Alexander Obregón

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Personal information
Full name	Alexander Obregón Gamboa
Date of birth	11 December 1977
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Date of death	30 May 2009 (aged 31)
Place of death	La Libertad, El Salvador
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998	Giraldt F.C.
1999	Seleccion Valle
2000	Esc. de Futbol Sarmiento
2001	América de Cali
2001	Telecom
2002–2003	San Salvador FC
2003	CD Chalatenango
2003–2005	San Salvador FC
2005	CD FAS
2006	CD Luis Ángel Firpo
2007	Independiente Nacional
2008	Santa Tecla FC
2009	Alba Acajutla
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2008

Alexander Obregón Gamboa (11 December 1977 – 30 May 2009) was a Colombian footballer who played the majority of his career in El Salvador.

Club career

Obregón arrived in El Salvador in 2001 and joined Salvadoran second division side Telecom. He joined San Salvador F.C. the next season, helping them win the 2003 Clausura title.

He later played for Luis Ángel Firpo, Chalatenango and FAS, playing his final season of top division football with Independiente Nacional in 2007 after they were relegated. He played for the newly formed Santa Tecla team and finally joined former coach Rubén Alonso at Alba Acajutla.

Death

Obregón was involved in a fatal car crash in 2009, on the road to and just outside La Libertad. Former teammate and friend, Colombian player Christian Gil suffered severe injuries to the skull and thorax in the same accident.^[1]

Honours

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: 1

2003

References

^ Falleció Alex Obregón Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish) (Alex Obregón has died)

External links

Perece Alex Obregón - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
Profile - CD FAS

[1] Falleció Alex Obregón Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish) (Alex Obregón has died)

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