ROME. Colombia, Freddy Rincon died in car accident. From Naples and Real to the narcos cartels. Former Colombian football star Freddy Rincon, captain of the national team and midfielder of Naples and Real Madrid, passed away in Cali, in southwestern Colombia, where he was hospitalized after suffering a car accident two days earlier. The 55-year-old former player was hospitalized in critical condition last Monday following a violent collision between a bus and the van in which he was traveling. “Despite all the efforts made by our medical team, patient Freddy Eusebio Rincon Valencia died today,” announced the Imabanaco clinic in Cali, where he was being treated.
Emergency intervention
After his career as a footballer and after a short career as a manager, Rincon had become a popular sports commentator for some Colombian media. On Monday he was undergoing emergency surgery due to a severe head injury and was on a confidential prognosis. With the Napoli shirt, the Colombian played in the 1994/95 season, before going to Real Madrid the following season. With the Colombian national team he played three editions of the World Cup from ’90 to ’98. Four other people were injured in Cali, Colombia, with Rincon when the car the former football player was in collided with a bus. The police are working to outline the dynamics of the accident and to understand if the former Colombian champion was driving the car.
Interpol
Seven years ago Interpol had issued a warrant for the arrest of Freddy Rincon, accused of money laundering in Panama, in particular of having bought in his name, but with the money of Pablo Rayo Montano, drug trafficker of the Cali cartel. , different properties. In addition, the former player with a past also in Brazil in Corinthians was also accused of having invested $ 200,000 in financial transactions also in Panama.
Reaction
Rincon in 2015 reacted to the news of the arrest warrant by flaunting tranquility. “Panama has no evidence against me and that is why the accusations against me have also been dismissed in Brazil, the same thing will soon happen in Colombia”, the former Napoli declared to the Colombian website Red Mas Noticias. “It is an old story, closed and it seems very strange to me that every time I want to return to football this Interpol story comes up again”, protested Rincon, who according to the South American press could join the Honduras coaching staff, led by by his compatriot Jorge Luis Pinto.