Cristian Higuita

Cristian Higuita
Personal information
Full name Cristian Andrés Higuita Beltrán
Date of birth (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Orlando City
Number 7
Youth career
Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Deportivo Cali 8 (2)
2015– Orlando City 89 (6)
2016 → Orlando City B (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Colombia U17 8 (0)
2013 Colombia U20 1 (0)
2016 Colombia Olympic 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2016

Cristian Higuita (born 12 January 1994) is a Colombian footballer that plays for Orlando City of Major League Soccer.

Career

Club

Deportivo Cali

Higuita made his debut with Deportivo Cali in 2009. A year later, he played a minor part in Cali's campaign winning the 2010 Copa Colombia. In 2011, he made his debut for Cali in Categoría Primera A and during the 2014 season helped the club capture the 2014 Superliga Colombiana.

Orlando City

In January 2015 it was reported that Orlando City SC would be signing Higuita along with his Deportivo Cali teammate Carlos Rivas.[1] He started the team's first ever MLS game, a 1–1 draw at home to fellow new expansion side New York City on 8 March.[2] On 1 August 2015, Higuita scored his first goal for the team in a 5–2 win at home to Columbus Crew.[3] Higuita finished the 2015 season with 4.3 tackles per game and a passing success rate of 87.1 percent.[4]

On 6 August 2016, in order to regain match fitness, Higuita was loaned to Orlando City B for their match against Toronto FC II.[5] In September 2016, Higuita was ranked #21 on the MLSSoccer.com ranking of the top 24 players under 24 years of age.[6] Higuita was one of Orlando City's protected players for the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft.[7]

International

Higuita was called up to represent the Colombia under-20 national team to take part in the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship. However, suffering an injury prior to the event, Higuita only played one match against Chile to 'officially' be part of the squad. Colombia went on to win the event and Higuita earned the silverware for playing at least one match.

Higuita was named in Colombia's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario in 2016 but was cut from the final squad.[8]

Personal

Higuita holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 July 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental League Playoffs Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2012 Liga Águila 2 0 0 0 — 1 0 3 0
2014 6 2 0 0 4 0 — 10 2
Total 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 13 2
Orlando City 2015 MLS 26 1 2 0 — — 28 1
2016 21 1 1 0 — — 22 1
2017 26000— — 260
2018 11 3 1 0 — — 12 3
Total 845400000885
Career Totals 9274040101017

Honors

Club

Deportivo Cali

National Team

Colombia

References

  1. ↑ Tenorio, Paul. "Orlando City set to sign Carlos Rivas, Cristian Higuita from Deportivo Cali".
  2. ↑ "Orlando City & NYCFC Battle To 1-1 Draw In Front Of 62K". 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Match Recap: Orlando City Dominates Columbus Crew SC 5-2". 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Standout Statistics From Orlando City's First MLS Season". 6 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "OCB Earns Last Minute 2-1 Victory Over TFCII". 6 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cristian Higuita, 24 Under 24". 19 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Orlando City Protects 11 Players From 2016 MLS Expansion Draft". 12 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Falcao left out of Colombia's Copa America squad". goal.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Orlando City Soccer Club". www.facebook.com.
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