Rafael Robayo

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Rafael Robayo
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Personal information
Full name Rafael Fernando Robayo Marroquín
Date of birth (1984-04-24) April 24, 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Atlético Bucaramanga
Youth career
2000–2002 Escuela de Fútbol Vida
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Atlético Nacional 1 (0)
2004 Once Caldas 0 (0)
2005–2011 Millonarios 229 (26)
2012 Chicago Fire 16 (0)
2012–2016 Millonarios 156 (12)
2017 Patriotas 19 (1)
2018 Deportes Tolima 45 (2)
2019 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 (0)
International career
2010 Colombia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2019

Rafael Robayo (born April 24, 1984) is a former Colombian footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Career

Atletico Nacional

Robayo began his youth career at Escuela de Fútbol Vida. In 2003, he joined top Colombian club Atlético Nacional and made his first team debut.

Millonarios FC

In early 2005 Robayo joined Millonarios and on May 15 of that year scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with Atlético Nacional in Medellín. [1]

In 2006 Robayo lost his place for Millonarios but in 2007 he bounced back to claim a starting role in midfield as a result of his fine form during the Copa Sudamericana 2007 in which the club advanced to the semifinal stage. [2] After the departure of Gerardo Bedoya in early 2010, Robayo has served as club captain alternating with José Mera. [3] On October 24, 2010 Robayo recorded his first two-goal game as Millonarios defeated Deportivo Pereira by a 2-1 score. [4]

Robayo continued his fine form in 2011 as he helped the club win the 2011 Copa Colombia by a 2-0 aggregate score over Boyacá Chicó. After seven seasons at the club on January 4, 2012 Robayo announced that he would be leaving the club. [5]

Chicago

A day later it was revealed that Robayo would be joining Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. [6]

Millonarios FC

On July 26, 2012, after half a season in Chicago, Robayo was loaned back to Millonarios for the remainder of the 2012 season. [7]

On May 3, 2015 he scored the final goal on a 3-1 win against Medellin on the 92nd minute scoring by avoiding the opponent goalkeeper, making him Man of the Match. [8] He also scored in a 1-3 win against Santa Fe in the last game of the season, thus eliminating them from the quarterfinals and qualifying his team. [9]

He is currently the eighth player with more presences in Millonarios with over 300 games where converted 31 goals.

Statistics

(As of September 16, 2015)

YearTeamLeague MatchesGoalsCup MatchesGoalsInter MatchesGoalsTotal MatchesTotal Goals
2003Atlético Nacional10000010
2004Once Caldas00000000
2005Millonarios2810000281
2006Millonarios00000000
2007Millonarios2920090402
2008Millonarios3344100375
2009Millonarios3318100412
2010Millonarios24610100347
2011Millonarios38611200498
2012Chicago Fire1601000170
2012Millonarios1921051253
2013Millonarios38410150535
2014Millonarios2917020381
2015Millonarios3832000403
Total3263054621140238

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References

  1. Robayo scores in 1-1 draw with Nacional Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Millonarios advance to semis
  3. Robayo captain of Millonarios
  4. Robayo leads Millonarios to 2-1 victory over Pereira
  5. Robayo confirms that he will be leaving Millonarios
  6. Robayo to join Chicago Fire
  7. "Fire Loan Rafael Robayo to Club Deportivo Millonarios". chicago-fire.com. 26 July 2012.
  8. Rafael Robayo, the date figure.
  9. Millonarios Santa Fe champion eliminates the quarterfinals.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Millonarios FC captain (shared with José Mera)
2010–2011
Succeeded by


Sporting positions
Preceded by Millonarios FC captain
2016
Succeeded by