Andrés Nieto in action with the selection of Cambodia.
Photo: FFC
In the midst of that wet heat from Southeast Asia, a Colombian flyer carries the number 10 of the Angkor warriors. When the first notes of the anthem of Cambodia, Andrés Nieto sound, who was not born there, feels as one more, but how did he end up playing for that selection?
Nieto was born in Bogotá 29 years ago, but it was in Ibagué where he grew up and trained as a footballer. When he was five years old he entered the Tolimense Academy – the same in which James Rodríguez arose -, a seedbed of the musical department. There was during a …
