Cristian Higuita

Cristian Higuita
Personal information
Full name Cristian Andrés Higuita Beltrán
Date of birth (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Orlando City
Number 7
Youth career
Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Deportivo Cali 16 (2)
2015– Orlando City 66 (2)
2016 → Orlando City B (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2013 Colombia U20 1 (0)
2016 Colombia Olympic 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2, 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2016

Cristian Higuita (born 12 January 1994) is a Colombian footballer that plays for Orlando City of Major League Soccer.

Career

Club

Higuita made his debut with Deportivo Cali in 2009. A year later, he played a minor part in Cali's campaign winning the 2010 Copa Colombia. In 2011, he made his debut for Cali in Categoría Primera A and during the 2014 season helped the club capture the 2014 Superliga Colombiana.

In January 2015 it was reported that Orlando City SC would be signing Higuita along with his Deportivo Cali teammate Carlos Rivas.[1]

International

Higuita was called up to represent the Colombia under-20 national team to take part in the 2013 South American Youth Championship. However, suffering an injury prior to the event, Higuita only played one match against Chile to 'officially' be part of the squad. Colombia went on to win the event and Higuita earned the silverware for playing at least one match.

Higuita was named in Colombia's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.[2]

Personal

Higuita holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[3]

Honors

Club

Deportivo Cali

National Team

Colombia

References

  1. ↑ Orlando City to sign Higuita and Rivas – orlandosentinel.com
  2. ↑ "Falcao left out of Colombia's Copa America squad". goal.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoCitySC/posts/1315955705129381
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