Daniel Bocanegra
Bocanegra lining for Atlético Nacional in 2016
Personal information
Full name Daniel Eduardo Bocanegra Ortiz[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-23) 23 April 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Purificación, Colombia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Center-back
Team information
Current team
 Olímpia Futebol Clube
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Academia 0 (0)
2009 → Santa Fe (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → Atlético Huila (loan) 25 (1)
2011–2012 → Atlético Huila (loan) 37 (0)
2012–2013 Independiente Medellín 39 (0)
2013–2019 Atlético Nacional 161 (12)
2020–2023 Libertad 80 (1)
2023– Club Nacional 22 (2)
International career‡
2014–2017 Colombia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2017

Daniel Eduardo Bocanegra Ortiz (born 23 April 1987), is a Colombian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Club Nacional de Football.

International

On 9 November 2014, Bocanegra received his first call-up to the Colombia national team for friendlies against the United States and Slovenia. He made his debut 18 November 2014, coming on for Santiago Arias in the 65th minute in a 1–0 victory over Slovenia.

After more than a year from his last call-up, Bocanegra was included in manager José Pékerman's list to face Paraguay and Uruguay for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on 7 and 11 October 2016, respectively.

Statistics

Club performance

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colombia Categoría Primera A Copa Colombia Continental1 Other2 Total
Atlético
Nacional		 2013 13 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
2014 25 4 6 0 21 4 2 0 54 8
2015 16 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 23 0
2016 18 7 4 2 20 3 2 0 44 12
Total 72 11 17 2 46 7 6 0 141 20
Career total 72 11 17 2 46 7 6 0 141 20
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 26 November 2016.[2]

1 Includes cup competitions such as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

2 Includes Superliga Colombiana matches.

Honours

Club

Independiente Santa Fe

Atlético Nacional

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ Daniel Bocanegra at Soccerway
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