Carlos Bejarano

Carlos Andrés Bejarano Palacios (born 29 January 1985) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rionegro Águilas of the Colombian First Division.

Carlos Bejarano
Personal information
Full name Carlos Andrés Bejarano Palacios
Date of birth (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985
Place of birth Quibdó, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Unión Magdalena
Number 1
Youth career
Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Equidad 56 (0)
2009–2010Arabe Unido (loan) 21 (1)
2011–2012AS Trenčín (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2014 Independiente Medellín 22 (0)
2015–2019 América de Cali 128 (0)
2019 Deportivo Pasto 15 (0)
2020–2021 Rionegro Águilas 10 (0)
2022– Unión Magdalena 12 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Equatorial Guinea 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:24, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Born and raised in Colombia, he has been naturalized by Equatorial Guinea and played for that national team,[1] despite not complying with FIFA eligibility rules.[2][3]

Honours

La Equidad

Árabe Unido

América de Cali

References

  1. Carlos Bejarano at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Blanco Lineros, Thomas (28 October 2017). "Carlos Bejarano: "Va a haber un final feliz"" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 23 February 2018. «I do not have a relative, cousin, friend, anything (in Equatorial Guinea). They called me»
  3. Montenegro, Luis Guillermo (7 December 2017). "Carlos Bejarano, el 10 que terminó en el arco" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 23 February 2018. He has no ancestors in this African country, he had never been to this place in the world. However, Jimmy Bermúdez, a Colombian friend footballer, recommended him to go play there. He told him that the process of naturalisation was simple. He signed some papers and a few days later he was called by the head coach of that national team


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