Rigoberto Guzmán

Rigoberto "Rigo" Guzmán Calderón (11 June 1932 – 22 June 2014) was a Salvadoran football (soccer) player and manager from Atiquizaya.

Rigoberto Guzmán

Personal information
Full name	Rigoberto Guzmán Calderón
Date of birth	(1932-06-11)11 June 1932
Place of birth	Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Date of death	22 June 2014(2014-06-22) (aged 82)
Place of death	El Salvador
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Santa Anita
	Juventud Olimpica Metalio
International career
	El Salvador
Managerial career
1968	El Salvador
	Atlante San Alejo
	Adler San Nicolás
	Atlético Marte
	Cojutepeque
	Sonsonate
	Lincoln
	Maestranza
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Guzmán was a running athlete who competed at the 800 and 3000 metres but later became a football player and captained the Juventud Olimpica Metalio side for eight years.^[1]

Managerial career and other professions

Guzmán coached El Salvador at the 1968 Olympic Games.^[2] Also, he is a painter and caricaturist and in 2006 he was given the title Maestro Meritísimo de El Salvador after 50 years of educating.^[3]

In January 2001, Professor Guzmán fell victim of an earthquake when his house collapsed.^[4]

Death

Guzmán died from an undisclosed terminal disease on 22 June 2014.^[5]