Jeison Medina

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Jeison Medina
Personal information
Full name Jeison Medina Escobar
Date of birth (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Itagüí, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2005–2007 La Gloria
2007 Santa Mónica
2008–2012 Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2020–2022 Deportivo Pasto 52 (12)
2021–2022 → Al-Shamal (loan) 17 (8)
2023– Lamia 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Jeison Medina Escobar (born 27 February 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Lamia.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jeison Medina Escobar" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Breve historia de un goleador" [Short story of a goalscorer] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jeison Medina, Ditaires, entrevista" [Jeison Medina, Ditaires, interview] (in Spanish). Capsulas de Carreño. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ JEISON MEDINA | EXPLOSIVIDAD Y DESEQUILIBRIO, americadecali.co, 28 January 2019
  10. ↑ ¡Jeison Medina es volcánico!, deportivopasto.com.co, 3 January 2020
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