Celso Piña
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Celso Piña (born April 6, 1953) is a professional singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist mainly in the genre of cumbia.
Celso Piña is a pioneer in the mixture and fusion of tropical sounds with many of his works having elements of musica norteña, sonidero, ska, reggae, rap/hip-hop, R&B, etc. Piña is also known as El Rebelde del acordeón or the Cacique de la Campana.
Piña started playing music in his small town with his brothers Eduardo, Rubén and Enrique. Together they would go to several homes and perform for local citizens, especially teenage girls from their neighborhood.
In 1980, Celso Piña bought his first accordion and was introduced to the world of cumbia. He spent numerous hours of practice and work in the popular district of Colonia Independencia, south of the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Having lived for a majority of his life there, he titled one of his songs Mi colonia Independencia, which is located at the heavily populated area of Cerro de la Campana at Monterrey.
Celso
Celso Dias dos Santos (born 28 February 1956), known simply as Celso, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Celso started playing for local Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP), sharing teams with future legend Sócrates. In 1978, after four seasons, he joined Fortaleza Esporte Clube, moving to Ferroviário Atlético Clube the following year; whilst with the latter, he scored against Ceará Sporting Club to help his team win the state championship.
In 1980 Celso signed for CR Vasco da Gama, being crowned Carioca champion two years later. In quick succession he still represented, in his country, Clube Atlético Paranaense, Santa Cruz Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube Bahia.
For 1985–86, already aged 29, Celso moved abroad, signing with FC Porto in Portugal. He played in 23 league games in each of his first two seasons, and netted six goals in 24 in his last, winning a total of eight major titles; in the club's European Cup victorious campaign in 1986–87, he played all matches and minutes and scored three times – against Rabat Ajax FC (9–0 at home, first round), FC Vítkovice (3–0 home success, second round) and FC Dynamo Kyiv (2–1 away win); he possessed a very powerful shot and often found the net through free kicks.
