What is Andrés Escobar?
{{Football player infobox |playername=Andrés Escobar |image=Selección de fútbol de Colombia, Italia 90 (cropped).jpg |caption = XIV World Cup, 1990 |fullname=Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga |birth_date={{birth date|1967|3|13|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Medellín]], [[Colombia]] |death_date={{death date and age|1994|7|2|1967|3|13|df=yes}} |death_place=Medellín, Colombia |height={{height|m=1.85}} |position=[[Defender (football)|Defender]] (retired) |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1= |youthclubs1s= |years1=1987-1989<br/>1989-1990<br/>1990-1994 |clubs1=[[C.D. Atlético Nacional|Atlético Nacional]]<br/>[[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]<br/>[[C.D. Atlético Nacional|Atlético Nacional]] |nationalyears1=1988-1994 |nationalteam1=[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] |manageryears1= |managerclubs1= }} '''Andrés Escobar''' (13 March 1967 - 2 July 1994) was a [[Colombia]]n [[Association football|football]]er. He played for [[Colombia national football team|Colombia national team]]. ==Death== Escobar died after being shot in Medellín. It is believed that he was murdered because he scored an own goal against his team in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] which caused the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] to win 2 – 1 and caused [[gambling]] losses to a lot of powerful [[drug lord]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/escobar/|title=CNNSI.com World Cup Hall of Fame – Andrés Escobar|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-date=22 October 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022052443/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/escobar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==International career statistics== <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17522/Andres_Escobar.html|title=Andrés Escobar|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref> {{Football player national team statistics|COL}} |- |1988||5||1 |- |1989||16||0 |- |1990||5||0 |- |1991||8||0 |- |1992||2||0 |-