Fight in football. Freddy Rincón died at the age of 55 after two days in the Intensive Care Unit of the Imbanaco Clinic. due to a traffic accident suffered in the early hours of Monday, April 11.
The former player was transferred to this hospital, where he arrived with a severe head injury, underwent surgery, additional tests on the brain and He was in the ICU with permanent medical attention, but this Wednesday, April 13, he lost his life.
“The Imbanaco Clinic in the presence of their relatives and with their full authorization It is allowed to inform that despite all the efforts of our work teams Fredy Eusebio Rincón Valencia has passed away. We want to express our sincere condolences to his family, friends, relatives and followers from all over the planet”, said doctor Laureano Quintero accompanied by Sebastián Rincón.
He added, “There will never be a way to express to you what it feels like to lose one of our patients whoever that may be. We ask everyone to please honor and exalt the life of Freddy Eusebio for all the joys he brought us, for everything that made us vibrate many times from many corners of this planet thanks to his wonderful display of life and his wonderful sports display. Let us honor his life as he deserves.”
How was the Rincón accident?
Rincón was mobilized with three more people in the early hours of This Monday, April 11, in a private vehicle that collided with a feeder of Mío on Calle 5 with Carrera 34 of the Valle del Cauca capital. The bus, which later hit the column of a building, was totally destroyed in the front part, while the greatest damage to the truck was on the right side.
From the first moment, with the initial medical report, the Imbanaco Clinic was clear about the ex-soccer player’s critical state of health, the procedures that were performed over the hours, but there was no favorable evolution despite the efforts of the medical staff.
Who was Freddy Rincon?
A legend of Colombian soccer. He was born in Buenaventura on August 14, 1966 and defended the colors of Independiente Santa Fe and América de Cali in the first division of our country. He was in two big European clubs like Napoli and Real Madrid and the culmination of his professional career was in Brazilian soccer, going through Palmeiras, Corinthians, Santos and Cruzeiro.
Extensive career in the Colombian National Team with participation in three World Cups: Italy 90, United States 94 and France 98. In the first of them he scored one of the most important and remembered goals in the history of the Tricolor, because in time served he took advantage of Carlos Valderrama’s assistance to define between Bodo Illgner’s legs and seal the 1-1 against Germany in San Siro, which qualified Francisco Maturana’s team to the round of 16.
Three years later, in September, he started and scored twice in Colombia’s historic win at the Monumental. Another assist from Pibe for those usual runs down the right of Rincón that excited the whole country, he entered the area, eluded and left Sergio Goycochea on the floor to define behind an empty goal in the first of the 0-5 win over Argentina in the Qualifiers heading to the United States 94. In the second half he scored the third with a first-class shot after Leonel Álvarez’s past center.
In his palmares appear local titles with Santa Fe, América, Palmeiras and Corinthinas, in addition to the Club World Cup that he won with Timao in 2000. After a couple of experiences as a technical assistant to Vanderlei Luxemburg in Atlético Mineiro and Jorge Luis Pinto in Millonarios, Rincón worked as a panelist in analysis programs on Caracol Radio.