Ricardo Chará

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Charáand the second or maternal family name is Lerma.

Ricardo Chará

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Chará Lerma
Date of birth	(1990-05-24) 24 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Cali, Colombia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2007	Boca Juniors de Cali
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Centauros Villavicencio
2008–2013	Udinese	0	(0)
2010–2012	→ Empoli (on loan)	2	(0)
Total		2	(0)
International career
2005	Colombia U15	4+	(2)
2007	Colombia U17	12+	(1)
2009	Colombia U20	2+	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2015

Ricardo Chará Lerma (born 24 May 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender, and who is currently a free agent.

Club career

Early career

Chara started his youth career with his hometown club Cali. He then made his first team debut for Centauros Villavicencio in the Categoría Primera B.

Udinese

In summer 2008, he was signed by Deportes Quindío. He then scouted by Udinese. As the club run out of non-EU registration quota, as signed Alexis and Odion Ighalo. Along with new signing Dušan Basta, they were signed by another Italian club, then re-signed them in order to borrow the quota.

Chara left for Cagliari on a 1-year loan from Quindío on 1 September 2008. ^[1] In January 2009, Chara left "on loan" from Cagliari to Udinese and played at Udinese Primavera under-20 team. In summer 2009, along with Basta, they were signed permanently.

On 14 January 2010, he played his first match for Udinese. He substituted Simone Pepe in the 87th minute, on a Coppa Italia Round of 16 match. The match Udinese won Lumezzane of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione (third division) 2–0. ^{[2] [3]}

On 31 August 2010, Udinese signed Gabriele Angella along with Diego Fabbrini in co-ownership deal for €3 million. ^[4] As part of the deal, Chará and Flavio Lazzari joined Empoli, also in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn ^[5] in 3-year contract. ^[4]

In June 2012 Udinese reacquired Chará. ^[6]

International career

At youth level, Chará has been capped for Colombia at the 2005 South American Under-15 Football Championship (4 games 1 brace), ^[7] at the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship (8 games, 1 goal), ^[8] at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (4 games), and at the 2009 South American Youth Championship (2 games 1 goal). ^[9]

References

1. "Matheu è del Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2009. Nell'ambito di un'operazione condotta in comune con l'Udinese Calcio, la Società rossoblu ha tesserato il colombiano classe 1990 Ricardo Chara Lerma, in forza al Corporacion Deportes Quindio.
2. "Ecco le formazioni di Udinese-Lumezzane" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
3. Pasotto, Marco (15 January 2010). "L' Udinese non c' è ancora ma si guadagna il Milan". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
4. Empoli FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
5. "Gabriele Angella è un giocatore dell'Udinese". Udinese Calcio (in Italian). 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
6. Empoli FC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
7. http://old.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1180&ano=2005&slangab=S ^{[ dead link ‍]}
8. http://old.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1062&ano=2007&slangab=S ^{[ dead link ‍]}
9. http://old.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_partidos.jsp?evento=1052&ano=2009&slangab=S ^{[ dead link ‍]}

External links

• Ricardo Chará at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Profile at Udinese Calcio
• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian)^{[ dead link ‍]}
• Ricardo Chará – FIFA competition record (archived)