Official Colombian National Team Thread

Here I can talk about the Colombian National team, and upcoming games.

looking forward to the friendly in Houston coming up shortly and more importantly our next set of do or die qualifier games!!

if we have a healthy, in form squad for the next 2 WCQ games, we may still have a shot of making it to South Africa.

One game at a time!

Who are some of the players I might know from the team?

these are 23 players that are good enough to make up the national team if we had to put up a final roster. there's probably two or three players that could be switched, but you get the point...

GK - David Ospina, Agustin Julio, Robinson Zapata

DEF - Juan Zuniga, Luis Perea, Cristian Zapata, Mario Yepes, Pablo Armero, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Juan Cuadrado, Jossimar Mosquera

MF - Freddy Guarin, Fabian Vargas, Vladimir Marin, Macnelly Torres, Juan Toja, Abel Aguilar, Carlos Sanchez

FW - Juan Pino, Hugo Rodallega, Wason Renteria, Radamel Falcao, Carlos Quintero

SubaruAdrian wrote:Who are some of the players I might know from the team?

I think you might know

Fredy Montero-Seattle Sounders FC
David Ferreira-FC Dallas
Juan Pablo Angel-NYRB
William Conde-Chicago Fire
Jamerson Olave-Real Salt Lake
Juan Toja-FC Steaua Bucarest

I'll make a list of Colombians Abroad soon.

Great should I make a Peruvian/ El Salvadorian thread too?

I think I'll take a list, that I found in the BigSoccer Forum for the Abroad Players



Coachs
Juan Carlos Osorio – Red Bull New York (MLS)
Reinaldo Rueda – Honduras NT



Players:

Europe:

[b]Italy
Jaime Leon Mario – Catanzaro (C2)
Jairo Fernando Castillo – Frosinone (Serie B)
Ivan Cordoba - Inter Milan
Nelson Rivas – Inter Milan
Jorge Bolano – Modena (Serie B)
Cristian Zapata – Udinese

France
Edixion Perea – Bordeaux (might be loaned to Deportivo Cali)?
Luis Yánez - Lille
Victor Hugo Montano - Montpellier (B)
Juan Pablo Pino - Monaco
Mario Yepes – PSG( might be going to Werder Bremen,Lyon,NewCastle)?
Freddy Guarin - Saint-Etienne
Giovanni Moreno - Saint-Etienne (on loan from Envigado)
Wason Renteria – RC Strasbourg( loaned from Porto FC)
Carlos Sanchez –Valenciennes

Spain
Luis A. Perea - Athletico Madrid
Cristian Mejía, Atlético de Madrid (B)
Julian De la Cuesta –Real Valladolid
Óscar Micolta "Niche" - Real Valladolid (B)
Aquivaldo Mosquera – Sevilla
Edwin Congo – Sporting de Gijon (B)
Libis Arenas - Unión Deportiva Mérida( loaned to Central Español)
Abel Aguilar - Xerez CD (B, loaned from Udinese de Italia)

Germany
Faryd Aly Camilo Mondragon – FC Köln (2nd division)
Juan Fernando Leal – FC Köln (2nd division)?
Elkin Soto – Mainz 05 (2nd division)
John Jairo Mosquera - Werder Bremen (loaned to FC Carl Zeiss Jena)


Portugal
Néstor Alvarez -Académica de Portugal
Brayan Angulo –Boavista (loaned from Real Betis)
Phil Jackson Ibarguen Sanchez - F.C. Paços de Ferreira

England
Steven Lozano – Charlton FC (sub 15 but plays w/ reserves)
John Viafara –South Hampton (2nd division)

Turkey
David González - Caikur Rizespor
Gustavo Victoria – Caikur Rizespor
Luis Martínez – Trabzonspor

Russia
Darwin Quintero - PFC Krylia Sovetov
Juan Carlos Escobar -PFC Krylia Sovetov

Switzerland
Alvaro Dominguez – FC Sion
Manuel Bühler – Yverdon-Sport FC

Romania
Robinson Zapata - FC Steaua Bucureşti


Serbia
Mauricio Mao Molina – Red Star

Austria
Johan Vonlanthen – Red Bulls (sell out)

Belgium
Daniel Cruz - Germinal Beerschot

Poland
Manuel Santos Arboleda – Zaglebie

South America:

