Carlos Valderrama - Adding style to soccer !
Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio nicknamed El Pibe ("The Kid") was born in santa marta in 1961.This former colombian soccer player is considered as the best soccer player in the history of colombian soccer.
Colombia a country devastated by drugs , only saving grace is the game of soccer.Valderraa with his enormously dyed blondish orange hair is the most important sporting icon.This short midfielder is know for his ball control and can increase or decrease the pace of the match at his own will.
Valderrama has captained Colombia during the 1990/1994 and 1998 World cups before announcing his retirement in 1998 having received 111 caps and scored 11 times. he has been awarded the South American Footballer of the Year for 1987 and 1993.In February 2004, Valderrama ended his 22-year career in a tribute match with some of the most important football players of South America, such as Diego Maradona (he couldn't play), Enzo Francescoli and José Luis Chilavert.
Valderrama is the only Colombian to feature in Pele's 125 Top Living Football Players list in March 2004. No one can forget the match when Colombia famously beat Argentina 5-0 in Buenos Aires(Argentina) in 1993 during a World Cup qualifier.
Valderrama - Truly Worldclass.
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