was not among the squad after had acted as a go-between for Pablo Escobar - an act which landed him jail time.When he was released he was not in shape to make the cut for the squad, but Colombia failed to meet expectations when Andres Escobar turned the ball into his own net.Escobar was later shot dead a month later in Medellin in one of Colombian football's darkest days.