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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mondragón and the second or maternal family name is Alí.

Faryd Mondragón
Mondragón playing for 1. FC Köln in 2008
Personal information
Full name Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí
Date of birth (1971-06-21) 21 June 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Deportivo Cali 1 (0)
1991–1992 Real Cartagena 15 (0)
1992–1993 Santa Fe 2 (0)
1992–1993 Cerro Porteño (loan) 11 (0)
1993–1994 Argentinos Juniors 21 (0)
1994–1995 Independiente 0 (0)
1995 Santa Fe 30 (0)
1995–1999 Independiente 103 (1)
1999 Real Zaragoza 13 (0)
1999–2000 Independiente 16 (0)
2000–2001 Metz 30 (0)
2001–2007 Galatasaray 185 (0)
2007–2011 1. FC Köln 106 (0)
2011–2012 Philadelphia Union 27 (0)
2012–2014 Deportivo Cali 78 (0)
Total 638 (1)
International career
1993–2014 Colombia 51 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí (born 21 June 1971) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Since his debut in 1993, he has played over 50 times for the Colombian national team. He was named in the Colombian squads for the 1992 Olympics, two Copa América tournaments, two CONCACAF Gold Cups, and the World Cups of 1994, 1998 and 2014. On 24 June 2014, Mondragón made history by becoming the oldest player to play a FIFA World Cup match at the age of 43 years and 3 days, a record that was broken four years later by 45-year-old Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary.

Club career

Mondragón playing for 1. FC Köln

Born in Cali, Mondragón is of Lebanese descent.

He began his career began at Deportivo Cali, and he moved to Independiente Santa Fe and then Cerro Porteño in Paraguay. Mondragon held a contract with Cerro Porteño until May 1993.[2] Mondragon's deal with Cerro Porteño was a six-month loan with the option to buy for USD $700 thousand.[3] During his stay at Cerro Porteño, he lived in the Hotel Excelsior in Asunción.[3] In the 1993 Cerro Porteño team, Mondragon was colleagued with Paraguayans Carlos Gamarra, Francisco Arce, Estanislao Struway, Virgilio Ferreira, Ecuadorian Luis Capurro and Brazilians Alex Rossi, Silvio Wielewski, Carlos Antonio Chaves and Luís Carlos Carvalho dos Reis.[4] On 23 March 1993, it was announced that Mondragón would join Argentine club River Plate when Cerro Porteño finished its participation in the Copa Libertadores.[2] Following a Copa Libertadores game for Cerro Porteno against Newell's Old Boys in Rosario, Mondragon flew to Buenos Aires to sign his contract and Cerro Porteño discarded the possibility of permanently signing Mondragon cause his cost was too high.[2]

His career took off when he joined the Argentine first division side Argentinos Juniors in 1993, and then made his international debut for Colombia. The following year he moved to Club Atlético Independiente where he won, among other titles, the 1995 Supercopa Libertadores against Flamengo. Apart from some brief periods, he largely stood at the club until 2001.

He was the man behind the FC Metz's escape from relegation from Ligue 1 at the end of the 2000–01 season. However, he was convicted of using a false Greek passport and despite the mitigating circumstances (the passport would have been provided by shysters and FC Metz had not reached the limit of players outside the EU), Mondragón was not allowed to play in France and had to leave the country.

Mondragón represented Turkish power Galatasaray from 2001 to 2007, where he won two Süper Lig titles in 2002 and 2006. He was appreciated by the fans for his many saves and his commitment to the success of the team, and also become known for his prayers before and during games. He came to the fore in many European matches and was selected Player of the week in the Champions League two times.

Mondragón transferred from Istanbul to 1. FC Köln in May 2007. After arriving at his new club, he was forced to compete with established Köln goalkeeper Stefan Wessels for a spot in the starting eleven. One of the reasons that he chose 1. FC Köln it was because the current coach Christoph Daum was working there. After an intense pre-season, Mondragón was named as the new number one for 1. FC Köln. This resulted in Wessels leaving the club for Everton in England. Since Wessels departure, Mondragón established a first choice goalkeeper for the club until Mondragón was relegated to the bench after an altercation with Zvonimir Soldo over his desire to go on international duty. This resulted in Mondragón being sent home from the team hotel and being replaced by young Croatian stopper Miro Varvodić.[5]

Mondragón in his second spell at Deportivo Cali

His contract with Köln was terminated with effect from 31 December 2010,[6] the reason being Mondragón's desire to play in the MLS.

He spent the 2011 season with Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, where he was successful in providing leadership to a young team. On 30 January 2012, Deportivo Cali announced Mondragón had signed a one-year contract to finish his career with his original professional club.[7] He retired after two and a half seasons back at the club.

International career

After making his debut against Venezuela in 1993,[8] Mondragón was a member of the Colombian national teams that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup. During the 1998 World Cup, he started in goal for all three of their games, including the final match against England. Despite conceding two goals, he made some impressive saves and in doing so kept the score down to 2–0, with the BBC's South American football correspondent Tim Vickery saying that Mondragón was "single-handedly responsible for the fact that England did not run up a cricket score".[9] At the end of the game, Mondragón broke down in tears and David Seaman, England's goalkeeper, did his best to console him. According to German footballing legend Franz Beckenbauer, Mondragón had been the best goalkeeper of the first round.[10]

Along with Carlos Valderrama, the country's most capped player, Mondragón is the only Colombian to have participated in five FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns.[8] In 2010, he was recalled to the Colombian squad at the age of 39 after a five-year absence from international football.[11] In 2014, he was named in Colombia's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making him the oldest player at the tournament, and in World Cup history, at the age of 43, and the only squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[12] He is also the only player to have participated in 6 different World Cup qualifying campaigns since 1993. By coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute of the final group game against Japan on 24 June 2014, he became the oldest player ever to play in a World Cup game at the age of 43 years and 3 days old, surpassing the record set by Roger Milla for Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup.[13] Mondragón gave a very emotional interview afterwards, expressing his gratitude to have been given the opportunity to represent Colombia one last time at a World Cup.[14] His record for oldest player in World Cup history was broken four years later at the 2018 World Cup by 45-year-old Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary. Since Mondragón's last World Cup finals appearance prior to 2014 was in 1998, he also set a record for longest gap between two finals appearances.

