Jeison Medina
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeison Medina Escobar | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Itagüí, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente del Valle | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | La Gloria | ||
| 2007 | Santa Mónica | ||
| 2008–2012 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Comfenalco | ||
| 2014 | La Mazzia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ditaires FC | ? | (65) |
| 2017–2018 | Leones | 60 | (20) |
| 2018 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | América de Cali | 25 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | Deportivo Pasto | 52 | (12) |
| 2021–2022 | → Al-Shamal (loan) | 17 | (8) |
| 2023 | Lamia | 8 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Aucas | 30 | (19) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Jeison Medina Escobar (born 27 February 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ecuadorian Serie A club Independiente del Valle.
Career
[edit]Born in Itagüí, Medina represented Atlético Nacional as a youth but was released at the age of 15. He later represented amateur sides Comfenalco, Club La Mazzia and Ditaires FC, scoring more than 60 goals for the latter side.[1][2][3]
In January 2016, Medina agreed to a move to Serie D side Catiadas,[4] but the move was cancelled due to paperwork problems. On 1 February 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Leones in Categoría Primera B after being approved on a trial held at his hometown.[5]
Medina made his debut for Leones on 11 February 2017, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Valledupar. He scored his first goals on 11 March, netting a brace in a 3–2 home defeat of Deportes Quindío, and finished the season with 18 goals as his side achieved promotion.[6]
Medina made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, starting and scoring the equalizer in a 1–2 Categoría Primera A home loss against América de Cali; it was also Leones' first goal in the first division.[7] On 12 June, he moved abroad, signing a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Real Zaragoza, with a buyout clause.[8]
On 28 January 2019, América de Cali announced that they had signed Medina.[9] In the 2020 season, he moved to Deportivo Pasto.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jeison Medina Escobar" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Breve historia de un goleador" [Short story of a goalscorer] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina, Ditaires, entrevista" [Jeison Medina, Ditaires, interview] (in Spanish). Capsulas de Carreño. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Il baby Cappai al Muravera Jeison Escobar al Castiadas" [Yongster Cappai to Muravera Jeison Escobar to Castiadas] (in Italian). La Nuova Sardegna. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Medina, de Ditaires F.C a Itagüí-Leones" [Medina, from Ditaires F.C to Itagüí-Leones] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina, la historia del goleador de Leones Itagüí" [Jeison Medina, the story of the goalscorer of Leones Itagüí] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina marcó el primer gol de Leones en la A" [Jeison Medina scored the first goal of Leones in A] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "El delantero Jeison Medina se incorpora al Real Zaragoza" [Forward Jeison Medina joins Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ JEISON MEDINA | EXPLOSIVIDAD Y DESEQUILIBRIO, americadecali.co, 28 January 2019
- ^ ¡Jeison Medina es volcánico!, deportivopasto.com.co, 3 January 2020
External links
[edit]- Jeison Medina at Soccerway