Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Carlos Tejada Hansell | ||
Date of birth | March 28, 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Universitario | ||
Number | 90 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001 | Tauro | 26 | (9) |
2002 | Plaza Amador | 27 | (14) |
2003 | Deportes Tolima | 2 | (0) |
2004 | Envigado | 22 | (8) |
2005 | Al Ain | 15 | (4) |
2005–2006 | Plaza Amador | 30 | (19) |
2006 | Once Caldas | 3 | (0) |
2007 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Tauro | 4 | (4) |
2007–2008 | América Cali | 30 | (16) |
2008–2009 | Millonarios | 25 | (1) |
2009 | Tauro | 30 | (4) |
2010–2012 | Juan Aurich | 65 | (48) |
2012–2013 | Toluca | 30 | (7) |
2013 | → Veracruz (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2014 | Universidad César Vallejo | 46 | (14) |
2015–2016 | Juan Aurich | 13 | (5) |
2016- | Universitario | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2001– | Panama | 98 | (43) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2, 2015. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2, 2015.
Luis Carlos "Matador" Tejada Hansell (born March 28, 1982) is a Panamanian professional association football striker. He currently plays for Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian Primera División and the Panamanian national team.
Tejada's debut in professional soccer was with Tauro in the local league, where he managed to make a good impression and quickly moved to Colombia to play with Colombian side Deportes Tolima. Later on he was transferred to first division team Envigado in 2004, and after a splendid participation in the Gold Cup, he sets off to the United Arab Emirates.
In 2005, he signed a 3-year contract to send him to Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates. However, he did not yield the same results he obtained in the Gold Cup, reason why shortly after finished the AFC Champions League, and he returned to Panama.
Returning to Panama, he participated in the championship of Clausura of ANAPROF, with the Plaza Amador, one of the best teams of the local football league. But he only participated in a few matches. His conditioning was not optimal, and he acquired the nickname of "el gordito (fatty)". Growing into better form, he moved on to Colombia, where he played a short spell with ex Copa Libertadores champions Once Caldas, from which he was fired for disciplinary problems. He then returned to Panama to play for Plaza Amador.
Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer announced the signing of Tejada on December 12, 2006, for the 2007 season. He played only two minutes in five games, however, before he was released by head coach Jason Kreis. He returned to Panamanian side Tauro, but did not play very much since he was shortly signed by Colombian side América de Cali. He scored 4 goals during his short stay in Panama.