Alexander Posada (born March 6, 1977) is a former Colombian footballer who played the majority of his career in the Colombian football leagues, and had stints in

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, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

Playing career

Posada began his career in Colombia with

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several am ...

in the

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new form ...

in 1993. In 1997, he was transferred to

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play ...

, and after one season with Quinio he signed with

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

of the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is th ...

. During his tenure with America he won the Colombian League twice in 2000, 2001, and the Copa Merconorte. In 2001, he signed with

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club from the municipality of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca. It was founded in 1967 and plays in the Cate ...

, and featured in the club's run in the

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. In 2002, he returned to his former club Deportivo Pereira, and had a stint with

Millonarios F.C. Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

, where the team finished second in the overall standings. In 2004, he went abroad to sign with

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian non-professional club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Segu ...

of the

. On April 24, 2006, Posada signed with

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of the Canadian Soccer League. He made his debut for Toronto in a friendly match against

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on May 12, 2006. He recorded his first goal for the club on July 16, 2006, in a 2–2 draw with

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. He helped Toronto secure a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the International Division. The club's opponents in the playoffs were the

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned soc ...

, but they were eliminated by a score of 3–0.

International career

Posada played for the

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from 1999 till 2002, and featured in five matches.

References

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