Amílcar Henríquez

Amílcar Henríquez
Personal information
Full name	Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa
Date of birth	August 2, 1983
Place of birth	Colón, Panama
Date of death	April 15, 2017 (aged 33)
Place of death	Colón, Panama
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2008	Árabe Unido
2007	→ Santacruceña (loan)
2009–2012	Atlético Huila
2012–2014	Independiente Medellín
2014	Árabe Unido
2015	Real Cartagena
2015–2016	América Cali
2016–2017	Árabe Unido
Total
International career
2004–2017	Panama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa (August 2, 1983 – April 15, 2017) was a Panamanian footballer.

Club career

Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido. He spent one season with Costa Rica with Santacruceña before moving to Colombia in 2009. He became an important player for Atlético Huila and joined Independiente Medellín in July 2012.^[1] After a season back at Árabe Unido,^[2] he returned to Colombia to play for second division side Real Cartagena in December 2014.^[3]

In March 2015, Henríquez was released by Cartagena due to alleged indiscipline^[4] and in June 2015 he was snapped up by América Cali.^[5] In 2016, he returned to Árabe Unido.

International career

Henríquez made his debut for Panama in a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 85 caps, scoring no goals.^[6] He represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[7] and played at the 2007,^[8] 2009^[9] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His final international was a March 2017 qualification match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup against the United States.

Death

On 15 April 2017, Henríquez was killed in his hometown of Colón^[10] in a drive-by shooting.^[11] He was shot while leaving his house; two other people were also injured in the incident.^[12]

Árabe Unido decided to retire his jersey #21 in his honor.^[13]