Miguel Calero will have a statue on the outskirts of the Hidalgo Stadium

His saves immortalized him particularly in Colombia and Mexico, but the rest of the continent also vibrated with his great performances during his time at Sporting Barranquilla, Deportivo Cali, Pachuca and the Colombia national team.

For this reason, Mexico's Pachuca, where Miguel Calero lived his best years as a professional, will build him a statue in homage to the Vallecaucano goalkeeper, who would have turned 51 on April 14.

The president of Los Tuzos, Armando Ramírez, made the official announcement during a press conference in the celebration of 'International Goalkeeper Day', which was initially celebrated on December 14, but was changed to April 14, the day of the coffee goalkeeper's birth.

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The statue will be located on the outskirts of the Hidalgo Stadium and will bear the image of Miguel Calero winning the South American Cup that Pachuca won in 2006 after beating Chile's Colo Colo 3-2 at the National Stadium in Santiago.

Likewise, the leader of Pachuca revealed that the statue will engrave the names of the fans who contribute their money to launch the monument of the Calero Show, as it was popularly called.

The statue will be exhibited in December of this year, the date on which the sixteenth anniversary of the South American Cup title in which Miguel Calero was the great figure of Pachuca is commemorated.

Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez was born on April 14, 1971, in Geneva, Valle del Cauca, from a very young age he showed his passion for ball and at the age of 14 he entered the Carlos Sarmiento Lora Football School, and then signed for Deportivo Cali which loaned him to Sporting Barranquilla.

His debut as a professional was with the Barranquilla club in 1990 and his excellent demonstrations led him to return to the Sugar Draw where he gradually gained title thanks to coaches such as Jorge Luis Pinto and the Peruvian Miguel Company, who gave him the vote of confidence.

The good performances with the Cali squad allowed him to be part of the Colombia team, which participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, where he played in the 4-0 win against Spain.

With Fernando 'Pecoso' Castro he was crowned champion with Cali in 1996, then he would abandon Superdepor to wear the Atlético Nacional jersey, with which he was also crowned champion in 1999. In addition, with the Verdolaga team he became champion of the Merconorte Cup in 1998.

In 2000 he packed suitcases and emigrated to the Aztec country to defend the colors of Pachuca with which he won four league titles and five Concacaf tournaments in which the South American Cup stands out in the 2006 edition.

He was international with the Colombia national team 55 times and is remembered for saving him one of the three penalty missed by Martín Palermo in the match between Argentina and Colombia for the group stage of the Copa America in Paraguay in 1999.

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