Luis Carlos Murillo

Luis Carlos Murillo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth	Turbo, Colombia [1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position	Defender [1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Once Caldas	117	(0)
2013–2014	→ Deportivo Pasto (loan)	20	(0)
2018–2019	KuPS	53	(0)
2020–2021	HJK	40	(0)
2022	Valletta	3	(0)
2022	Valley United	4	(0)
2022	VPS	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 October 2022

Luis Carlos Murillo (born 16 October 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender

Club career

Born in Turbo, Colombia, Murillo joined Once Caldas in 2010, making his senior debut in the same season. ^[2] He went on to win the 2010 Clausura, besides ending second in 2011 Clausura with the club. ^[3] In order to get more first team appearances, he joined Deportivo Pasto on a loan deal on 12 July 2013 ^[4]

On 16 January 2018, Murillo signed with Finnish club KuPS on a one-year contract. ^[5] He won the Veikkausliiga with KuPS in 2019.

On 29 October 2019, HJK announced the signing of Murillo on a two-year contract. ^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played on 2 May 2021 ^[1]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Once Caldas	2010	Categoría Primera A	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2011	Categoría Primera A	8	0	9	0	0	0	17	0
	2012	Categoría Primera A	22	0	8	0	—		30	0
	2013	Categoría Primera A	4	0	7	1	—		11	1
	2014	Categoría Primera A	19	0	5	0	—		24	0
	2015	Categoría Primera A	21	0	6	0	1 [a]	0	28	0
	2016	Categoría Primera A	35	0	6	0	—		41	0
	2017	Categoría Primera A	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
	Total		117	0	42	1	1	0	160	1
Deportivo Pasto (loan)	2013	Categoría Primera A	11	0	0	0	5 [b]	1	16	1
	2014	Categoría Primera A	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	5	1	25	1
KuPS	2018	Veikkausliiga	27	0	4	0	2 [c]	0	33	0
	2019	Veikkausliiga	26	0	4	0	4 [c]	0	34	0
	Total		53	0	8	0	6	0	67	0
HJK	2020	Veikkausliiga	20	0	9	0	—		29	0
	2021	Veikkausliiga	20	0	6	0	13 [d]	0	39	0
	Total		40	0	15	0	13	0	68	0
Valletta	2021–22	Maltese Premier League	3	0	1	0	–		4	0
Valley United	2022	NISA	4	0	1	0	–		5	0
VPS	2022	Veikkausliiga	7	0	–		–		7	0
Career total			244	0	67	1	25	1	336	2

1. Appearance in Copa Libertadores
2. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds
4. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League

Honours

KuPS

• Veikkausliiga: 2019

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2019
• Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 ^[7]

References

1. Luis Carlos Murillo at Soccerway
2. "Luis Murillo deja el Once Caldas para jugar en Finlandia [Luis Murillo leaves the Once Caldas to play in Finland]". Colombianos. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
3. "Luis Carlos Murillo busca la revancha en el Once Caldas [Luis Carlos Murillo seeks rematch at Once Caldas]" (in Spanish). La Patria. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
4. "Deportivo Pasto suma jugadores para el segundo semestre [Deportivo Pasto adds players for the second semester]" (in Spanish). Antena2. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
5. "KuPS hankki puolustajan Kolumbiasta: "Pallollisesti hyvä, nopea ja erittäin fyysinen" [KuPS acquires defender from Colombia: "Balletically good, fast and very physical"]" (in Finnish). Yle. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
6. "Luis Carlos Murillo Klubiin". hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
7. "Perinteinen Koplajoukkue nimetty - jalkapallotoimittajien valinnat kauden parhaiksi". www.veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.