Hermán Gaviria
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Hernán Gaviria Carvajal (November 27, 1969 – October 24, 2002) was a Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n footballer, who played as a central midfielder.

Football career

During his career, Gaviria played for Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional
Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional is a Colombian football team based in Medellín. They play their home games at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot stadium which also serves as home to Deportivo Independiente Medellín...

, Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000.-Foundation:...

, Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...

, Atlético Bucaramanga
Atlético Bucaramanga
Club Atlético Bucaramanga Corporacion Deportiva, known simply as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Bucaramanga. The club was founded in 1949...

  and Shonan Bellmare
Shonan Bellmare
are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...

 of the J. League Division 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...

.

He earned a total of 27 caps for his national team
Colombia national football team
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, scoring 3 goals and being selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
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 in the United States
United States
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; in the last group stage match, as Colombia was already ousted, he netted in a 2–0 win against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

.

Previously, Gaviria participated in the football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
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 in Barcelona
Barcelona
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, Spain
Spain
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, scoring twice, and appeared at three Copa América
Copa América
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, earning two third-place finishes in the 1993 and 1995 editions.

Death

Gaviria died on 24 October 2002, when he and teammate Giovanni Córdoba were hit by lightning
Lightning
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 during a practice session with Deportivo Cali. Gaviria was killed instantly, though he was not pronounced dead until arriving at Valle de Lilli Hospital; Team mate Córdoba died three days later.

Nickname
Nickname
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d "Carepa", Gaviria left a wife and two children, and was only 32 years old.

Club career statistics

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|2001||Shonan Bellmare
Shonan Bellmare
are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...

||J. League 2
J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...

||23||4||0||0||1||0||24||4
23||4||0||0||1||0||24||4
23||4||0||0||1||0||24||4
|}

International career statistics

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|1993||6||0
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|1994||3||2
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|1995||10||0
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|1996||0||0
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|1997||7||1
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|1998||0||0
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|1999||1||0
|-
!Total||27||3
|}

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