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Dorlan Mauricio Pabón Ríos (born 24 January 1988) is a Colombian professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who plays as a forward for
Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...
. He is nicknamed ''Memín'', after an old Mexican comic character named Memín Pinguín.


Club career


Envigado

Pabón started his career with
Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas t ...
, where he became the top goalscorer of the 2008 Copa Colombia alongside Wilson Mena.


Nacional

In 2010, Pabón moved to Colombian team
Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...
. He is remembered for scoring a free-kick from 40 yards against
Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neig ...
during a 2012 Copa Libertadores group stage game which Nacional won 4–0 away from home, with two of the goals coming from Pabón. Nacional went on to lose in the Round of 16 against Velez Sarsfield. Pabón ended the Copa Libertadores tournament with 7 goals, and being named player of the week for the tournament once, in 21–23 February. With Nacional, Pabón also won the 2011 Liga Postobón Apertura, in which Nacional faced La Equidad, after losing the first leg 2–1, Nacional needed to win by a goal in the second leg to go into penalties. Pabón scored two goals in the away leg which ended 2–1, and scored his penalty in the shootout, which helped Nacional win its 11th National title. He has also scored a total of 50 goals in 71 games for Nacional since his arrival.


Parma

Pabón attracted interest from many European clubs, eventually joining
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club Parma F.C. on 27 June 2012, signing a five-year contract. His spell in Italy was not a great success, producing 1 goal in 11 games. During the January 2013 transfer window, C.F. Monterrey announced that Pabón would be transferred the following summer to play for them.


Betis (loan)

Shortly after being transferred to Monterrey, it was announced that Pabón would be loaned to
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in Spain for the next six months. However, he was registered as a loan by Parma because FIFA does not allow a player to be registered to three teams in one season. Therefore, having been registered by Monterrey he would not have been able to play for Betis. Pabón scored a higher goal per game ratio in Spain than he did in Italy. He notably scored a goal against
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in just the first minute of the game.


Valencia

On 16 August 2013, it was announced that Pabón would be returning to
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with
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, after spending just a summer at C.F. Monterrey. Having been impressed with his short spell at Betis for the latter half of the 2012–13 season, Valencia agreed to pay €7.5 million for his services. On 1 September 2013, he made his debut in his new team, against
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in an eventual 2–3 home loss. Pabón scored his first goal for the ''Che'' on 19 October 2013, in a 1–2 loss to
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.


São Paulo (loan)

On 27 January 2014, Pabón signed for one year on loan with Brazilian side
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. Even after being Valencia's most expensive signing in the 2013–14 transfer window, Pabón did not adapt in Valencia and, with Eduardo Vargas' arrival, he faced more competition for a place in the first team, resulting in his decision to join another club. Pabón scored his first goal for his new club on 26 February: in a penalty kick, the Colombian scored the last goal of a 3–1 victory against XV de Piracicaba, in a 2014 São Paulo State League game. Pabón asked for
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, long-time idol in the club and official penalty kicker, to take it. According to Ceni: "He had already asked me to take it against Santos (who
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faced before XV de Piracicaba). But this is not a problem here." On 3 June 2014, Pabón left ''Tricolor'', with the club, in its site, thanking the forward by his presentations for the city of the same name's side. In his last game for club, on 31 May, in the 2–1 win against Atlético Mineiro, Pabón scored the winning goal in the last minutes of the game. He said: "I remain very happy for the opportunity to have played for a giant club as São Paulo FC who gave me my first passage into Brazilian football."


Monterrey

In June 2014, the Monterrey confirmed it had signed the Colombian from Valencia for $7 million. On 1 July, 2021, Pabón and C.F. Monterrey parted ways by mutual consent.


Club statistics


Honours

Atlético Nacional *
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 ...
(2): 2011-1, 2022-1. Monterrey * Liga MX (1): Apertura 2019 *
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(2): Apertura 2017, 2019–20 *
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(2):
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Individual * Liga MX Golden Boot: Clausura 2015


International career

Pabón made his debut for the senior side for a
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match against
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. His first goal for the senior side came against
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in La Paz for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match, Colombia went on to win the match 2–1 thanks to a late goal from Falcao. His second goal for Colombia came against
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in Barranquilla. Colombia went on to lose the game 2–1.


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