{"id":118930,"date":"2026-05-22T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/world-cup-fever-colombia-epicenter-of-trading-cards-and-football-passion\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:19:13","slug":"world-cup-fever-colombia-epicenter-of-trading-cards-and-football-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/world-cup-fever-colombia-epicenter-of-trading-cards-and-football-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Fever: Colombia, epicenter of trading cards and football passion"},"content":{"rendered":"The passion for the World Cup unleashes every four years a deep-rooted tradition: that of completing the sticker album. This football fervor turns shopping malls, parks and squares in Colombia into authentic exchange markets, where fans of all ages negotiate to get the precious stickers.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A meeting point for collectors<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the Gran Estaci\u00f3n shopping mall in Bogot\u00e1, the Panini store becomes the epicenter of this collector&#8217;s fever. Dozens of people, with lists in hand, whether on paper or in digital formats, gather to exchange stickers and advance in their collections.\n\nThe key question among collectors is always the same: &#8220;Do you have stickers to trade?&#8221;. From there, a frenetic exchange unfolds. Children, young people, adults, and seniors display their duplicate trading cards, desperately seeking that elusive sticker they are missing.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/via.placeholder.com\/1024x683\" alt=\"Intercambio de cromos en Bogot\u00e1\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nParents relive the excitement of past World Cups, accompanying their children in the search for figures like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lamine Yamal, the most coveted stars, capable of stopping any conversation.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For me it&#8217;s very important because it&#8217;s like having the memory of the World Cup, of the players who were there.<\/p><cite>Diego Casas, collector<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nDiego Casas, a passionate collector, is experiencing his third World Cup filling the album on his own, after doing it with his family. Although some opt to buy complete boxes to speed up the process, Casas prefers the excitement of exchanging, visiting meeting points and negotiating the missing stickers.\n\nCasas highlights the importance of this dynamic to keep alive a tradition that must endure. However, he acknowledges that this edition has presented an additional challenge due to the new numbering system of the players, which has complicated the task for many collectors.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/via.placeholder.com\/1024x683\" alt=\"Coleccionistas intercambiando cromos\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nExchanges are not limited to shopping malls. Iconic places like the Pablo VI neighborhood also become meeting points, with street vendors where individual cards can be purchased. Star cards, shields, and special cards can reach significant prices, demonstrating collectors&#8217; passion and commitment to completing their albums.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passion for the World Cup unleashes every four years a deep-rooted tradition: that of completing the sticker album. This football fervor turns shopping malls, parks and squares in Colombia into authentic exchange markets, where fans of all ages negotiate to get the precious stickers. A meeting point for collectors In the Gran Estaci\u00f3n shopping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[7185,12707,10453,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-118930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-album","9":"tag-exchange","10":"tag-trading-cards","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}