Christian Marrugo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marrugo and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Christian Marrugo

Christian Marrugo in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Christian 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)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Real Cartagena
Number	17
Youth career
	Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Atlético Nacional	94	(14)
2006–2007	Santa Fe	51	(13)
2008–2012	Deportes Tolima	212	(30)
2013–2017	Pachuca	15	(0)
2013–2014	→ Veracruz (loan)	17	(5)
2014	→ Deportivo Cali (loan)	21	(1)
2014–2017	→ Independiente Medellín (loan)	93	(15)
2017–2020	Club Puebla	54	(5)
2018–2019	→ Millonarios (loan)	37	(3)
2020–2022	Rionegro Águilas	68	(15)
2022	Independiente Medellín	22	(1)
2023	Santa Fe	35	(2)
2024–	Real Cartagena	23	(6)
International career
2008–2012	Colombia	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Christian Camilo Marrugo Rodríguez (born 18 July 1985), is a professional footballer who plays for Real Cartagena. He plays the position of attacking midfielder.

Club career

Marrugo played for the Bolivar Department soccer and indoor soccer teams in all categories U10, U14, U16. When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena to Cali, where he stayed a couple of years before arriving to Medellín to join Atlético Nacional where he won the Colombian League in 2005. He was then transferred from Atlético 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 in November 2012, to CF Pachuca.

Marrugo with la Goma (left) in an interview

For the year 2014, Deportivo Cali acquired Marrugo to enforce the midfield for coming tournaments like Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobón. For the second semester of 2014, he was signed by Independiente Medellín on a six-months loan to reinforce the red and blue team. In 2016, he helped Independiente Medellín win their sixth league championship, scoring a brace in the final against Junior. Since then, he has been known as Marrugol. For The second season of Águila League 2016 he finished as the forward with more goals in DIM.

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

Marrugo and his family have strong sports habits, his brother Camilo Marrugo has also played a couple of professional games in the Colombian 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)
• Christian Marrugo at ESPN FC