Jeison Steven Lucumí Mina (born 8 April 1995) is a Colombian professional

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who plays for Costa Rican club

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as a

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Club career

Born in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

, Lucumí started his career at hometown side Dépor FC, and made his first team debut on 2 August 2012, playing the last seven minutes of a 1–2

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is the second-division association football, football league in Colombia. The tournament was inaugura ...

home loss against

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Américo Montanini stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafa ...

. His first goal for the club came on 10 March of the following year, as he scored the winner in a 2–1 home success over

Jaguares de Córdoba Jaguares de Córdoba is a professional Colombian football team based in Montería, that plays in Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaraguay stadium. History The team was created on 5 December 2012 at a meeting held by t ...

. Ahead of the 2014 campaign, Lucumí moved to

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 ...

, also in the second division. He helped the club achieve promotion to

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

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, being a regular starter, and made his debut in the top tier on 4 February 2017 by starting in a 0–0 home draw against

Rionegro Águilas Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city ...

. Lucumí scored his first goal in the Colombian first division on 19 February 2017, netting his team's second in a 3–0 away win against

La Equidad Club Deportivo La Equidad, also known as La Equidad, is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. History La Equid ...

. On 25 July of that year, after already scoring six goals for América, he agreed to a three-year contract with

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 ...

, for a fee of

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1.8 million; América also retained 30% of a future sale. On 14 October 2018, during a league match against

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football t ...

, Lucumi was involved in a dispute with teammate

Dayro Moreno Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo el borracho del gol (born 16 September 1985) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. He is the top goalscorer of the Colombian Categoría Primera A ...

, and was sent off after headbutting him. As a result, he was handed a three-match suspension, and a 400,000 COP fine (100 USD) fine by DIMAYOR. In addition, he received an eight day suspension from the club itself. In June 2019, Lucumí moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for

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side

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;

Jarlan Barrera Jarlan Junior Barrera Escalona (born 16 September 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Deportivo Cali. Club career Born in Santa Marta, Barrera joined Atlético Junior's youth setup in 2013, from ...

moved in the opposite direction. On 10 July, however, he was announced at fellow league team

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. On 15 September 2020, Lucumí joined

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

newcomers

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, reuniting with his former manager at Atlético Nacional,

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. On 1 February 2021, after just two league matches, he terminated his contract. On 18 February 2021, Lucumí returned to Colombia and signed with

. A year later, in January 2022, Lucumí moved to

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 ...

Honours

América de Cali *

Atlético Nacional *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucumi, Jeison 1995 births Footballers from Cali Living people Lucumí family 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Men's association football wingers Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Atlético Cali footballers América de Cali footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Tigres UANL footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Elche CF players Deportes Tolima footballers Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Liga MX players La Liga players Liga FPD players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica