Luis Enrique Delgado

Luis Enrique Delgado

Personal information
Full name	Luis Enrique Delgado Mantilla
Date of birth	(1980-10-26) October 26, 1980
Place of birth	Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Tolima
Number	89
Youth career
1999–2000	Atlético Bucaramanga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Escuela Carlos Sarmiento Lora	10	(0)
2002–2004	Alianza Petrolera	30	(0)
2005–2006	Atlético Bucaramanga	7	(0)
2007	Real Santander	25	(0)
2008	Alianza Petrolera	8	(0)
2008–2009	Real Cartagena	27	(0)
2010–	Millonarios	160	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 19, 2012.

Luis Enrique Delgado (born October 26, 1980 in Bucaramanga, Santander) is a Colombian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Millonarios in Categoría Primera A.^[1]

Trajectory

Millonarios FC

By early 2010, Delgado was named for Millonarios FC to be the second goalkeeper, but because of the bad work of one goalkeeper of the Bogota club, Juan Obelar, received the opportunity^[2] and he stayed with the job demonstrating great condition and earning the affection of the fans albiazul.^[3] Game after game was the figure of the court in a way sorprendente^[4] so much so that critics considered him one of the best goalkeepers in the local championship ^[5] and postulated to be summoned to the Colombian national team.

With the arrival of Nelson Ramos in 2011 the ambassador team, Delgado was relegated to backup job without this decimated their effort and commitment to the club. In 2012, he alternated in the bow participating in the tournament Copa Colombia during the first half. In the second tournament of the year, before the injury Achilles tendon rupture the goalkeeper, Nelson Ramos Delgado was a starter again, disputing parties both local tournament Categoría Primera A as the Copa Sudamericana, doing a remarkable job in the table achieved the semifinals of the continental tournament and the Star League 14 blue eleventh.

For the same period, his wife Tatiana is valued medically with breast cancer, so the keeper decides to wear a haircut (shaved) in support of women with this disease. Similarly, Delgado spent all season, and eventually the title, in Colombia women with cancer.

That was how the December 16, 2012, he won the Colombian professional title 2012 Categoría Primera A season with the shirt of Millionaire beating Medellín in a final that was defined in criminal and where Delgado scored the last penalty to Millionaire and interrupted the penalty that ultimately would give the team championship Bogotá.^[6]

By the end of 2014, he was widely criticized for errors in games, so for the 2015 lost the title with the keeper Nicolas Vikonis acting alone in the Copa Colombia.

Statistics (Official games/Colombian Ligue and Colombian Cup)

(As of November 14, 2010)

References

External links

• BDFA profile