Felipe Chará

Luis Felipe Chará Zamora[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 January 1981), known as Felipe Chará, is a Colombian footballer who plays in Venezuela for Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana.

Felipe Chará
Personal information
Full name Luis Felipe Chará Zamora
Date of birth (1981-01-06) January 6, 1981
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana
Youth career
Boca Juniors de Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Deportivo Pereira
– Atlético Nacional
– Deportivo Cali
National team
Colombia U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Cali, Chará began his football career with the youth side of Boca Juniors de Cali. He turned professional with Deportivo Pereira before moving to Atlético Nacional for several years. Next, he returned to his home-town club, Deportivo Cali.[1]

He can play as a defensive midfielder. He has been capped for the Colombian sub 17 and sub 20 and sub 21.

Personal

Chará's brother, Diego Chará, is also a professional footballer who played for Deportivo Cali's rivals América de Cali.[1] Diego currently plays for Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. Chará's other brother, Yimmi Chará, also plays professionally for Portland Timbers.

Notes
  1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chará and the second or maternal family name is Zamora.

References
  1. Gruesso, Héctor Fabio (2 July 2009). ""Mi consigna es ganar todo con el Deportivo Cali", dijo Felipe Chará" ["My motto is to win everything with Deportivo Cali", said Felipe Chará] (in Spanish). El Tiempo.


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