Personal life
Escobar was born in Medellin, Colombia on 13 March 1967. He grew up in a middle-class family.[2] His father is Dario Escobar, a banker who founded an organization that gives young people the opportunity to play football instead of being on the streets.
He attended Colegio Calasanz and graduated from Instituto Conrado Gonzalez. He participated in school football teams before becoming a professional football player. Prior to his death, Escobar was engaged to his girlfriend of five years, Pamela Cascardo, a dentist. Escobar was killed one month before their wedding was to take place.
Club career.
Escobar was a defender for Colombia in the World Cup in 1990 and 1994. His jersey number was 2, and was known by the nicknames “El Caballero del Futbol” (“The Gentleman of Football” or “Football’s Knight”) and “The Immortal Number 2”. In his club career, he played for Medellín side Atlético Nacional and Swiss side Young Boys Bern. He was noted for scoring with headers and became a professional football player in 1988 at the age of 21. He helped Nacional win the Copa Libertadores in 1989.
International career.
He made his debut for the Colombia national team in 1988.
He scored his only regular international goal in a 1–1 draw against England at Wembley Stadium in 1988.
Escobar’s infamous own goal occurred in a match against the United States on 22 June during the 1994 World Cup. Stretching to cut out a pass from U.S. midfielder John Harkes, he deflected the ball into his own net in the second match of Group A. The USA won the game 2–1, and as a result, the heavily favored Colombian side was eliminated from the tournament in the first round.
After the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Escobar decided to return to Colombia instead of visiting relatives in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7] On the evening of 2 July 1994, Escobar called his friends, and they went to a bar in the El Poblado, Medellín neighbourhood. Then they went to a liquor store. Shortly afterwards, they arrived at the “El Indio” nightclub. His friends split up. At approximately 3 a.m., Escobar was alone in the parking lot of “El Indio” bar, located in a Medellín suburb. Escobar was in his car, when three men appeared. They began arguing with him. Two of the men took out handguns. Escobar was shot 6 times. It was reported that the killer shouted ¡Gol!” (imitating South American football commentators)
The way we judge people most of the time it is only by the bad things they do, but it is hard for us to see the good things people do too, we make make mistakes everyday as human being that we are, but most of the errors we commit, we do not mean to commit them.
AUTHOR: Alvaro Josué Cruz Reyes.
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