Aquivaldo Mosquera

Aquivaldo Mosquera
	Mosquera playing for América
Personal information
Full name	Aquivaldo Mosquera Romaña
Date of birth	22 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Apartadó, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Inter Querétaro (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2005	Atlético Nacional
2005–2007	Pachuca
2007–2009	Sevilla
2009–2014	América
2014–2016	Pachuca
2016	Deportivo Cali
2017	Chiapas
International career‡
2000–2013	Colombia
Managerial career
2022	Cúcuta Deportivo
2023	Alebrijes Teotihuacán
2023–	Inter Querétaro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2013

Aquivaldo Mosquera Romaña (born 22 June 1981) is a Colombian former professional footballer. He also holds Mexican citizenship.^[1]

Club career

Mosquera made his debut in 2000 playing for

2007, and a Copa Sudamericana in 2006. In the summer of 2007 Mosquera transferred to Sevilla FC of La Liga

. Though he would stay with the club until 2009, Mosquera only managed to appear in 41 league matches.

In 2009 Mosquera returned to Mexico, this time to play for

USD$6 million. Mosquera made his unofficial debut with América on 15 July 2009 in a 0–0 friendly against MLS club Colorado Rapids. He made his official league debut in a 1–1 draw against San Luis

.

Mosquera, acting as club captain, won his first league title with América against Cruz Azul on 26 May 2013. He scored the first goal in the 2–1 second-leg win, with the club eventually winning the championship 4–2 on penalties.

On 4 June 2014, Mosquera was transferred to Pachuca, during the Mexican draft apertura 2014.

International career

Mosquera has been called up to the Colombia national team on several occasions, including for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and for various friendlies. He was the captain for the team during the first half of the World Cup qualifiers.