Luis Carlos Arias
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Carlos Arias Cardona | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Rionegro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Deportivo Rionegro | 57 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | Medellín | 89 | (23) |
| 2010–2011 | → Toluca (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Santa Fe | 94 | (18) |
| 2015– | Medellín | 46 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 2010 | Colombia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 November 2016. |
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Luis Carlos Arias Cardona (born January 13, 1985) is a Colombian footballer. He plays as a defensive midfielder. His most recent football club is Deportivo Independiente Medellín.
He started his career in Rionegro-Antioquia, where he had played from 2006 to 2008. Due to his performance he was recruited by DIM.
In 2009, he was brought in to strengthen DIM, in which he was an important player in gaining its fifth title in the 2009 Categoría Primera season. During that year, he scored the best goal of his career, which made his team win the game against Cúcuta Deportivo with a score 2-1. One year later, he played in Copa Libertadores for the first time in his career. After playing two years in Medellín, he left Independiente Medellín to move to Deportivo Toluca of Mexico. However, his career did not thrive in that club, so he returned to Independiente Medellín, the same one that had him under contract.
For the second semester of 2011, it was decided to loan him to Deportes Tolima, but finally, as the player was going to be borrowed and not sold to the Tolima club, he came back to Medallo to play Torneo finalización 2011.
On January 4, 2012, his transfer to Santa Fe was confirmed. During his first year in one of the clubs from the Colombian capital city, he played a major part in securing the team's seventh star at Torneo Apertura, ending 36 years of failure to gain a title in the league. In 2013, he won his second title with the team, Superliga del 2013, making two essential goals. In that year, Luis played in the League and in Copa Libertadores. However, he was injured during the quarter-finals, and was unable to play for a period. During the first semester of 2014, he recovered from his injury to play in Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobon. In the second semester, he managed to get the eight-Liga Postobon-title teaming up with Daniel Torres, Omar Pérez, Francisco Meza, Juan Daniel Roa and Luis Manuel Seijas, in a final against the paisa team, Independiente Medellín, whom he scored the goal that assured his team's victory. He continued in Independiente Santa Fe until 2015, then returned to Independiente Medellín.
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