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Achito Vivas

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Achito Vivas
Personal information
Full name Adelmo Achito Vivas
Date of birth (1934-03-01)1 March 1934
Place of birth Buenaventura, Colombia
Date of death 24 July 2026(2026-07-24) (aged 92)
Place of death Cali, Colombia
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1959 Atlético Nacional
1959–1964 Deportivo Pereira
1965 Deportes Quindío
1966 Atlético Junior
1967–1968 Deportivo Pereira
1969 Deportes Tolima
1969 Once Caldas
1970 Deportivo Pereira
International career
1963 Colombia 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adelmo Achito Vivas (1 March 1934 – 24 July 2026) was a Colombian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He competed for the Colombia national team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Chile.[2][3]

Vivas spent most of his career playing for Deportivo Pereira, appearing in 220 league matches for the club.[4]

Vivas died on 24 July 2026 at a hospital in Cali, Colombia, from kidney failure, aged 92.[5][6]

References

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  1. "GolGolGol Profile". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. Achito VivasFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. "Achito Vivas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. Ocampo Villegas, Hugo (20 September 2010). "Pereira mereció pero no concretó" (in Spanish). El Diario del Otun.
  5. Fallece ídolo de antaño: Adelmo ‘Achito’ Vivas (in Spanish)
  6. Murió Adelmo ‘Achito’ Vivas, uno de los integrantes de la primera Selección Colombia que jugó la Copa del Mundo (in Spanish)
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