{{Short description|Colombian footballer (1939–2008)}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Carlos Aponte |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Carlos Aponte Benítez |birth_date={{Birth date|1939|1|24}} |birth_place=Colombia |death_date={{Death date and age|2008|8|1|1939|1|24}} |death_place= |height= |position= |years1=|clubs1=|caps1=|goals1= |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=|nationalteam1=Colombia|nationalcaps1=|nationalgoals1= |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= }} '''Carlos Aponte Benítez''' (Tunja, January 24, 1939 – August 1, 2008) was a Colombian footballer. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.<ref>[http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/fubolcolombiano/equipos/SANTAFE/home/fallecio-carlos-copetin-aponte-gloria-de-santa-fe-en-los-anos-50-y-60_4424592-1 "Falleció Carlos 'Copetín' Aponte, gloria de Santa Fe en los años 50 y 60"] - El Tiempo</ref>
==Career== Aponte played club football for Santa Fe, Unión Magdalena and Deportes Tolima. In 17 years with Santa Fe, he won three Colombian league titles.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=El Espectador|title=Luto en el fútbol por muerte de 'Copetín' Aponte|trans-title=Football mourns the death of 'Copetín' Aponte|url=http://m.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolcolombiano/articulo-luto-el-futbol-muerte-de-copetin-aponte|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122044002/http://m.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolcolombiano/articulo-luto-el-futbol-muerte-de-copetin-aponte|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2013|language=Spanish|date=3 August 2008}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Colombia squad 1962 FIFA World Cup}} {{Colombia squad 1963 South American Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aponte, Carlos}} Category:1939 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Colombian men's footballers Category:Colombia men's international footballers Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:Independiente Santa Fe footballers Category:Unión Magdalena footballers Category:Deportes Tolima footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:20th-century Colombian sportsmen
{{Colombia-footy-defender-stub}}