Jeison Medina

Jeison Medina
Personal information
Full name Jeison Medina Escobar
Date of birth (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Itagüí, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Independiente del Valle
Youth career
2005–2007 La Gloria
2007 Santa Mónica
2008–2012 Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Comfenalco
2014 La Mazzia
2015–2016 Ditaires FC ? (65)
2017–2018 Leones 60 (20)
2018 → Zaragoza (loan) 2 (0)
2019 América de Cali 25 (5)
2020–2022 Deportivo Pasto 52 (12)
2021–2022 → Al-Shamal (loan) 17 (8)
2023 Lamia 8 (1)
2023–2024 Aucas 30 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Escobar.

Jeison Medina Escobar (born 27 February 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ecuadorian Serie A club Independiente del Valle.

Career

Born in Itagüí, Medina represented Atlético Nacional as a youth but was released at the age of 15. He later represented amateur sides Comfenalco, Club La Mazzia and Ditaires FC, scoring more than 60 goals for the latter side.[1][2][3]

In January 2016, Medina agreed to a move to Serie D side Catiadas,[4] but the move was cancelled due to paperwork problems. On 1 February 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Leones in Categoría Primera B after being approved on a trial held at his hometown.[5]

Medina made his debut for Leones on 11 February 2017, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Valledupar. He scored his first goals on 11 March, netting a brace in a 3–2 home defeat of Deportes Quindío, and finished the season with 18 goals as his side achieved promotion.[6]

Medina made his professional debut on 3 February 2018, starting and scoring the equalizer in a 1–2 Categoría Primera A home loss against América de Cali; it was also Leones' first goal in the first division.[7] On 12 June, he moved abroad, signing a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Real Zaragoza, with a buyout clause.[8]

On 28 January 2019, América de Cali announced that they had signed Medina.[9] In the 2020 season, he moved to Deportivo Pasto.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Jeison Medina Escobar" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Breve historia de un goleador" [Short story of a goalscorer] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Jeison Medina, Ditaires, entrevista" [Jeison Medina, Ditaires, interview] (in Spanish). Capsulas de Carreño. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Il baby Cappai al Muravera Jeison Escobar al Castiadas" [Yongster Cappai to Muravera Jeison Escobar to Castiadas] (in Italian). La Nuova Sardegna. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Medina, de Ditaires F.C a Itagüí-Leones" [Medina, from Ditaires F.C to Itagüí-Leones] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Jeison Medina, la historia del goleador de Leones Itagüí" [Jeison Medina, the story of the goalscorer of Leones Itagüí] (in Spanish). Futbol Red. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Jeison Medina marcó el primer gol de Leones en la A" [Jeison Medina scored the first goal of Leones in A] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. ^ "El delantero Jeison Medina se incorpora al Real Zaragoza" [Forward Jeison Medina joins Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ^ JEISON MEDINA | EXPLOSIVIDAD Y DESEQUILIBRIO, americadecali.co, 28 January 2019
  10. ^ ¡Jeison Medina es volcánico!, deportivopasto.com.co, 3 January 2020