Aquivaldo Mosquera
 Mosquera playing for América | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aquivaldo Mosquera Romaña | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Apartadó, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Agricultores de Guasave (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Atlético Nacional | 154 | (13) |
| 2005–2007 | Pachuca | 77 | (7) |
| 2007–2009 | Sevilla | 41 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | América | 180 | (7) |
| 2014–2016 | Pachuca | 54 | (3) |
| 2016 | Deportivo Cali | 12 | (1) |
| 2017 | Chiapas | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2013 | Colombia | 29 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
| 2023 | Alebrijes Teotihuacán | ||
| 2023–2024 | Inter Querétaro | ||
| 2024– | Agricultores de Guasave | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2013 | |||
Aquivaldo Mosquera Romaña (born 22 June 1981) is a Colombian footballer. He also holds Mexican citizenship.[1]
Club career
[edit]Mosquera made his debut in 2000 playing for Atlético Nacional. He would make over 150 appearances for the club before moving to Pachuca of Mexico in 2005. With Pachuca, he won two league titles (Clausura 2006 and 2007), a CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2007, and a Copa Sudamericana in 2006. In the summer of 2007 Mosquera transferred to Sevilla FC of La Liga. Though he would stay with the club until 2009, Mosquera only managed to appear in 41 league matches.
In 2009, Mosquera returned to Mexico, this time to play for Club América for a reported USD$6 million. Mosquera made his unofficial debut with América on 15 July 2009 in a 0–0 friendly against MLS club Colorado Rapids. He made his official league debut in a 1–1 draw against San Luis.
Mosquera, acting as club captain, won his first league title with América against Cruz Azul on 26 May 2013. He scored the first goal in the 2–1 second-leg win, with the club eventually winning the championship 4–2 on penalties.
On 4 June 2014, Mosquera was transferred to Pachuca, during the Mexican draft apertura 2014.
International career
[edit]Mosquera has been called up to the Colombia national team on several occasions, including for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and for various friendlies. He was the captain for the team during the first half of the World Cup qualifiers.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Atlético Nacional
- Pachuca
- Liga MX: Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2016
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2007
- Copa Sudamericana: 2006
- Sevilla
- América
Individual
[edit]- Mexican Balón de Oro (1): 2007
References
[edit]- ^ "Mosquera y Rey celebran jugar como nacionales, sin restricciones — La Jornada". www.jornada.unam.mx. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10.
External links
[edit]- Aquivaldo Mosquera – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Career stats
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Apartadó
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian emigrants to Mexico
- Naturalized citizens of Mexico
- Men's association football defenders
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Copa Sudamericana-winning players
- Sevilla FC players
- Club América footballers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Chiapas F.C. footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- La Liga players
- Liga MX players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 2011 Copa América players
- Colombian people of African descent
- Footballers from Antioquia Department
- Cúcuta Deportivo managers