Today is a very special day for our company, a very special day for Fútbol Emotion, because we’re celebrating Goalkeeper’s Day. A day dedicated to what is probably the most difficult – and, at the same time, the most wonderful – position in football.
A position in which you can go from being the hero of the day to hitting rock bottom in the blink of an eye. A position where you wear a different jersey to your teammates and where, when you celebrate a goal, you often do so on your own. But it is precisely all this that makes being a goalkeeper so special and important.
Today is the day dedicated to this figure, the day for all goalkeepers and their ever-present goalkeeper’s gloves.
This initiative was launched by the Rinat gloves brand to pay tribute to Miguel Calero, a Colombian goalkeeper who died in 2012 and was born on the 14th of April.
For those who may not know him, Miguel Calero was a goalkeeper who poured all his passion, talent and professionalism into thrilling us with every single save he made. He was known as the ‘Condor of the Andes’ and stood out for his forays out of the box, with an attacking style reminiscent of René Higuita.
He played nearly 950 matches in various competitions, took part in the Copa América and achieved great fame for saving three penalties taken by Martín Palermo during Colombia’s 3–0 victory over Argentina in the 1999 Copa América.
What’s more, he was also capable of scoring goals from the centre of the pitch, with his head, and directly from a corner… A true phenomenon!
However, in 2011 Calero suffered a venous thrombosis in his left arm, forcing him to retire from football. In December 2012, his health deteriorated and he passed away, news that shocked the entire Latin American footballing world. In his honour, his birthday was designated as International Goalkeeper’s Day.
As you might expect, this is a very important date for us too, and we want to celebrate it across all our digital platforms: YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
So, if you’d like to join us in this celebration, follow us and join in the tribute to all goalkeepers!
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