Felipe Chará

Felipe Chará
Personal information
Full name	Luis Felipe Chará Zamora
Date of birth	January 6, 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Boca Juniors de Cali
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Deportivo Pereira
–	Atlético Nacional
–	Deportivo Cali
National team
	Colombia U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luis Felipe Chará Zamora^[a] (born 6 January 1981), known as Felipe Chará, is a Colombian footballer who plays in Venezuela for Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana.

Career[]

Born in Cali, Chará began his football career with the youth side of Boca Juniors de Cali. He turned professional with Deportivo Pereira before moving to Atlético Nacional for several years. Next, he returned to his home-town club, Deportivo Cali.^[1]

He can play as a defensive midfielder. He has been capped for the Colombian sub 17 and sub 20 and sub 21.

Chará's brother, Diego Chará, is also a professional footballer who played for Deportivo Cali's rivals América de Cali.^[1] Diego currently plays for Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. Chará's other brother, Yimmi Chará, also plays professionally for Portland Timbers.

^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chará and the second or maternal family name is Zamora.

^ ^a ^b Gruesso, Héctor Fabio (2 July 2009). ""Mi consigna es ganar todo con el Deportivo Cali", dijo Felipe Chará" ["My motto is to win everything with Deportivo Cali", said Felipe Chará] (in Spanish). El Tiempo.

Luis Chará at National-Football-Teams.com
Luis Felipe Chara at BDFA (in Spanish)
Profile on Deportivo Cali Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived July 18, 2009)

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