Luis Miguel Gallardo Fuentes (born 27 June 1986 in Paso Canoas, Chiriquí) is a Panamanian footballer.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Miguel Gallardo Fuentes | ||
Date of birth | (1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Paso Canoas, Chiriquí, Panama | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, Attacking Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Pérez Zeledón | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Pérez Zeledón | 37 | (8) |
2005 | Columbus Crew | 0 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Pérez Zeledón | 36 | (11) |
2008 | Tacuarembó | 10 | (0) |
2008–2009 | UCR | 39 | (2) |
2009 | Atlético Chiriquí | 14 | (0) |
2010 | Herediano | 12 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Atlético Veragüense | 7 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2005–2007 | Panama | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 27, 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2015 |
Born in a Panama-Costa Rica border town, Gallardo played in Costa Rica for Pérez Zeledón from 2001[1] before joining Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew in April 2005,[2] only to return to Pérez Zeledón after an unsuccessful spell. In February 2008 he made his debut for Uruguayan side Tacuarembó,[3] but he returned to Costa Rica once again to play for UCR in summer 2008.[4] A year later he moved across the border again after being snapped up by Atlético Chiriquí.[1]
In January 2010 he returned to Costa Rica to play for Herediano in the Costa Rican Primera División,[5] only to be released in April 2010.[6]
Gallardo represented Panama at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.[7]
Gallardo has made four appearances for the senior Panama national football team. His debut was a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the United States on 12 October 2005[7] and his final game was a May 2007 friendly match against Colombia.
Born to Maria Erenia[8] Fuentes and Jorge Gallardo, he has a sister named Georgina Vanessa Gallardo.
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