Luis Bolaños

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Luis Bolaños
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Bolaños León[1]
Date of birth (1985-03-27) 27 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Quito, Ecuador
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Wing Forward
Team information
Current team
S.D. Quito
Number 7
Youth career
2000–2005 L.D.U. Quito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 L.D.U. Quito 85 (13)
2005–2006Macará (loan) 56 (9)
2009 Santos 0 (0)
2009–2011
Internacional
13 (3)
2010Barcelona SC (loan) 35 (7)
2011–2016 L.D.U. Quito 87 (14)
2012
Atlas
(loan)
10 (0)
2013San Martín SJ (loan) 12 (0)
2014Chivas USA (loan) 3 (0)
2015Deportivo Cuenca (loan) 32 (9)
2017 Fuerza Amarilla 14 (1)
2018–2021 Olmedo 35 (9)
2022– S.D. Quito 0 (0)
International career
2007–2008 Ecuador 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2018

Luis Alberto Chucho Bolaños León (born March 27, 1985) is an Ecuadorian professional football midfielder who plays for S.D. Quito.

Club career

Chucho as he is nicknamed has only received international recognition in recent years, during his performance in the

LDU Quito. He was part of the starting line-up for LDU Quito that won the 2008 Copa Libertadores
and has since won legend status in Ecuador's capital.

Bolaños made a great performance in the

Manchester United
1-0.

On January 8, "El Chucho" signed for

Santos in Brazil for the 2009 season.[2]
However, he failed to make any impact and after only four months at the club, decided to terminate his contract.

He signed for

Internacional on 11 May 2009.[3] He scored a hat trick for Internacional in one of his debut against Coritiba
.

On December 21, Bolaños signed for

Barcelona in Ecuador for a one year loan for the 2010 season.[4]

On his debut day on February 13, Bolaños scored his first goal with

Barcelona from a 30 meters distance shot.[5]

International career

He has been called up several times by Ecuador for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers. He has made good performances with Ecuador, mainly against Argentina and Colombia. He was called once again to play against Chile and Venezuela.

Assault

On February 25, 2011, Bolaños was attacked by two unknown assailants in an attempted robbery outside Quicentro, a shopping mall in northern Quito. During the attack, Bolaños was shot once in his right shoulder and once in his right arm. He was hospitalized and out of any serious danger.[6]

Honours

LDU Quito

Internacional

  • Suruga Bank Championship: 2009

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. Folha Online
    . 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  3. ^ "Inter Capture Ecuador Star Luis Bolanos". Goal.com. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  4. ^ "Luis Bolaños fue presentado en Barcelona" (in Spanish). Radio CRE Satelital. 2009-12-21. Archived from the original on 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  5. ^ "Bolaños y Samudio le dan el triunfo al Barcelona" (in Spanish). Radio CRE Satelital. 2010-02-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  6. ^ "Luis 'Chucho' Bolaños herido de bala en centro comercial de Quito". La Hora (in Spanish). 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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