Thursday, December 01, 2011

Rene Higuita: El Loco



That goalkeepers are different is well established, but Rene Higuita was something else entirely. He was the livewire at the base of the renowned Colombia sides of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a pioneer whose eccentric style rarely failed to clinch headlines, for good or bad. He was also regularly in the newspapers for his off-field activities, and was to suffer greatly from his inability to distance himself from his homeland's drug problems.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

all keepers should have to clear the ball like that!

The Editor said...

It would certainly make things more entertaining...