Football In Colombia
Football is the most popular sport in Colombia. Although not one of the leading footballing nations in South America, Colombia has nonetheless produced some outstanding teams at both club and international level. Among the individual players that have emerged from the country are Rene Higuita, creator of the Scorpion Kick, voted the 'best' football trick ever invented; and naturalized American Juan Agudelo, who became the youngest player in history to score a goal in a senior national game.
The sport of football became a important part of the 'identity' of Colombia itself as it fought the negative image of Colombia from the mid 1980s up to the present day. While Colombia hasn't been as successful as they once were, the sport is still widely loved and supported.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)