Luis Fernando Copete Murillo (born 12 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back.[4][5]

Luis Copete

Personal information
Full name	Luis Fernando Copete Murillo[1]
Date of birth	(1989-02-12) 12 February 1989 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth	Istmina, Chocó, Colombia[3]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Independiente Petrolero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	La Equidad
2013–2016	Walter Ferretti	64	(8)
2015	→ Puma Generaleña (loan)	15	(0)
2016–2017	Real Estelí	20	(2)
2017	Comerciantes Unidos	14	(1)
2017–2018	Real Estelí	3	(0)
2018	Sonsonate FC	20	(1)
2018	Deportivo Pasto	10	(1)
2019–2020	Always Ready	31	(2)
2020–2021	Once Deportivo	3	(1)
2021–	Independiente Petrolero	0	(0)
National team‡
2014–	Nicaragua	35	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2021

Born in Colombia, he is a member, as a naturalised citizen, of the Nicaragua national team.

Club career

Puma Generaleña

In 2015, Copete and his then Nicaragua national team mate Raúl Leguías joined Costa Rican side AS Puma.[6]

Copete went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy in early 2016, but did not earn a contract.[7]

Sonsonate

Copete signed with top flight Primera División side Sonsonate for Clausura 2018 tournament.

On 29 March 2018, Copete scored his debut goal for Sonsonate in a 3–1 victory against Isidro Metapán in the Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos.

Deportivo Pasto

In July 2018, Copete signed with Deportivo Pasto.

International career

Copete became a naturalized citizen of Nicaragua in 2014,[8] and received his first call-up to the Nicaragua national football team a year later.[9]

He was a squad member for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana and the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

International goals

Scores and results list the Nicaragua's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 March 2015	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Anguilla	2–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				4–0
3.	10 March 2016	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	El Salvador	1–0	1–1	Friendly

References

External links

• Luis Copete at National-Football-Teams.com
• fichajes.com (in Spanish)
• "Luis Copete :: Luis Fernando Copete :: Walter Ferretti". ceroacero.es. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
• Luis Copete at Soccerway

This biographical article related to Nicaraguan association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This biographical article related to a football defender from Colombia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[es] Luis Fernando Copete

[fr] Luis Copete

[it] Luis Copete