Cristian Echavarría

Cristian Echavarría
Personal information
Full name Cristian David Echavarría Vélez
Date of birth (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Independiente Medellín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Independiente Medellín 0 (0)
2016Venados (loan) 1 (0)
2017Wisła Kraków (loan) 0 (0)
2017 SJK 0 (0)
2017 Honka 4 (0)
2018 Patriotas 9 (0)
2019–2020 Independiente Medellín 7 (0)
2020Jaguares de Córdoba (loan) 0 (0)
Total 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian David Echavarría Vélez (born 10 July 1997) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

He was a youth champion with Independiente Medellín.[2]

In 2017, he was brought to Europe alongside Ever Valencia on loan from Independiente Medellín to Wisła Kraków, having already spent a few months in Mexico's Venados. Valencia had been discovered at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship squads, whereas Echavarría was brought along. The loan took a long time to formalize, and the players' acclimatization was very slow. As a result, Echavarría never played or even appeared on the bench. In addition, the two players committed a faux pas online, as they visited Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and took photographs "with wide-eyed smiles, failing to maintain even the slightest pretense of seriousness", being "apparently unaware of what had happened there".[3]

Echavarría remained in Europe, however. In June 2017, Echavarría signed for SJK.[4]

In 2018 he played for Patriotas Boyacá, returning as a free agent to Independiente Medellín in 2019.[5] After the 2019 season, a loan was negotiated with Jaguares de Córdoba.[2][6]

Honours

Independiente Medellín

References

  1. ^ LIGA MX / ASCENSO MX. "ASCENSO MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ascensomx.net. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "El antioqueño Cristian Echavarría, sería el primer refuerzo de Jaguares". La Lengua Caribe (in Spanish). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  3. ^ Boncler, Michał (24 September 2025). ""Agent 000" w Wiśle Kraków. Nawet nie powąchał murawy, potem zaginął w akcji". Meczyki (in Polish). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Kolme uutta sopimuspelaajaa". sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). SJK. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ^ Castro, Edward (23 March 2019). "Liga Águila: Cinco futbolistas que encontraron equipo en el mercado de 'libres'". Deportes RCN (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Otro que sale del DIM, Cristian Echavarría jugará con otro club del FPC el próximo año". Minuto30 (in Spanish). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Cristián Echavarría". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 June 2024.