The attacker Mayid Arias, the first scorer in the promotion tournament in Colombian professional football, died this Saturday in Bogotá.
Arias, born in Girardot on June 10, 1964, went through the minor divisions of Millonarios, but began to stand out in Hexagonal del Olaya, with which he became champion as a member of the payroll of the Monserrate Apuestas club, which dominated this contest at the end of the 80s.
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In 1991, when the promotion tournament began to be played, the ‘Turco’ joined Alianza Llanos, one of the ten pioneering teams in B soccer. In that first edition, he was crowned the tournament’s top scorer, with eight goals.
Arias fought for promotion twice with Alianza Llanos
Alianza Llanos was close to getting promotion twice. In 1991 he was second in the final home run of the tournament, which Envigado won. They finished ahead of Atlético Huila and El Cóndor.
The following year, still with Arias in their ranks, Alianza Llanos was once again on the verge of promotion to the first division. That year, 1992, the champion was Atlético Huila, in a home run completed by Cortuluá and El Cóndor.
After three seasons in Villavicencio, Arias returned to amateur football and He was at the beginning of the La Equidad project in Primera C, which would end, over the years, in the debut in B in 2004 and then in promotion to A in 2006. And he never stopped participating in the Amistad del Sur, to the point that, in one of his last participations, in the 1998-99 edition, he was the tournament’s top scorer, playing with the organizing club, Olaya Herrera.
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Arias was an agricultural engineer by profession and was based in Funza (Cundinamarca), dedicated to his private businesses at the time of his death. The vigil takes place in the San Juan de Ávila room, in the north of Bogotá.
The funeral will be held this Monday in the San Juan de Ávila parish and then his remains will be cremated in the Gardens of Remembrance.
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