Ricardo Ciciliano

Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian football midfielder.

Ricardo Ciciliano
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo
Date of birth (1976-09-23)September 23, 1976
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia
Date of death September 17, 2020(2020-09-17) (aged 43)
Place of death Barranquilla, Colombia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Deportivo Pereira
1996–1997 Atlético Bucaramanga
1998–1999 Deportes Tolima
2000 Deportivo Pasto
2000 Deportes Quindío
2001 Deportes Tolima
2001 Atlético Junior
2002–2004 Deportes Tolima
2005–2006 Deportivo Cali
2006–2008 Millonarios 65 (16)
2008 Once Caldas 18 (5)
2009 Atlético Junior
2009 Millonarios 18 (3)
2010–2011 Juan Aurich 58 (17)
2012 Uniautónoma 14 (3)
2012 Atlético Huila 7 (1)
National team
1993 Colombia U17 3 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 24, 2013

Career

Ciciliano was born in Barranquilla. From 2006, Ciciliano played at Millonarios where he achieved several remarkable feats. One of these was on November 19, 2006, when Millonarios played against Independiente Medellín; Millonarios was winning the match 1–0 and with 5 minutes remaining for the final whistle, Millonarios goalkeeper Jose Fernando Cuadrado was sent off. Without another goalkeeper available (Juan Carlos Henao was injured), Ciciliano took his place; he eventually saved the penalty kick awarded to Independiente Medellín as result of Cuadrado's foul, and Millos won the match.

Another notable achievement for Ciciliano was on October 24, 2007, when he scored 2 goals against the Brazilian club São Paulo FC, assuring Millonarios qualification for the Semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2007. That same year he won Top Scorer in the Copa Sudamericana 2007 after scoring 6 goals in Millonarios. Ciciliano played for Colombia at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan.[1]

Ciciliano entered the intensive care unit of Clínica La Asunción in Barranquilla with pneumonia on September 6, 2020. He died there of his condition on September 17, 2020 at age 43.[2][3] His family indicated that this was not caused by COVID-19.[4]

Titles
Season Club Title
1993ColombiaU-17 South American Championship
2003Deportes Tolima2003-II - Copa Mustang
2005Deportivo Cali2005-II - Copa Mustang

Individual honours

References
  1. Ricardo Ciciliano – FIFA competition record
  2. William González Badillo (17 September 2020). "Falleció el exfutbolista soledeño Ricardo Ciciliano" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  3. "Falleció Ricardo Ciciliano tras luchar contra una neumonía" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 17 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020.
  4. "Muere el exfutbolista colombiano Ricardo Ciciliano" (in Spanish). infobae. 18 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
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