Rubén Darío Bustos
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Dario Bustos Torres | ||
| Date of birth | August 28, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Inti Gas | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CD América de Cali | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2007 | América de Cali | 143 | (11) |
| 2004 | → Atlético Nacional (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Cúcuta Deportivo (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Grêmio FBPA (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Internacional | 18 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Millonarios (loan) | 42 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | América de Cali | 38 | (4) |
| 2013 | Boyacá Chicó | 15 | (1) |
| 2013 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 7 | (0) |
| 2014– | Inti Gas | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2008 | Colombia | 12 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 14, 2014. | |||
Rubén Darío Bustos (born August 18, 1981 in Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander) is a Colombian football player, currently playing for Inti Gas Deportes in the Peruvian Primera División.
Rubén Darío is often confused with his brother, Darío Alberto Bustos, who is also a Colombian football player currently playing for Cúcuta Deportivo.
He was part of Cúcuta 2006 Colombian 1st division Championship and helped Cúcuta Deportivo from the Copa Mustang get to the semi finals of the Copa Libertadores 2007. He scored the 2 goals by free kicks to help Cúcuta reach the semifinals. In July 2007 he signed on loan with Gremio in Brasil. After Campeonato Brasileiro 2007, Bustos signed a professional contract with Brazilian team Internacional, main rival of his last team. For 2009, Bustos has been contacted to play again back in his country for Millonarios de Bogotá. Millonarios' coach Oscar Quintabani and president of Millonarios Juan Carlos Lopez have confirmed the transaction on loan.
Bustos has moved back to Internacional in 2010, where he is contracted until 2012, but he was dropped to the club's reserves team. In July 2011, he moved to his first professional team América de Cali.
In November 2007, he helped Colombia win both its matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) versus Venezuela and Argentina by scoring two free kick goals.
External links
- Rubén Darío Bustos at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rubén Darío Bustos at footballzz.co.uk
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