José René Higuita Zapata Colombian football goalkeeper biography

José René Higuita Zapata (born 27 August 1966 in Medellín (Barrio Castilla)) is a former Colombian football goalkeeper. He played 68 international matches for the Colombian national team, during Which he scored eight goals.

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Career

René Higuita played The majority of his club career with Colombian side Atletico Nacional where he helped the team win the Colombian League on numerous occasions as well as the Copa Libertadores and Copa Interamericana, both in 1989.

He is famed for inventing the scorpion kick, a clearance where the keeper jumps forward, arches his legs over his head and in doing so, kicks the ball away with his heels. Notoriety This save earned him when he pulled it off in a friendly game against England in September 1995, blocking a mistaken cross by Jamie Redknapp. [1] It ranked 94th in Channel 4′s 100 Greatest Sporting Moments in 2002.

On the pitch, Higuita was known for his eccentric playing style, taking unnecessary risks and Actively trying to score goals. He was also prone to blunders, and it was a mistake by him that knocked Colombia out of the 1990 World Cup, when he seemingly dithered with the ball at his feet 35 yards from goal enabling Cameroon striker Roger Milla to dispossess him and score, putting Cameroon through to the quarter-finals. As a result of such behavior, Higuita was nicknamed “El Loco” by media and fans alike.

Higuita is friends with Diego Maradona, and played in the Argentine’s farewell match in 2001. I came out of retirement in 2007 to sign for Venezuelan club Guaros de Lara FC [2]. In January 2008, aged 41, he signed for Colombian second division team Deportivo Rionegro. In June 2008 he signed for Colombian first division team Deportivo Pereira. He has Expressed the wish to coach the Colombian national team or become more politically active. [3]

Personal life

He is married to Magnolia, With whom he has two children, Andrew and Pamela. He also has a daughter, Cindy Carolina, from a previous marriage.

Higuita was imprisoned in 1993 after getting involved in a kidnapping. Acting as a go-between for the drug barons Pablo Escobar and Carlos Molina, Largely I was responsible for securing the release of Molina’s daughter by delivering the ransom money. He received $ 64,000 for his services, Which breaks Colombian law as it is an offense to profit from a kidnapping. He was incarcerated for seven months before being released without charge. Commenting on the case, I’ve stated that “I’m a footballer, I did not know anything about kidnapping laws.” [4] Because of the term in prison Higuita was not fit for the 1994 FIFA World Cup In another scandal, he tested positive for cocaine on 23 November 2004 while playing for an Ecuadorian football club [5].

In 2005, Higuita Participate in the reality TV program The Island of the Famous: A pirate adventure ( “The Island of the Famous: A Pirate Adventure”), a show similar to Survivor.

His son Cristian Andres Higuita currently plays for Deportivo Cali and represented Colombia at the South American U-15. [6]

1. ^ On Sky Sports 1′s Goals on Sunday, 29 October 2006 at 1246 GMT, Jamie Redknapp stated that it was a cross not a shot.
2. ^ Higuita returns to football
3. ^ “Higuita wants to return to Colombia’s national team”. Colombia Reports. 1 April 2008. http://colombiareports.com/2008/04/01/higuita-wants-to-return-to-colombias-national-team/. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
4. ^ Rene ‘El Loco’ Higuita leads Ecuador’s keepers – FIFA.com 22 September 2004
5. ^ Two of the best
6. ^ Colombia starts with rout their participation in Tournament of the Americas

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Hleb rebuild their self-esteem in Stuttgart

He says a song radiated very recently, and I think quite rightly, that is not back to back home, perhaps to learn to walk. Perhaps, for this path is lost between the forward and backward, which means go to both, and that may end in failure if struggling to fail, it has decided, from a few weeks ago, pass Alexander Hleb < >, the midfielder Stuttgart , and that in its first (and currently last) year by the Spanish League was the only anecdote or fact to emphasize, the only Belarusian in defending the shirt Barcelona .

Some 17 million euros of cost traérselo

Arsenal , in which he campaigned club for three seasons in which swelled to make mischief by right and left flanks of the Emirates Stadium. It is not just a football player that highlights its ease scorers, but in England, as had been done before in Germany, was not desentonar also in that facet. Fast, skillful, great assistant … these, their characteristics, absent from his brief tenure in the city . Their natural habitat is reflected in the image illustrating this post. Hleb was last year, meat bench .

And of course, faced with this situation, it is best to pack and reconnect with oneself. Despite being one of the best footballers in the history of their country, never enjoyed the full confidence of Pep Guardiola, who also found a position in which to use the full international football. His desire to do well, your desire to please, his eagerness to show their quality, you Hleb passed a bill, because

only a few nostalgic at the Camp Nou remember that some of their individual moves in a brilliant finish . Thus, a new destination, waiting with open arms Alexander.

Sounded to force the

Inter Milan . It was rumored desire to Mourinho to take their services and to enter into the ‘operation Ibrahimovic. However, although everything seemed actually appeared on an ambitious Stuttgart, with the former footballer Markus babbel to head to convince them the best I had at home in this place was known for almost a decade. Hleb, without thinking twice, he accepted the German proposal and return to the Bundesliga, and as assigned, was a fact. With the’23 ‘in the back and the dose of confidence injected by the’ new ‘club and its new coach, we did not slow to remember the best version of the midfielder.

It happened last night, before the

FC Timisoara , one of the meetings prior to the Champions League. He left the game, like what happened to him before he signed for Barca, was important, was his command of the German attack. And his boots was the play produced the most beautiful day of Europe, a true golazo. Mocked as many rivals it crossed the road to being in a face to face with the goalkeeper contrary, such a Pantilimon, who saw his hat, Hleb, got the best of their repertoire. Played an hour in which we also had time to see a yellow card. But most importantly, regained a lost self-esteem in Barcelona. Win (0-2), half-ticket to the final stage of the Champions’ to ‘and that thing you feel is useful when a . Who knows if he goes to return next year ….