Luis Alí

Luis Alí
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Alí Vega[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Tupiza, Bolivia[2]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Independiente
Number 17
Youth career
Huracán
La Paz
Lleida
2010–2012 Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Osasuna B 23 (1)
2013–2014 → Erri-Berri (loan) 12 (0)
2014–2017 Bolívar 9 (1)
2015–2017San José (loan) 65 (18)
2017–2018 Ponte Preta 2 (0)
2018 Hermannstadt 5 (0)
2019–2020 Bolívar 3 (0)
2021– Independiente 26 (1)
International career
2017– Bolivia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:03, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2018

Luis Alberto Alí Vega (born 17 April 1994) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a forward for Independiente Petrolero.

Club career

[edit]

Born in La Paz, Alí represented Argentinian club Club Atlético Huracán, La Paz F.C., Spanish club UE Lleida as a youth, before switching to the academy of CA Osasuna on 5 July 2010. While at Lleida, he was a target of Real Madrid, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and FC Barcelona.[3] He scored his first goal for the reserves in a 2–1 defeat against Racing de Santander B.[4] In 2013, he was loaned out to Erri-Berri.[5]

In 2014, Alí signed for Bolivian club Club Bolívar and was loaned off to Club Deportivo San José after being found surplus; scoring a career best of 14 goals in the 2016–17 season.[6]

Alí moved abroad and signed for Brazilian club Ponte Preta on 10 July 2017.[7] On 20 August 2017, he made his first team debut in a 2–1 home win against Botafogo, replacing Lucca in the 77th minute.[8]

Alí re-joined Club Bolívar for the 2019 season.[9] A month after arriving at Bolívar, Alí torn his posterior cruciate ligament and the radial meniscus of his left knee. He returned to play six and a half months later, before shortly after suffering a fibula fracture. His contract with Bolívar was due to expire in December 2019, but was extended while he completed recovery, until March. After a horrible season due to the two injuries he suffered, with operations included, Alí left the club at the end of the year when his contract expired, after the club chose not to renew it.[2]

Alí remained without club until January 2021, where he signed with Independiente Petrolero.[10]

Honours

[edit]
Bolívar

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Luis Alí". Ponte Preta. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "El delantero Luis Alí deja Bolívar luego de 'un año de horror' por lesiones".
  3. ^ "Osasuna ficha para el Juvenil a Luis Alí, delantero boliviano del Lleida [Osasuna signs for the Juvenile to Luis Alí, Bolivian striker from Lleida]" (in Spanish). Navarra Sport. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Osasuna B - Racing Santander B". Footlive. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Nueva incorporación al equipo da 3° [New incorporation for the 3rd team]" (in Spanish). Erri-Berri. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Luis Alí é o nome dele: conheça o boliviano que vai reforçar a Ponte Preta [Luis Ali is his name: meet the Bolivian who will strengthen the Black Bridge]" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Ponte Preta hace oficial el fichaje de Alí [Ponte Preta makes the signing of Ali official]" (in Spanish). Diez. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Luis Alí debuta en Ponte Preta de Brasil [Luis Ali debuts at Ponte Preta in Brazil]" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  9. ^ Luis Alí at Soccerway
  10. ^ Luis Alí se suma a Independiente, elpais.bo, 25 January 2021
[edit]