Andrés Bedoya

Andrés Noé Bedoya Díaz (10 November 1928 – 8 February 1961) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as defender.

He was nicknamed El cronómetro (The stopwatch) because of the precision of his game.

Playing career Club career Andrés Bedoya began his career in 1948 at Escuela Vitarte, an amateur club in his district. In 1949, he emigrated to Colombia, joining Independiente Medellín, during a period known as El Dorado, when Colombian football attracted the biggest stars of South American football. There, he reunited with some of his compatriots (Juan Castillo, Reinaldo Luna, Félix Mina, René Rosasco, and the brothers Enrique and Agapito Perales), forming the core of the club, whose team was nicknamed La Danza del Sol (the dance of the sun) due to the large number of Peruvian footballers in its ranks (up to 12 players).

Death Suffering from tuberculosis, Andrés Bedoya died on February 8, 1961, at the age of 32.