Argentina
Josimar Mosquera – Arsenal
Jairo Patiño – Banfield
Julian Mosquera – Belgrano
Andrés Felipe Gallego – Boca Juniors (prestado a DIM)
Fabian Vargas – Boca Juniors
Freddy Grisales - Colon de Santa Fe(retiring)?
Jhonier González - Colon de Santa Fe (loaned from Santa Fe)
David Solari – Independiente
Jose Moreno - Independiente
William Orejuela Delgado - Nuevo Chicago(youth squad)
Rubén Darío Velásquez - Nuevo Chicago
Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya – Olimpo
Falcao Garcia - River Plate
Martin Arzuaga - Rosario Central
Yovanny Amú Arrechea- Rosario Central(not sure if he is still there)?
Alejandro Botero - San Martín de San Juan
Carlos Junior Ischia - Velez Sarsfield (juveniles)

Brazil
Julian Viafara- Atlético Paranaense
Edwin Valencia- Atlético Paranaense
David Ferreira - Atlético Paranaense
Andrés Felipe Orozco– Inter
Cristian Renteria Borga– Inter (B team)
Ivan Vargas – Inter (B team)
Rubén Darío Bustos – Gremio( loaned from Cucuta)
Palacios – Gremio (Sub 20)

Mexico
Hugo Rodallega – Monterrey(loaned to Necaxa)
Martín García - Necaxa
Miguel Calero - Pachuca
Andres Chitiva - Pachuca
Luis Gabriel Rey – Pachuca
Tessor Moreno – San Luis
John Javier Restrepo – Veracruz


USA
Óscar Echeverry -Chivas USA?
Wilman Conde – Chicago Fire
Harold Urquijo - Crystal Palace Baltimore (2nd divison)
Juan Carlos Toja – Dallas FC
Pablo Cuevas - Dallas FC (trail)
Sebastian Botero - Dallas FC(youth contract)
Juan Pablo Angel – New York Red Bulls


Chile
Jeffrey Díaz - Antofagasta
Edison Fonseca -Cobresal
Giovanni Hernandez – Colo Colo
Carlos Fernando Asprilla - La Serena
Huan Pablo Escobar - Unión Española


Uruguay
Libis Arenas - Unión Deportiva Mérida( loaned to Central Español)
Darley Mena - Danubio
Jeffrey Diaz – Danubio
Fabio 'El Cantante' Moreno – Peñarol
Arnulfo Valentierra – Peñarol
Flavio Cordoba – River Plate
Yeison Romaña - River Plate

Paraguay
Vladimir Marin - Libertad

Peru
Jaime Ruiz – Cienciano
Juan Barros- Coronel Bolognesi
Jhonnier Montano – Sports Boys
José 'El Mono' Herrera - Sport Boys
Rodrigo Saraz - Sport Boys
Roaldo Viafara - Club Sport Áncash
Edison Chará – Sporting Cristal
José Yimmy Peña – Total Clean
Máyer Candelo – Universitario

Ecuador
Wilson Segura - Aucas
Iván López - Azogues
Julián Barahona - Azogues
Camilo Giraldo - Deportivo Quito
Jorge Horacio Serna – Deportivo Quito
Omar Guerra - Deportivo Quito
Luis Guillermo Rivera - Emelec
Arley Palacios -Macará de Ambato
Diego Serna -Macará de Ambato
William Vásquez Chacón -Macará de Ambato
Leonardo Moreno -Macará de Ambato

Boliva
Diomedes Pena – La Paz F.C
Mauricio Pinilla- La Paz F.C
Camilo Hernández - La Paz F.C
Dayson de Jesús Guale - La Paz F.C
Diego Mosorongo – Unión Central


I hope Crazy doesn't mind I took this from him.

BMxJoga wrote:Great should I make a Peruvian/ El Salvadorian thread too?

If you like too.

Nah I was just playing, there are several Colmbians in Peru, you missed two or three by the way they play for Inti Gas.

BMxJoga wrote:Nah I was just playing, there are several Colmbians in Peru, you missed two or three by the way they play for Inti Gas.

yeah the list haven't been updated, but I gotta fix it and revise it. Its just my base list

That's an impressive list of Columbian's.

Wilman Conde is my favorite of the list, for obvious reasons. He's a beast for Chicago.

We lost Toja to Steua.. I haven't really kept up with how he's doing there.

he's a regular at steau along with dayro moreno (ST) and robinson zapata (GK), but they don't get much notice b/c they are in the romanian league.

they played in the group stages of the champion's league but were the bottom team of their group (Bayern munich, lyon and fiorentina were ahead of them) which didn't even allow them to go to the UEFA cup.

Toja should be a regular on the national team - he played very well in his game against brasil. but i guess politics is holding him back...

Furnaccio wrote:he's a regular at steau along with dayro moreno (ST) and robinson zapata (GK), but they don't get much notice b/c they are in the romanian league.

they played in the group stages of the champion's league but were the bottom team of their group (Bayern munich, lyon and fiorentina were ahead of them) which didn't even allow them to go to the UEFA cup.

