Luis Gallardo

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Luis Gallardo
Personal information
Full name Luis Miguel Gallardo Fuentes
Date of birth (1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Paso Canoas, Chiriquí, Panama
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Youth career
Pérez Zeledón
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Pérez Zeledón 37 (8)
2005 Columbus Crew 0 (0)
2006–2007 Pérez Zeledón 36 (11)
2008 Tacuarembó 10 (0)
2008–2009 UCR 39 (2)
2009 Atlético Chiriquí 14 (0)
2010 Herediano 12 (0)
2010–2011 Atlético Veragüense 7 (1)
International career
2005–2007 Panama 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 27, 2009

Luis Miguel Gallardo Fuentes (born 27 June 1986) is a Panamanian footballer.

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Club career

Born in a Panama-Costa Rica border town, Gallardo played in Costa Rica for Pérez Zeledón from 2001 [1] before joining Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew in April 2005, [2] only to return to Pérez Zeledón after an unsuccessful spell. In February 2008 he made his debut for Uruguayan side Tacuarembó, [3] but he returned to Costa Rica once again to play for UCR in summer 2008. [4] A year later he moved across the border again after being snapped up by Atlético Chiriquí. [1]

In January 2010 he returned to Costa Rica to play for Herediano in the Costa Rican Primera División, [5] only to be released in April 2010. [6]

International career

Gallardo represented Panama at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. [7]

Gallardo has made four appearances for the senior Panama national football team. His debut was a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the United States on 12 October 2005 [7] and his final game was a May 2007 friendly match against Colombia.

Personal life

Born to Maria Erenia [8] Fuentes and Jorge Gallardo, he has a sister named Georgina Vanessa Gallardo.

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