José Izquierdo (footballer, born 1992)
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Izquierdo playing for Club Brugge in April 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Heriberto Izquierdo Mena | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Pereira, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Deportivo Pereira | 69 | (14) |
| 2013–2014 | Once Caldas | 40 | (12) |
| 2014–2017 | Club Brugge | 84 | (34) |
| 2017– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017– | Colombia | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:38, 4 March 2018 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:54, 25 February 2018 (UTC) |
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José Heriberto Izquierdo Mena (American Spanish: [xoˈse isˈkjerðo]; born 7 July 1992), is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League, and for the Colombia national team.
Izquierdo started playing football at an early age, starting out as a goalkeeper before moving outfield into a midfield/winger position. His parents initially wanted him to become a tennis player, however Izquierdo "constantly preferred to kick tennis balls with his feet rather than use rackets, and his teacher promptly advised him to switch to his natural sport". Izquierdo would subsequently abandon football for several years following his brother's death in a traffic accident, before eventually returning to join Deportivo Pereira.
Izquierdo joined Once Caldas in 2013 from Deportivo Pereira and moved to Club Brugge one year later.
In his first season with Club Brugge, the 2014–15 season, Izquierdo scored 13 Belgian Pro League goals for the club, and also made six UEFA Europa League appearances as Brugge finished top of their group in the group stage of the competition, advancing through to the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Ukrainian club FC Dnipro 1–0 on aggregate. Izquierdo started in both legs of the quarter final.
Izquierdo won the Belgian Pro League with Club Brugge in the 2015–16 season, finishing top of the table in the regular season and winning the Championship play-offs with the club. He contributed 7 league goals in 24 Pro League appearances, and also made several appearances in Brugge's UEFA Europa League campaign. He was also the winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe award for 2016 in recognition of his performances throughout the season at Brugge.
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