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Hector Echeverri
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Echeverri Atehortúa
Date of birth	(1938-04-10)10 April 1938
Place of birth	Colombia
Date of death	1988
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1967	Independiente Medellín	322	(1)
1967	Santa Fe	0	(0)
1968–1970	Independiente Medellín	135	(0)
Total		457	(1)
International career
1957–1962	Colombia	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Echeverri Atehortúa (10 April 1938 – 1988), often misspelled as Héctor Echeverry, was a Colombian international footballer.

Club career

Echeverri played in 457 official matches for Independiente Medellín, more than any other player in the club's history.

He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile. He played in their second group game on 3 June 1962 against the then Soviet Union.

León Naranjo, Fabio (14 March 2011). "Van 45 tripletas blancas" [45 triples for 'whites'] (in Spanish). El Tiempo.
"Match Report: Soviet Union – Colombia". 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile. FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

Hector Echeverri – FIFA competition record (archived)

v t e Colombia squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Sánchez (c) 2 Vivas 3 Zuluaga 4 Alzate 5 J. González 6 Calle 7 Aponte 8 Echeverri 9 Silva 10 Serrano 11 López 12 Tovar 13 Aceros 14 Paz 15 Coll 16 Pérez 17 Klinger 18 Escobar 19 Gamboa 20 Rada 21 H. González 22 Arias Coach: Pedernera

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