Édison Chará
Édison Hipólito Chará Lucumí (2 October 1980 – 19 October 2011) was a Colombian football striker. His last team was Chinese club Dalian Aerbin.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edison Hipólito Chará Lucumí | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Padilla, Cauca, Colombia | ||
| Date of death | 19 October 2011 (aged 31) | ||
| Place of death | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000 | Atlético Huila | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Deportivo Pereira | 9 | (1) |
| 2001–2005 | Deportivo Cali | 5 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Atlético Huila (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Montevideo Wanderers (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → América de Cali (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Once Caldas | 14 | (0) |
| 2006 | Cienciano | 18 | (7) |
| 2007 | Sporting Cristal | 27 | (2) |
| 2008 | Once Caldas | 9 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Juan Aurich | 49 | (12) |
| 2010–2011 | Deportivo Pereira | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | Unión Comercio | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Dalian Aerbin | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Chará began his career with Deportivo Cali and joined in January 2003 to local rival América de Cali. After seventeen games, when scored four goals for América de Cali, was transferred to the Peruvian club Cienciano. The fast striker played one year for Cienciano, where scored nine goals in twenty one games and was scouted from Sporting Cristal on 28 December 2006.[1] Chará played only ten games and scored four goals in the season 2007/2008, was linked with Energie Cottbus[2] and left after of the season his club to sign for Juan Aurich.
Chará moved to China League One club Dalian Aerbin in March 2011 [3] and was released in July 2011.
Death
Chará died at a hospital in Cali on 19 October 2011, after having been shot by hitmen in Puerto Tejada, Cauca.[4]
References
- Edison Chará podría pasar a Cristal
- Kriegskasse auf für den Wunderspieler
- 阿尔滨第四外援呼之欲出 哥伦比亚国脚投奔李明 (in Chinese)
- (in Spanish) Murió el futbolista caucano Edison Chará, El Espectador, 2011-10-19