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Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera (born 26 November 1975) is a retired Colombian footballer. He began as a defender but he also played as a defensive midfielder.

Gerardo Bedoya

Personal information
Full name	Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera
Date of birth	(1975-11-26) 26 November 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ebéjico, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Envigado
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Deportivo Pereira	45	(3)
1998–2001	Deportivo Cali	118	(5)
2001–2003	Racing Club	54	(5)
2003	Deportivo Cali	18	(2)
2004	Colón	33	(3)
2005	Puebla	15	(1)
2005	Boca Juniors	3	(0)
2005–2006	Atlético Nacional	29	(4)
2006–2010	Millonarios	105	(12)
2010	Envigado	8	(0)
2010	Boyacá Chicó	9	(0)
2011–2013	Santa Fe	90	(10)
2014	Fortaleza	11	(3)
2015	Cúcuta Deportivo	16	(4)
Total		552	(52)
National team‡
2000–2009	Colombia	49	(4)
Teams managed
2020–	Santa Fe (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2009

Nicknamed "the beast,"[1] he currently holds the record for most red cards (46) received by any player in the history of the game.[2][3]

Club career

Bedoya started his professional career with Deportivo Pereira in 1996. He joined Deportivo Cali in 1998 where he was part of the squad that won the league title in 1998.

In 2001, Bedoya moved to Argentina where he played for Racing Club de Avellaneda, helping the club to win the Apertura 2001 tournament. In 2004, he joined Colón de Santa Fe and in 2005 he moved to Boca Juniors where he only played 3 games (all in the Copa Libertadores) before moving to Mexico to play for Puebla F.C.

In 2005 Bedoya returned to Colombia to play for Atlético Nacional and in 2006 he joined Millonarios. After he went for a brief time to Envigado F.C. But then joined Boyacá Chicó F.C. for the 2010 season.

In 2011, Bedoya signed a one-year contract with Independiente Santa Fe.

Bedoya has the ignominy of being the professional footballer with the most red cards to his name (46 red cards).[4] In the Bogota derby between Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios on 23 September 2012, he received his 41st red card in a professional game, being sent off for the elbow and subsequent kick to the head aimed at Millonarios player Jhonny Ramirez.[5] The offense also got him suspended for the next 15 matches. Bedoya has been sent off multiple times since.

International career

Bedoya made his debut for the Colombia national team in the 2000 Gold Cup match against Jamaica on 12 February 2000.[6] He scored the equalizing goal in the quarter final penalty shootout victory against the USA on 19 February, where he also earned a red card in the last minute of extra time.[7] Bedoya was also part of the Colombia squad that won the Copa América 2001, where he played five matches and scored a goal in the semi-finals victory against Honduras.[8]

He played all five matches at the 2003 Confederations Cup, where Colombia finished in fourth place. Bedoya was a starting player in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but was not called up for the 2007 Copa América. His last match for the national team was on 1 April 2009, a 2–0 loss against Venezuela.[9]

Coaching career

Following his retirement from his club career, Bedoya went into coaching. In his first position as assistant manager with Santa Fe in 2016, he was dismissed from the dugout after 21 minutes of a league fixture against Junior.[4][10]

International goals

Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bedoya goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 February 2000	Orange Bowl, Miami, United States	United States	2–2	2–2	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	31 January 2001	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	1–2	3–2	Friendly
3	24 April 2001	Estadio Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–2	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	26 July 2001	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales, Colombia	Honduras	1–0	2–0	2001 Copa América

List of career red cards

Club Career

Team	Years	Cards
Deportivo Pereira	1995–1997	2
Deportivo Cali	1998–2001, 2003	14
Racing Club	2001–2003	5
Colón	2004	2
Atlético Nacional	2005-2006	2
Millonarios	2006–2010	7
Envigado	2010	2
Santa Fe	2011–2013	10
Cúcuta Deportivo	2015	2
Total		46

International Career

Team	Years	Cards
Colombia	2001-2009	1
Total		1

Coaching Career

Team	Years	Cards
Santa Fe	2020-	1
Total		1

Honours

Club

Deportivo Cali

• Categoría Primera A (1): 1998

Racing Club de Avellaneda

• Argentine Primera División (1): 2001-2002 Apertura

Independiente Santa Fe

• Categoría Primera A (1): 2012 Apertura

International

• Copa América (1): 2001

Individual

• Most football red cards received by a player (41)

References

External links

• Gerardo Bedoya at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
• Gerardo Bedoya at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Gerardo Bedoya

Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera (* 26. November 1975 in Ebejico) ist ein ehemaliger kolumbianischer Fußballspieler. Bekanntheit erreichte er dadurch, dass er während seiner Karriere insgesamt 46 rote Karten erhielt.[1][2]

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- [en] Gerardo Bedoya

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[es] Gerardo Bedoya

Gerardo Bedoya (Ebéjico, Antioquia, Colombia, 26 de noviembre de 1975) es un director técnico colombiano, que actualmente no dirige a ningún club.

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[fr] Gerardo Bedoya

Gerardo Bedoya est un footballeur colombien, né le 26 novembre 1975 à Ebéjico. Il évolue au poste de milieu défensif ou de défenseur latéral au Deportivo Pereira, au Deportivo Cali, au Racing Club, au Colón de Santa Fe, au CF Puebla, à Boca Juniors, à l'Atlético Nacional, au Millonarios, à Envigado, au Boyacá Chicó et à l'Independiente Santa Fe.

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[it] Gerardo Bedoya

Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera (Ebéjico, 26 settembre 1975) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore colombiano, di ruolo difensore o centrocampista, vice-allenatore dell'Independiente Santa fe.

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[ru] Бедойя, Херардо

Хера́рдо Альбе́рто Бедо́йя Му́нера (исп. Gerardo Alberto Bedoya Múnera; родился 26 ноября 1975 года в Эбехико, Антьокия, Колумбия) — колумбийский футболист, полузащитник. В настоящее время занимает пост помощника главного тренера клуба «Санта-Фе».

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