After Colombia's elimination to the host country Brazil in the quarter-finals, Mondragón officially confirmed his retirement from football and thanked the fans and nation for the support after stating, "This is my last stadium as a professional player. I'm proud to be part of this wonderful group. Thank you all for the years of support.".[15][16]

Personal life

Mondragón is of Lebanese descent.[17] His first name Faryd means "unique or unmatched" in Arabic.[18] He is a Maronite and has said so publicly along with making the sign of the cross on multiple occasions before matches.[19]

Career statistics

As of 27 June 2014

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Cali 1990 Categoría Primera A 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0
1991 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Real Cartagena 1992 Categoría Primera A 15 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 15 0
Santa Fe 1992 Categoría Primera A 2 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 2 0
Cerro Porteño (loan) 1993 Paraguayan Primera División 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 11 0
Argentinos Juniors 1993–94 Argentine Primera División 21 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 21 0
Independiente 1994–95 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 0 0
Santa Fe 1995 Categoría Primera A 30 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 30 0
Independiente 1995–96 Argentine Primera División 27 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 27 0
1996–97 33 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 33 0
1997–98 26 1 0 0 – 0 0 – 26 1
1998–99 17 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 17 0
Total 103 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 1
Real Zaragoza 1998–99 La Liga 13 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 13 0
Independiente 1999–00 Argentine Primera División 16 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 16 0
Metz 2000–01 Ligue 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 30 0
Galatasaray 2001–02 Süper Lig 28 0 0 0 – 12 0 – 40 0
2002–03 32 0 1 0 – 6 0 – 39 0
2003–04 27 0 1 0 – 8 0 – 36 0
2004–05 34 0 4 0 – 0 0 – 38 0
2005–06 34 0 2 0 – 2 0 – 38 0
2006–07 30 0 3 0 – 6 0 1[a] 0 40 0
Total 185 0 11 0 0 0 34 0 1 0 231 0
1. FC Köln 2007–08 Bundesliga 31 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 31 0
2008–09 31 0 2 0 – 0 0 – 33 0
2009–10 32 0 4 0 – 0 0 – 36 0
2010–11 12 0 2 0 – 0 0 – 14 0
Total 106 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0
Philadelphia Union 2011 Major League Soccer 27 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 – 30 0
Deportivo Cali 2012 Categoría Primera A 33 0 1 0 – 0 0 – 34 0
2013 40 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 40 0
2014 5 0 0 0 – 5 0 – 10 0
Total 78 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 84 0
Career total 638 1 21 0 2 0 39 0 1 0 701 1
  1. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National team Year Apps Goals
Colombia 1993 2 0
1994 0 0
1995 2 0
1996 9 0
1997 8 0
1998 5 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 3 0
2002 0 0
2003 7 0
2004 0 0
2005 8 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 1 0
2011 0 0
2012 1 0
2013 2 0
2014 3 0
Total 51 0

Honours

Independiente

Galatasaray

Deportivo Cali

See also

References

  1. ^ "Faryd Mondragón". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Farid Mondragón al River Plate". 23 March 1993.
  3. ^ a b "La deuda telefónica de Mondragón en Paraguay y por la que quisieron retenerlo".
  4. ^ https://www.playmakerstats.com/equipa.php?id=2328&epoca_id=122 [bare URL]
  5. ^ "Report: Faryd Mondragon Set To Leave Koeln For Philadelphia Union". Goal.com. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Mondragon verlässt den FC" [Mondragon leaves FC]. 1. FC Köln (in German). 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Mondragón se vuelve a poner la verde" [Mondragon returns to put on the green]. ligapostobon.com.co (in Spanish). 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Faryd Mondragon". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ^ Tim Vickery (22 April 2013). "Tim Vickery column: Veteran goalkeeper eyeing place in Rio". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ^ Jeremiah Oshan (14 March 2011). "Faryd Mondragon Provides Stability In Goal". SB Nation. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Mondragon in Colombia roster after 5-year absence". Fox Soccer. MSN. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  12. ^ Nick Miller (11 June 2014). "World Cup Knowledge: players who played at World Cup without a club". The Guardian. London: theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Mondragon bridging Colombian history". FIFA Official Website. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Faryd Mondragon Breaks the Old Record of the World Cup. Brazil 2014". YouTube. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.[dead YouTube link]
  15. ^ Liam Apicella (5 July 2014). "Faryd Mondragon announces retirement". SportsMole. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  16. ^ Andy Morris (5 July 2014). "World Cup record-breaker retires: Colombia goalkeeper bids farewell to football". Fanatix. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  17. ^ "Football: Colombian 'globetrotter' reaches end of the road at World Cup". The Straits Times. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  18. ^ Eric Gomez (21 April 2011). "Breaking News: Mondragon talks MLS, Europe, Copa America". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  19. ^ "Faryd Mondragón Brasil 2014". Jetset.com.co. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  20. ^ Faryd Mondragón at National-Football-Teams.com
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