Jorge Isaacs Perlaza Aguiño (born 11 October 1985) is a Colombian

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Club career

Colombia

Perlaza began his professional career in 2001 with

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian association football, football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded in 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. ...

debuting with the club as a 16-year-old. In 2002, he moved to

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a Colombian professional 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 thei ...

and played primarily with the reserve side. During the middle of the 2002 season Perlaza joined

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad ...

and began to receive more playing time appearing in 34 matches and scoring his first two goals as a professional. In 2004, he rejoined Quindio and had a breakthrough season in 2006 scoring 8 goals in 26 matches. His play for Quindio led him to be called to the national team. In 2007, 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 ...

and continued his fine play. Perlaza was one of the top scorers in the 2010 Liga Postobon II scoring 10 goals as he helped Tolima qualify to the

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. While at Tolima Perlaza has participated in the

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in 2007 and the

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in 2010 appearing in 14 matches and scoring 4 goals.

United States

During January 2011 it was reported that Perlaza would be trialing with

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side

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

. Perlaza signed with Portland on 7 March 2011., and scored his first goals for the club – the first of which was the first ever home goal for the Timbers at the newly renovated

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– on 14 April 2011 in a 4–2 win over the Chicago Fire. On 6 June 2012 Perlaza was traded to the Philadelphia Union in exchange for forward

Danny Mwanga Jean-Marie Daniel "Danny" Mwanga (born July 17, 1991) is a Congolese-American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Career Youth Mwanga's father, who was an adviser to former Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, was kille ...

. On 28 August 2012, upon mutual decision with Perlaza and management, Perlaza's contract was terminated by the Philadelphia Union after he appeared in just 2 games.

International career

Due to his form while with

Perlaza was called up to the

Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team (), nicknamed ''Los Cafeteros,'' represents Colombia in men's international Association football, football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (), the govern ...

in 2006.

Career statistics

Club

Updated 30 June 2012

References

External links

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Profile at GolGolGol.net
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perlaza, Jorge 1985 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Atlético Huila footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Portland Timbers players Philadelphia Union players Millonarios F.C. players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Categoría Primera A players Major League Soccer players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Cauca Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Perlaza family Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States