Luis Rentería
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Gabriel Rentería | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Date of death | March 6, 2014 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | Tauro | 36 | (23) |
| 2011 | → Real Cartagena (loan) | 19 | (8) |
| 2012-2014 | Tauro | 21 | (16) |
| 2012 | Bolivar | 11 | (7) |
| 2013 | Tauro | 21 | (16) |
| Total | 108 | (70) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2013 | Panama | 26 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 November 2012. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Luis Gabriel Rentería (September 13, 1988 – March 6, 2014) was a Panamanian football forward who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
Club career
Nicknamed Matagatos (Catkiller), Rentería joined Bolivar after one year on loan at Real Cartagena where he scored 8 goals in 19 appearances. Renteria was the leading goalscorer in Panama's Primera Division.[1]
International career
Rentería made his debut for Panamanian national team in a September 2010 friendly match against Costa Rica and had earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 6 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[2] and played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[3] as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[4]
His final international was a February 2013 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica.
Personal life
In October 2013, Rentería was diagnosed with lupus.[5] He died from this disease on March 6, 2014[6] after being hospitalized for eight months in the Hospital Santo Tomas.[7][8]
Honours
- Primera Division Champions (2010)
- Primera Division Top goalscorer (2010, 2012)
- CONCACAF Champions League 2010/2011 (participant)
- Copa Centroamericana 2011 (3rd place)
- Gold Cup 2011 (semi-finalist)
References
- ↑ "Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ Luis Rentería – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ ‘Matagatos’ sufre de lupus - Critica (Spanish)
- ↑ ‘Me siento abandonado’ - El Siglo (Spanish)
- ↑ Panameño Luis 'Matagato' Rentería pierde batalla contra el lupus - El Siglo de Torreón (Spanish)
- ↑ Panama’s Luis Renteria footballer dies of respiratory failure product
External links
- Luis Rentería at National-Football-Teams.com
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