Carlos Arango

Carlos Arango Medina (Santa Marta, 31 January 1928 – Los Angeles, 19 August 2014) was a Colombian football forward, often known as "El Maestro".

Career
Born in Santa Marta, Arango began his professional football career with Deportes Caldas in 1948, and he would win the league title with Caldas in 1950. He was the only Colombian player in Deportes Samario's first professional squad in 1950. He also 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 made 22 appearances and scored six goals for the Colombia national football team from 1946 to 1965. He scored Colombia's first goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying, a header against Uruguay in Bogota on 16 June 1957.

International
Colombia
 * Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal (1): 1946