Sebastián Botero
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Sebastián Botero | ||
Date of birth | 4 July 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Ames, IA,[1] United States | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | midfielder[1] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Huila | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2003 | Independiente Medellín | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Independiente Medellín | 46 | (?) |
2007 | FC Dallas | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Atlético Huila | ||
2009 | Once Caldas | ||
2009 | Independiente Medellín | ||
2012 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
2013 | Leones F. C. | ||
2013 | Atlético Huila | 8 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2003 | Colombia U-17 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 Aug 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 Aug 2007 |
Juan Sebastián Botero (born July 4, 1986 in Ames, Iowa), is an American born Colombian soccer midfielder that currently plays for Atlético Huila in the Colombian First Division.[1]
Football career[]
Botero and his family moved to Colombia when he was one year old, and he joined the Independiente Medellín youth system at age 13. He made his professional first team debut for Medellin at age 17, on August 3, 2003 versus Atletico Huila. In his four years with the club, he went on to make 46 first team appearances, playing his final game in June 2007 against Cúcuta Deportivo.[2]
In 2003, Botero played for Colombia’s Under-17 national team in the South American championships, scoring a goal against Paraguay while also playing against Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Uruguay. He was on the development roster with FC Dallas during 2007 but was waived at the end of the year. He was later picked up to play for CD Atlético Huila to play in the Copa Mustang in Colombia. He is going to play for Once Caldas the second semester of 2009.now stay in the best club of Colombia the Once Caldas; Champion mustang cup 2009.
References[]
- Juan Sebastián Botero Arango, Postbon League (page in Spanish)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Colombia youth international footballers
- American soccer players
- American people of Colombian descent
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- FC Dallas players
- Atlético Huila footballers
- Soccer players from Iowa
- Once Caldas footballers
- Cúcuta Deportivo footballers
- Leones F.C. footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Association football midfielders
- Colombian football midfielder stubs