Marino Klinger
Personal information
Full name Marino Klinger Salazar
Date of birth (1936-02-07)7 February 1936
Place of birth Buenaventura, Colombia
Date of death 19 May 1975(1975-05-19) (aged 39)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1966 Millonarios
1967 Santa Fe
International career
Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marino Klinger Salazar (7 February 1936 – 19 May 1975) was a Colombian footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Colombia national team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.[1]

Career

Born in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Klinger played club football for amateur side Oro del Puerto and local Buenaventura and Valle del Cauca department selections. He played professionally for Millonarios, where he won the Colombian league five times.[2][3] He also played for Santa Fe.[4]

Personal

Klinger died in an automobile accident in Cali in 1975.[5]

References

  1. ^ Marino Klinger – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ Millonarios History -1950s Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Marino Klinger - Hace más de 30 Años Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ruiz M., Juan Guillermo (7 February 2012). "Un día como hoy en el fútbol: Febrero 7" [On this day in football: February 7]. GolGolGol Futbol.
  5. ^ "VIVIR SIN EL FÚTBOL ES MUCHO MÁS PELIGROSO" [Life without football is much more dangerous] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 5 May 1994.


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