Andrés Jair Rentería Morelo (born 6 March 1993), commonly known as Andrés Rentería, is a Colombian

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who plays as a forward for Alianza Petrolera.

Club career

Atlético Nacional and Alianza Petrolera

Rentería started his career in

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

's youth teams, and debuted in the first team on 4 March 2012, in the 1–0 defeat against

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, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Diego Álvarez. He began his career as a

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, but eventually adopted its current position of winger. On 30 June, he was loaned to

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club Alianza Petrolera. He debuted for the team on 28 July, in the 1–4 win against Uniautónoma, where he scored the 4 goals of his team. He would score 14 goals in 21 matches, becoming the season's top scorer, and helping to Alianza Petrolera achieve promotion to the

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, for the first time in their history.

Santos Laguna

On 11 December 2012, Rentería was sold to

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club

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. He debuted for the team on 20 January, in the 2–1 defeat against

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. Rentería would score his first goal on 12 May, in the 1–3 win against

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. On 5 November 2014, Santos won the

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beating Puebla 4–2 in a penalty shootout, after a 2–2 draw. Rentería scored the opening goal of the match. On 21 July 2015, Santos Laguna won the 2015 Clausura of the Liga MX.

Querétaro

On 8 June 2016, Rentería joined

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on a permanent transfer. On 2 November 2016, Querétaro beat Chivas 3–2 in a penalty shootout to win Copa MX, despite receiving a red card 7 minutes after being subbed in. On 16 July 2017, his team won the

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Return to Atlético Nacional

On 22 July 2017, Rentería returned to Colombia rejoining

on a one-year loan, with an option to buy for a $4 million fee.

Cruz Azul

On 16 June 2018,

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announced the signing of Rentería. On July 21, 2018, he made his debut with Cruz Azul and scored his first goal in the 80th minute in a 3–0 victory against Puebla. In November 2018, he won Copa MX when Cruz Azul beat

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2–0 in the final.

Loans

On 28 January 2019 it was confirmed, that he would spend the rest of 2019 on loan at

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, with an option to join permanently for a $3 million fee. His loan was terminated on 14 May 2019, due to his poor performance. On 18 July 2019, he joined

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on loan until the end of the 2019 season. On 18 November, he returned to Cruz Azul after a disappointing loan spell. After failing to loan him with an option to buy, he returned on loan to Rionegro.

Later career

On 11 January 2021, Rentería joined

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. On 30 July 2021, he joined

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. On 27 June 2022, he joined

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department, that competes in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has won the C ...

. On 14 July 2023, he rejoined Alianza Petrolera.

International career

Rentería was called for the Colombia U20 squad of the

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. He played 4 matches, and scored a goal in the 80th minute of the 1–3 win against France U20. He also was called for the squad that played the

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in Turkey, where he played 3 matches, and scored a goal in the 21st minute of the 0–3 win against El Salvador U-20. On 22 March 2015 he was called up by Colombia national team for the friendlies against

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and

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. He made his international debut four days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Radamel Falcao García, assisting Johan Mojica in the 79th minute and scoring in the 82nd, assisted by Mojica himself in a 6–0 win. On 25 March 2016, Rentería made his debut for the

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in the 2016 Summer Olympics CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. Subsequently, the team qualified to the

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. He was left out of the roster for the

due to injury.\

Personal life

He is a naturalized citizen of Mexico.

Career statistics

Club

International

International appearances

=Under-20

=Senior

=Olympic

International goals

Under-20

''Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.''"Andrés Rentería International Statistics".
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Senior

''Scores and results lists Colombia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Alianza Petrolera *

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;Santos Laguna *

: Clausura 2015 *

: Apertura 2014 *

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;Querétaro *

: Apertura 2016 ;Cruz Azul *

: Apertura 2018

Individual

* Primera B - Torneo Finalización top goalscorer:

* Copa MX top goalscorer: Apertura 2014

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Renteria, Andres 1993 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Atlético Nacional footballers Alianza Petrolera F.C. players Santos Laguna footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Cruz Azul footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Águilas Doradas players 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Independiente Santa Fe footballers Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Liga MX players Argentine Primera División players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of Mexico Footballers from Medellín Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Colombia