Níver Arboleda

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Arboleda and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Níver Arboleda
Personal information
Full name	Níver Arboleda Díaz
Date of birth	(1967-12-08)8 December 1967
Place of birth	Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia
Date of death	5 October 2011(2011-10-05) (aged 43)
Place of death	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1991	Atlético Nacional^[1]	102	(22)
1992–1995	Deportivo Cali^[2]	147	(61)
1995–1996	Veracruz	29	(5)
1996–2000	Zacatepec
–	Real Sociedad de Zacatecas
2001	Zhejiang Greentown
–	Antigua GFC
–	Juventud Retalteca
National team
1991–1995	Colombia	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Niver Arboleda Díaz (8 December 1967 – 5 October 2011) was a Colombian footballer who played for Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali, Veracruz, Zacatepec and Zhejiang Greentown.^[3]

Career

Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Arboleda began playing football at the Carlos Sarmiento Lora School. He turned professional with Atlético Nacional, where he would win the 1989 Copa Libertadores. Next, he made 147 league appearances for Deportivo Cali before moving abroad to play for Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz in the Mexican Primera División. After one season in Veracruz, he played for second division sides Zacatepec and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas. He finished his career playing in Guatemala with Antigua GFC and Juventud Retalteca.^[4]

Arboleda also won four caps for Colombia with two of them coming in the 1995 Copa America.^[5]

Arboleda died from a heart attack during a surgical procedure at a Guatemala City hospital at age 43.^[6]

v t e Colombia squad – 1995 Copa América Third Place

1 Higuita 2 Santa 3 Mendoza 4 Fernández 5 Bermúdez 6 Gaviria 7 Guerrero 8 Lozano 9 Arboleda 10 Valderrama 11 Asprilla 12 Calero 13 Cabrera 14 Álvarez 15 Mosquera 16 Aristizábal 17 León 18 Cardona 19 Rincón 20 Quiñonez 21 Cassiani 22 Córdoba Coach: Gómez

Persondata
Name	Arboleda, Niver
Alternative names
Short description	Colombian footballer
Date of birth	8 December 1967
Place of birth	Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia
Date of death	5 October 2011
Place of death	Guatemala City, Guatemala

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