Felipe Baloy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender, Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Rionegro Águilas | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Euro Kickers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Euro Kickers | 25 | (3) |
| 2000 | Sporting '89 | 30 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | Envigado | 37 | (3) |
| 2003 | Independiente Medellín | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Grêmio | 50 | (3) |
| 2005 | Atlético Paranaense | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Monterrey | 145 | (10) |
| 2010–2013 | Santos Laguna | 125 | (4) |
| 2014–2016 | Morelia | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Atlas (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2016– | Rionegro Águilas | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001– | Panama | 93 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012 |
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Felipe Abdiel Baloy Ramírez (born 24 February 1981, in Panama City) is a football defender who currently plays for Colombian club Rionegro Águilas and is the current captain of the Panama national football team. He also holds Mexican citizenship.
He was the second youngest of his seven brothers and grew in the populous barrio of Cerro Batea in the San Miguelito district after moving from the San Martin barrio. Pipe grew interested in football after playing in the streets with his friends.
Baloy graduated from elementary and high school, never continued on to university, and instead pursued his career in football where "things have been going well".
At aged 18, he started his football career in ANAPROF team Eurokickers, although it lasted only a year as the team was relegated that year. He then moved to Sporting '89 and managed to be part of the Panama U-20 squad where he was spotted by Colombian international representative Luis Felipe Posso, was signed to his agency and the doors opened for Baloy in Colombia.
At aged 19, Baloy moved to Colombia to play for Copa Mustang team Envigado in 2001. He played a year with the Antioquia before moving to Independiente Medellín. With the Medellín he had more success; he played in Copa Libertadores in 2003 where DIM finished 3rd. After 2003, he was signed by Brazil's Grêmio.
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