Ricardo Ciciliano

Ricardo Ciciliano
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo
Date of birth	September 23, 1976
Place of birth	Barranquilla, Colombia
Date of death	September 17, 2020 (aged 43)
Place of death	Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Deportivo Pereira
1996–1997	Atlético Bucaramanga
1998–1999	Deportes Tolima
2000	Deportivo Pasto
2000	Deportes Quindío
2001	Deportes Tolima
2001	Atlético Junior
2002–2004	Deportes Tolima
2005–2006	Deportivo Cali
2006–2008	Millonarios
2008	Once Caldas
2009	Atlético Junior
2009	Millonarios
2010–2011	Juan Aurich
2012	Uniautónoma
2012	Atlético Huila
International career
1993	Colombia U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 24, 2013

Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian football midfielder.

Career

Ciciliano was born in Barranquilla. From 2006, Ciciliano played at Millonarios where he achieved several remarkable feats. One of these was on November 19, 2006, when Millonarios played against Independiente Medellín; Millonarios was winning the match 1–0 and with 5 minutes remaining for the final whistle, Millonarios goalkeeper Jose Fernando Cuadrado was sent off. Without another goalkeeper available (Juan Carlos Henao was injured), Ciciliano took his place; he eventually saved the penalty kick awarded to Independiente Medellín as result of Cuadrado's foul, and Millos won the match.

Another notable achievement for Ciciliano was on October 24, 2007, when he scored 2 goals against the Brazilian club São Paulo FC, assuring Millonarios qualification for the Semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana 2007. That same year he won Top Scorer in the Copa Sudamericana 2007 after scoring 6 goals in Millonarios. Ciciliano played for Colombia at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan.^[1]

Ciciliano entered the intensive care unit of Clínica La Asunción in Barranquilla with pneumonia for complications of COVID-19 on September 6, 2020. He died there of his condition on September 17, 2020, at age 43.^[2]^[3]

Titles

Season	Club	Title
1993	Colombia	U-17 South American Championship
2003	Deportes Tolima	2003-II - Copa Mustang
2005	Deportivo Cali	2005-II - Copa Mustang

Individual honours

Top scorer in the Copa Sudamericana 2007 with Millonarios F.C.

References

^ Ricardo Ciciliano – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ William González Badillo (17 September 2020). "Falleció el exfutbolista soledeño Ricardo Ciciliano" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
^ "Falleció Ricardo Ciciliano tras luchar contra una neumonía" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 17 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020.

[1] Ricardo Ciciliano – FIFA competition record (archived)

[2] William González Badillo (17 September 2020). "Falleció el exfutbolista soledeño Ricardo Ciciliano" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.

[3] "Falleció Ricardo Ciciliano tras luchar contra una neumonía" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 17 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020.

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