Fans say goodbye, and Rincón is buried in Colombia

Freddy Rincón, who died at the age of 55 from injuries he suffered in a car accident, was buried this Saturday (16) in Cali, Colombia.

Family members, icons of Colombian football and hundreds of fans attended the wake held at the Pascual Guerrero stadium, home of América de Cali, one of the first clubs in Rincón’s career, in the afternoon. Earlier, on Friday (15), the former player was laid to rest in Buenaventura, his hometown.

René Higuita, Óscar Córdoba, Asprilla and Niche Guerrero attended the ceremony. Coaches Francisco Maturana and Jorge Luis Pinto paid tribute to the former player in emotional speeches.

Champion in several clubs, highlight of the great generation of football players in Colombia and remembered for his time at Corinthians, the club where he won the 2000 Club World Cup, Rincón was hospitalized with traumatic brain injury and underwent surgery after the vehicle in which he was hit by a bus in the early hours of Monday (11) in Cali.

According to local authorities, the car ran a red light at high speed and was hit sideways. Two women in the car suffered minor injuries. On Wednesday night (13), already at dawn on Thursday (14) in Brazil, Rincón’s death was announced.

The accident remains under investigation by the police, who suspect that there was a fourth person in the car, still unidentified – the head trauma suffered by Rincón leads authorities to assume that the former player was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle, next to the car. crash site with the bus.