Luis Gallardo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Miguel Gallardo Fuentes | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1986 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Born to Maria Erenia[8] Fuentes and Jorge Gallardo, he has a sister named Georgina Vanessa Gallardo.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Luis Gallardo, en espera de jugar al fútbol en otro país - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Columbus signs Luis Gallardo - ESPN
- ^ Gallardo podría debutar mañana en Tacuarembó - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ La UCR, un equipo con bajas y en formación - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Miguel Gallardo regresa al fútbol Tico - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- ^ Gallardo quedó fuera del Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Luis Gallardo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Gallardo espera brillar en la MLS - Panamá América (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Luis Gallardo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile[permanent dead link] at TenfieldDigital.com.uy (in Spanish)
- MLSnet.com profile[permanent dead link]
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Barú District, Chiriquí
- Men's association football midfielders
- Panamanian men's footballers
- Panama men's international footballers
- A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón footballers
- Columbus Crew players
- Tacuarembó F.C. players
- La U Universitarios footballers
- Atlético Chiriquí players
- C.S. Herediano footballers
- Atlético Veragüense players
- Panamanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- Panamanian football biography stubs