Toja should be a regular on the national team - he played very well in his game against brasil. but i guess politics is holding him back...

I agree, I would like to him play instead of Marin. I see Marin as a super sub. Also Dayro Moreno was downgraded to the second team of Steaua for discipline problems, so I don't know how much longer he will be there, also Steaua signs Jherson Cordoba another Colombian.

Here's the list for the upcoming friendly against El Salvador.

Arqueros:
Agustín Julio (Santa Fe), Héctor Fabio Landázury (Once Caldas)

Defensas:
Alexis Henríquez (Once Caldas), Humberto Mendoza (Nacional), Iván Vélez (América), Luis Núñez (Once Caldas), Farid Díaz (Envigado).

Volantes:
Jhon Viáfara (Once Caldas), Jairo Palomino (Nacional), Dorlan Pavón (Envigado), Cristian Marrugo (Tolima), Luis Fernando Mosquera (Medellín), Giovanni Moreno (Nacional), José Manuel Nájera (Real Cartagena).

Delanteros:
Adrián Ramos (América), Teófilo Gutiérrez (Junior), Fredy Montero (Sounders - EE.UU.)

i wish humberto mendoza could get some notice outside of colombia. i think he's a solid defender and has the ability to nail some long free kicks which has been a huge weakness for us since we have no true FK specialist these days.

luis mosquera has always been a decent playmaker but i've only seen him play one other time for the national team and he scored on a penalty against peru, i think? it was a game we won 4-2 where rodagol had 2 goals...

i hope gio moreno and palomino do well - they both have bright futures.

as you can tell i am partial to the nacional boys!!

Furnaccio wrote:i wish humberto mendoza could get some notice outside of colombia. i think he's a solid defender and has the ability to nail some long free kicks which has been a huge weakness for us since we have no true FK specialist these days.

luis mosquera has always been a decent playmaker but i've only seen him play one other time for the national team and he scored on a penalty against peru, i think? it was a game we won 4-2 where rodagol had 2 goals...

i hope gio moreno and palomino do well - they both have bright futures.

as you can tell i am partial to the nacional boys!!

yeah I can see jaja, I like the Humberto Call, I wish Danny Aguilar had been called from Deportivo cali. I love the Fredy Montero and Teofilo Gutierrez pair. Also I'm optimistic about the John Viafara call. I hope he can get his old super kick. I wonder how Augustin Julio will play.

When exactly is this friendly vs. El Salvador? I'm hoping to catch this.

it's august 7 in houston, texas

you'll probably be able to watch it on rojadirecta.com

Tickets are on sale by the way, I'm getting them fro 30$, but hopefully my friend can give me the tickets for free since he volunteers at Robinson Stadium for Security.

Seattle Sounders won't realease Fredy Montero to play in the friendly against El Salvador this friday August 7.

It's disappointing. Anyone knows why?

anyone who wants to watch the colombia vs el salvador game on the internet go to this website:

http://www.rojadirecta.com/

uncle nicci, are you going to the game? i've seen the seleccion play 2 times in person; should be a good game for players who have not had their fair shot yet...

I couldn't go to the game because my friends bailed on me. So I didn't want to go to a game all alone.

I think the game was really good. I was impressed with our Colombian League players but I hope we do the real job against Venezuela in NY.

that sucks - i hope we fare well in NYC - we need to start picking up some good habits going into the last 4 games. the one thing we are lacking is a killer instinct.

we can't try to win games 1-0; even if we win the remaining games, we still need to improve our goal differential.

nevertheless i was impressed with jairo palomino - he was the only player trying to shoot from outside the 18. i don't think anyone on our A team even tries that.

luis mosquera was solid as our #10; i read mixed reviews about him on the BS message board. i think he's worthy of a few more opportunities - it's not like anyone on our team is playing out of this world anyway!

Furnaccio wrote:that sucks - i hope we fare well in NYC - we need to start picking up some good habits going into the last 4 games. the one thing we are lacking is a killer instinct.

we can't try to win games 1-0; even if we win the remaining games, we still need to improve our goal differential.

nevertheless i was impressed with jairo palomino - he was the only player trying to shoot from outside the 18. i don't think anyone on our A team even tries that.

luis mosquera was solid as our #10; i read mixed reviews about him on the BS message board. i think he's worthy of a few more opportunities - it's not like anyone on our team is playing out of this world anyway!

Yeah LFM is a good player, I think he need a few more caps to get used to it. I'm comfortable with Pino or MacNelly for now, Jairo Palomino played great, I think he should be called up against Ecuador, I still afraid that we can't score. Maybe its Lara's tactics that are not helping our scoring. I do hope We can massacre Venezuela in NY just so we can feel confident(the fans) this coming up against Ecuador.