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Luis Rentería

Luis Rentería

Panamanian footballer (1988-2014)

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.

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Club career

Nicknamed 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

Rentería 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

In 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

  • 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

  1. [1]
    Fallece Luis "Matagatos" Rentería – RPC (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Luis "Matagatos" Rentería, nuevo jugador del Bolivar – Telemetro (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Real Cartagena de Colombia lamenta fallecimiento de Rentería[permanent dead link] – Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
  4. [4]
    "Profile". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  5. [5]
    Fallece Luis Rentería, exjugador de la Selección Nacional de Fútbol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. [6]
    Luis Rentería – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. [7]
    Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  8. [8]
    CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  9. [9]
    ‘Matagatos’ sufre de lupus – Critica (in Spanish)
  10. [10]
    ‘Me siento abandonado’ Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – El Siglo (in Spanish)
  11. [11]
    Panameño Luis 'Matagato' Rentería pierde batalla contra el lupus – El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish)
  12. [12]
    "Panama's Luis Renteria footballer dies of respiratory failure product". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
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