Álex Bolaños

Álex Bolaños
	Bolaños in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Álex Leonardo Bolaños Reascos
Date of birth	January 22, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Ecuador
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	LDU Quito
Number	18
Youth career
2005	Atlético Guayaquil
2005	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2008	Barcelona
2009	LDU Quito
2010	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2011–2013	Deportivo Quito
2014–	Barcelona
2015	→ Olimpo (loan)
2015–2016	Aucas
2016	Santa Cruz
2016	Aucas
2017–	LDU Quito
International career‡
2007–	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 20, 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 29, 2016

Template:Spanish name Álex Leonardo Bolaños Reascos (born January 22, 1985) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He currently plays for LDU Quito of the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Career

Bolaños began his career at Guayaquil-based club Barcelona in 2005 during the Clausura championship. He continued to play for the club until they released him as a result of his criminal case. After serving time in prison, he was signed by LDU Quito in the later half of 2009 as an emergency signing. Despite not making any league appearances in 2009 due to ineligibility, he played one match for the club during the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. Liga would go on to win the competition and give Bolaños his first piece of silverware. Due to a lack of possible playing time, LDU Quito loaned Bolaños to crosstown-team Universidad Católica for the 2010 season. For the 2011 season, he was signed by Deportivo Quito.

Family

Bolaños is the older brother of Miller Bolaños, a midfielder who plays for Grêmio.

Criminal case

Bolaños was involved in a fatal car crash in which his car struck the vehicle of Fabricio Gerardo Quezada, who was killed in the crash. Bolaños was sentenced to seven years in prison for drunk driving and manslaughter.^[1] He was released in September 2009 after a successful appeal of his sentence.

Honors

LDU Quito

Copa Sudamericana: 2009

References

^ Dawson, Alan (January 30, 2009). "Ecuadorian Midfielder To Serve Seven Year Prison Sentence". Goal.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Bolaños' FEF player card Template:Es icon
Álex Bolaños at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Dawson, Alan (January 30, 2009). "Ecuadorian Midfielder To Serve Seven Year Prison Sentence". Goal.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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