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Ricardo Ciciliano

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo
Date of birth	(1976-09-23)September 23, 1976
Place of birth	Barranquilla, Colombia
Date of death	September 17, 2020(2020-09-17) (aged 43)
Place of death	Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
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 F.C.	65	(16)
2008	Once Caldas	18	(5)
2009	Atlético Junior
2009	Millonarios F.C.	18	(3)
2010–2011	Juan Aurich	58	(17)
2012	Uniautónoma	14	(3)
2012	Atlético Huila	7	(1)
National team
1993	Colombia U17	3	(2)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 24, 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

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.

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.

Titles

Individual honours

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

See also

In Spanish: Ricardo Ciciliano para niños