| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Marta, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 August 2014 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Los Angeles, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Deportes Caldas | 69 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Deportes Samario | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Atlético Nacional | 27 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Santa Fe | 32 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Independiente Medellín | 21 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Morelia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Unión Magdalena | 60 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1963 | Millonarios | 90 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| – | La Salle | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Vasco | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Litoral | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1965 | Colombia | 22 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Arango Medina (31 January 1928 – 19 August 2014) was a Colombian footballer. He played as a forward, and was nicknamed "El Maestro". He started his career at Deportes Caldas in 1948, before joining Deportes Samario in 1950, where was the only Colombian player in the team. He later played for Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, Independiente Medellín, Cúcuta Deportivo and Millonarios in Colombia, Monarcas Morelia in Mexico, and La Salle, Vasco and Litoral in Venezuela.
Arango was capped 22 times for Colombia between 1946 and 1965, scoring six goals. He scored Colombia's first goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying, which was a header against Uruguay in Bogotá on 16 June 1957. He played for Colombia at three South American Championships, in 1947, 1957, and 1963.
