Jorge Gallego Explained

Jorge Enrique Ramírez Gallego (born 25 March 1940) is a former Colombian football forward. He is the all-time leading goal-scorer for Deportivo Cali and among the top five all-time goal-scorers in the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano.^[1]

Career

Born in Cali, Gallego began his professional football career with Millonarios in 1962, where he would win three league titles. He had a brief spell with Deportes Quindío before moving to Deportivo Cali in 1965 where he scored 168 goals in nine seasons.^[2] He finished his playing career with Deportes Tolima in 1975.^[3]

Gallego made 14 appearances and scored four goals for the Colombia national football team from 1966 to 1970.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terra Deportes. Gómez, Daniel. Sergio Galván Rey es el máximo goleador histórico del fútbol colombiano. Sergio Galván Rey esis the top goal-scorer in the history of Colombian football. Spanish. 2 October 2010. 17 December 2012. 18 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131218130320/http://www.terra.com.co/deportes/articulo/html/dep785904-sergio-galvan-rey-podria-ser-el-maximo-goleador-historico-del-futbol-colombiano.htm. dead.
2. Web site: El Tiempo. JORGE GALLEGO, DE GOLEADOR A BUSCADOR DE FIGURAS. Jorge Gallego, the goal-scorer is a searcher of figures. Spanish. 5 March 1997.
3. Web site: GolGolGol Futbol. Ruiz M., Juan Guillermo. Un día como hoy en el fútbol: Marzo 25. On this day in football: March 25. 25 March 2012. 17 December 2012. 21 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130221173810/http://colombia.golgolgol.net/movil/un-dia-como-hoy-en-el-futbol-marzo-25_1048-124183.html. dead.
4. Web site: Ballesteros, Frank . Colombia - Record International Players . 31 May 2012 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081230210624/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html . 30 December 2008 .