The figures of Colombian football, who gave themselves the ‘cache’ and the touch of playing the Club World Cup | Football24 News English

This Thursday, February 4 at 9:00 a.m. (Colombian time) will debut Tigers
of Mexico in the 2020 Club World Cup, against Ulsan Hyundai. In the list of 23 players of the Mexican team there are three Colombians. Are they Francisco Meza
, Julian Quinones
Y Luis Quinones
. Our country says present, in such a great soccer event.

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But the ‘coffee’ presence is not from today, it comes from the very creation of this international contest in 2000. Thus, fifteen editions have been played, with the presence of soccer players born in our country twelve times. To highlight that figures of the stature of Fredy Rincon,
Fabian Vargas
, Ivan Ramiro Cordoba
Y James Rodriguez
they had the luxury of lifting the trophy of the Club World Cup.

These are the Colombians who have participated in the Club World Cup:

  • Club World Cup 2000
  • – Freddy Rincón (Corinthians)
  • Club World Cup 2006
  • – Fabián Vargas (Porto Alegre International)
  • Club World Cup 2007
  • – Fabián Vargas (Boca Juniors)
  • – Miguel Calero (Pachuca)
  • – Andrés Chitiva (Pachuca)
  • – Luis Gabriel Rey (Pachuca)
  • Club World Cup 2008
  • – Miguel Calero (Pachuca)
  • Club World Cup 2009
  • No representatives
  • Club World Cup 2010
  • – Miguel Calero (Pachuca)
  • – Franco Faustino Arizala (Pachuca)
  • – Mauricio Molina (Seongnam Football Club)
  • – Iván Ramiro Córdoba (Inter Milan)
  • Club World Cup 2011
  • No representatives
  • Club World Cup 2012
  • – Estiven Vélez (Ulsan Hyundai)
  • Club World Cup 2013
  • No representatives
  • Club World Cup 2014
  • – James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
  • – Mario Yepes (San Lorenzo)
  • Club World Cup 2015
  • – Andrés Andrade (America of Mexico)
  • – Carlos Darwin Quintero (America of Mexico)
  • – Eder Álvarez Balanta (River Plate)
  • Club World Cup 2016
  • – Atlético Nacional, directed by Reinaldo Rueda
  • – James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
  • – Carlos Darwin Quintero (America of Mexico)
  • – Leonardo Castro (Melodi Sundowns)
  • Club World Cup 2017
  • – Oscar Murillo (Pachuca)
  • Club World Cup 2018
  • – Rafael Santos Borré (River Plate)
  • – Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate)
  • Club World Cup 2019
  • – Gustavo Cuellar (Al-Hilal)
  • – Stefan Medina (Monterrey)
  • – Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey)
  • Francisco Meza: “We have a nice opportunity and we want to make history in the Club World Cup”