Alejandro Botero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Botero López | ||
| Date of birth | October 8, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Pereira, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Cali | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Deportivo Cali | (Total) 80 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Independiente | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | (0) |
| 2005 | Deportivo Cali | (see above) | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | San Martín (SJ) | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Boyacá Chicó | 42 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Deportes Tolima | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alejandro Botero López (born October 8, 1980) is a former Colombian football player. He played as goalkeeper in the professional divisions of Colombian and Argentine football.[1][2]
After his retirement from professional football in 2012, he resumed his career as a commercial aviator, which he had started in the years during which he was playing in Argentine football.[3][4]
Career
[edit | edit source]He played in the goalkeeper position, both wearing the shirt of the Colombian professional football team and in football teams in that country and in Argentina.[1]
His sports career began at the age of 18, serving the Deportivo Cali club, where he played for 4 years.
In the Argentine club Independiente de Avellaneda, he was champion in 2002; however, in this club he did not have the opportunity to be a starting goalkeeper.[5][6]
Later, Botero went down a division to play with Argentinos Juniors. At the end of the 2003–2005 season, this team managed to be promoted to play in the Argentine first division, with Botero having a successful performance.
In September 2005, he returned to the Deportivo Cali club, a Colombian team where he had started his career as a football player. There he won the professional football tournament that year.
In 2006, he returned to Argentine football, playing with the San Martín de San Juan club,[3][7] where he had the opportunity to play for the second time with a team that was promoted to the Argentine first division.
In 2009, he returned to Colombian football, where he joined the Boyacá Chicó team.[8]
His professional career began in 1998 and ended in 2012.
Retirement from football
[edit | edit source]In 2011, while he was playing for the Deportes Tolima team in Colombia, he made the decision to retire from professional football, to dedicate himself to resuming his career as a commercial aviator.[4]
He had already partially started this career, at the Academia Flight Center in Buenos Aires, from the time he was playing in Argentine football.[3]
His father, David Botero, was a tourism agent and airline representative, which inspired Alejandro as a child to be passionate about the field of aviation.[4]
Once he obtained his commercial pilot licenses, Botero López managed to be hired by Avianca.[9]
Clubs
[edit | edit source]| Club | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Cali | Error creating thumbnail: Colombia | 1998 - 2002 |
| Independiente | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2002 - 2003 |
| Argentinos Juniors | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2003 - 2005 |
| Deportivo Cali | Error creating thumbnail: Colombia | 2005 |
| San Martín de San Juan | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 2006 - 2009 |
| Boyacá Chicó | Error creating thumbnail: Colombia | 2009 - 2010 |
| Deportes Tolima | Error creating thumbnail: Colombia | 2011 - 2012 |
Titles
[edit | edit source]National championships
[edit | edit source]Botero developed his entire professional career in the national football of Colombia and Argentina:[1]
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- (in Spanish) BDFA profile
- Statistics at ESPN
References
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- San Martín de San Juan footballers
- Boyacá Chicó F.C. footballers
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Deportes Tolima footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Footballers from Pereira, Colombia