Former Colombian football star Freddy Rincon, who was captain of the national team and midfielder at Real Madrid, died on Wednesday April 13 in Cali, in southwestern Colombia, after suffering a car accident two days earlier, his doctors said. The 55-year-old ex-player was hospitalized Monday in critical condition, after a violent collision between a bus and the van in which he was traveling. Nicknamed “El Coloso” (“the colossus”), Rincon had been one of the stars of the Colombian national team during the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the golden generation qualified for three consecutive World Cups (1990, 1994 and 1998). He played for Real Madrid (Spain), Naples (Italy), Palmeiras and Corinthians (Brazil) and America de Cali (Colombia).