Jeison Medina
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeison Medina Escobar | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Itagüí, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Pasto | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | La Gloria | ||
2007 | Santa Mónica | ||
2008–2012 | Atlético Nacional | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Comfenalco | ||
2014 | La Mazzia | ||
2015–2016 | Ditaires FC | ? | (65) |
2017–2018 | Leones | 60 | (20) |
2018 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2019 | América de Cali | 25 | (5) |
2020– | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:28, 10 June 2020 (UTC) |
Jeison Medina Escobar (born 27 February 1995) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Deportivo Pasto as either a right winger or a forward.
Club career
Born in Itagüí, Medina represented Atlético Nacional as a youth but was released at the age of 15. He later represented amateur sides Comfenalco, Club La Mazzia and Ditaires FC, scoring more than 60 goals for the latter side.[1][2][3]
In January 2016, Medina agreed to a move to Serie D side Catiadas,[4] but the move was cancelled due to paperwork problems. On 1 February 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Leones in Categoría Primera B, after being approved on a trial held at his hometown.[5]
Medina made his debut for Leones on 11 February 2017, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Valledupar. He scored his first goals on 11 March, netting a brace in a 3–2 home defeat of Deportes Quindío, and finished the season with 18 goals as his side achieved promotion.[6]
Medina made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, starting and scoring the equalizer in a 1–2 Categoría Primera A home loss against América de Cali; it was also Leones' first goal in the first division.[7] On 12 June he moved abroad, signing a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Real Zaragoza, with a buyout clause.[8]
On 28 January 2019 América de Cali announced, that they had signed Medina.[9] In the 2020 season, he moved to Deportivo Pasto.[10]
References
- ^ "Jeison Medina Escobar" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Breve historia de un goleador" [Short story of a goalscorer] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina, Ditaires, entrevista" [Jeison Medina, Ditaires, interview] (in Spanish). Capsulas de Carreño. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Il baby Cappai al Muravera Jeison Escobar al Castiadas" [Yongster Cappai to Muravera Jeison Escobar to Castiadas] (in Italian). La Nuova Sardegna. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Medina, de Ditaires F.C a Itagüí-Leones" [Medina, from Ditaires F.C to Itagüí-Leones] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina, la historia del goleador de Leones Itagüí" [Jeison Medina, the story of the goalscorer of Leones Itagüí] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Jeison Medina marcó el primer gol de Leones en la A" [Jeison Medina scored the first goal of Leones in A] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "El delantero Jeison Medina se incorpora al Real Zaragoza" [Forward Jeison Medina joins Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ JEISON MEDINA | EXPLOSIVIDAD Y DESEQUILIBRIO, americadecali.co, 28 January 2019
- ^ ¡Jeison Medina es volcánico!, deportivopasto.com.co, 3 January 2020
External links
- Jeison Medina at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Itagüí
- Colombian footballers
- Association football wingers
- Association football forwards
- Categoría Primera A players
- Categoría Primera B players
- Segunda División players
- Leones F.C. footballers
- Real Zaragoza players
- América de Cali footballers
- Deportivo Pasto footballers
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain