Christian Marrugo

Cristian Marrugo

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Camilo Marrugo Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1985-07-18) July 18, 1985
Place of birth	Cartagena, Colombia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Independiente Medellín
Youth career
	Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Atlético Nacional	94	(9)
2006–2007	Santa Fe	51	(13)
2008–2012	Deportes Tolima	100	(12)
2013–2014	Pachuca	11	(0)
2013–2014	→ Veracruz (loan)	3	(2)
2014	Deportivo Cali	1	(0)
2014-	Independiente Medellín
International career
2008–2012	Colombia	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2013

Cristian Camilo Marrugo Rodríguez was born (18 July 1985) in Cartagena, Colombia, is a professional soccer player who plays for Deportivo Independiente Medellin. He plays the position of Attacking Midfielder.

Club career

Cristian played for the Bolivar State Soccer and Indoor Soccer Team in all categories U10, U14, U16. When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena to Cali, In that city he stayed a couple of years before arriving to Medellín to join Atlético Nacional where he got the Colombian League (2005).

He has recently been transferred from Athletico Nacional to Independiente Santa Fe and also promoted to the Senior Colombia national football team.

He was later traded to Deportes Tolima for Anchico and on November 2012, to CF Pachuca.

For the year 2014, Deportivo Cali acquired Cristian to enforce the midfield for coming tournaments like Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobon I. For the second semester of 2014, Cristian was signed by Deportivo Independiente Medellin on a six-months loan to reinforce the red and blue team.

International career

He played with the Colombia national under-20 football team at the 2005 South American Youth Championship, which Colombia hosted and won. He then competed at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, helping Colombia to the Round of 16 before losing to eventual champion Argentina.

Personal life

Cristian and his family have strong sports habits, His Brother Camilo Marrugo has also played a couple of Professional games in Colombia League with Real Cartagena and Cúcuta Deportivo.

External links

• Christian Marrugo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Christian Marrugo – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• ESPN profile