Jairo Luís Zulbarán, known as Calanche (7 January 1970 – 15 March 2002), was a Colombian football forward.

Club career

Born in Santa Marta, Zulbarán began his professional football career with Unión Magdalena and would play for Sporting de Barranquilla, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios and Unicosta. He is one of Unicosta's all-time leading goal-scorers. He ended his career early after having problems with his knee ligaments.

Jairo Zulbarán

International career

Zulbarán competed for Colombia at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Jairo Zulbarán

Personal life and death

In March 2002, Zulbarán was shot dead in a public market in downtown Santa Marta.

Jairo Zulbarán

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1970 births

2002 deaths

Footballers from Santa Marta

Colombian men's footballers

Colombia men's under-20 international footballers

Olympic footballers for Colombia

Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Unión Magdalena footballers

Independiente Medellín footballers

Millonarios F.C. players

Men's association football forwards

People murdered in Colombia

Colombian murder victims

Deaths by firearm in Colombia

Male murder victims

Footballers from Magdalena Department