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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Gabriel Rentería | ||
| Date of birth | September 13, 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| A.D. Orión | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Tauro | 36 | (23) |
| 2011 | → Cartagena (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Tauro | 21 | (16) |
| 2012 | Bolívar | 11 | (4) |
| 2013 | Tauro | 22 | (10) |
| Total | 108 | (70) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2013 | Panama | 26 | (6) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 15, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 6, 2014 | |||
Club career
editNicknamed Matagatos (Catkiller), Rentería started his career at Orión[1] and played the majority of his career for Tauro but joined Bolivar[2] after one year on loan at Colombian side Real Cartagena where he scored 2 goals in 19 appearances.[3] Renteria was the leading goalscorer in Panama's Primera Division[4] and played his final game in September 2013 against Plaza Amador.[5]
International career
editRentería made his debut for Panama 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[6] and played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[7] as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international was a February 2013 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica.
Personal life
editIn October 2013, Rentería was diagnosed with lupus.[9] He died from this disease on March 6, 2014[10] after being hospitalized for eight months in the Hospital Santo Tomas.[11][12]
Honours
edit- 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
edit- ^ Fallece Luis "Matagatos" Rentería – RPC (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis "Matagatos" Rentería, nuevo jugador del Bolivar – Telemetro (in Spanish)
- ^ Real Cartagena de Colombia lamenta fallecimiento de Rentería[permanent dead link] – Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
- ^ "Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
- ^ Fallece Luis Rentería, exjugador de la Selección Nacional de Fútbol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Rentería – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
- ^ ‘Matagatos’ sufre de lupus – Critica (in Spanish)
- ^ ‘Me siento abandonado’ Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – El Siglo (in Spanish)
- ^ Panameño Luis 'Matagato' Rentería pierde batalla contra el lupus – El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish)
- ^ "Panama's Luis Renteria footballer dies of respiratory failure product". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
External links
edit- Luis Rentería at National-Football-Teams.com