Jorge Betancur
Jorge Andrés Betancur Bustamante (born 19 August 1991) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Primera de Nicaragua club Managua FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Andrés Betancur Bustamante[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Supía, Colombia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Managua | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Villa Española | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | Juventus Managua | 15 | (2) |
| 2017 | Atlético Huila | 13 | (1) |
| 2017 | Envigado | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Real Estelí | 93 | (14) |
| 2021 | Lynx | 7 | (1) |
| 2022– | Managua | 51 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Nicaragua | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Born and raised in Colombia to Colombian parents, Betancur has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently capped for the Nicaragua national team.
Club career
A former player of Villa Española in the Uruguayan Segunda División, Betancur debuted in the Liga Primera de Nicaragua for Juventus Managua from August to October 2016. Shortly after, he returned to Colombia, joining Atlético Huila. He spent the entire 2017 in the Colombian Primera A. Besides Huila, he also played for Envigado.
International career
Having arrived to Nicaragua for the second time in January 2018 to play for Real Estelí, Betancur became a naturalized citizen just a year later, in 2019. According La Prensa, he did not comply with the Nationality Law No. 149 at the moment of his naturalization.[2] By debuting for Nicaragua that very 2019, he also failed with the FIFA eligibility rules.
