Lorenzo Calonga

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Calonga and the second or maternal family name is Arce.
Lorenzo Calonga
Personal information
Full nameLorenzo Calonga Acre
Date of birth1926
Place of birthParaguay
Date of death20 September 2003 (aged 76–77)
Place of deathArauca, Arauca, Colombia
Playing positionStriker, Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
1947–1950Club Guaraní
1951–1953Deportivo Pereira[1]68(10)
1954–1957Independiente Medellín[2]88(9)
1958Irapuato
León
National team
1950Paraguay1(1)
Teams managed
1961Deportes Quindío
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Lorenzo Calonga Arce (died 20 September 2003) was a Paraguayan football striker and midfielder who was part of the Paraguay squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals.[3]

Career

Calonga began playing football in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, Club Olimpia and Club Guaraní, where he won the 1949 Paraguayan Primera División title.[4] He moved to Colombia where he played for Deportivo Pereira and Independiente Medellín. He finished his playing career in Mexico with Club León and Club Irapuato.[5][6]

Calonga scored a goal for the Paraguay national team in a friendly against Brazil on 13 May 1950.[7]

After he retired from playing, Calonga returned to Colombia to work as a coach.[8] He managed Deportes Quindío during the 1961 season.

Personal

Lorenzo Calonga is from a Paraguayan family of famous athletes, including Manuel Calonga who played football and basketball for Club Guaraní.[9]

Calonga died from pneumonia in Arauca at age 77.[8]

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