Luis Carlos Arias Cardona (born January 13, 1985) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a

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for

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Club career

At the beginning of his career

He started his career in

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, where he had played from 2006 to 2008. Due to his performance he was recruited by

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Independiente Medellín

In 2009, he was brought in to strengthen DIM, in which he was an important player in gaining its fifth title in the 2009 Categoría Primera season. During that year, he scored the best goal of his career, which made his team win the game against

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with a score 2-1. One year later, he played in

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for the first time in his career. After playing two years in

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, he left Independiente Medellín to move to

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. However, his career did not thrive in that club, so he returned to Independiente Medellín, the same one that had him under contract.

Return to Medellín

For the second semester of 2011, it was decided to loan him to

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, but finally, as the player was going to be borrowed and not sold to the Tolima club, he came back to Medallo to play Torneo finalización 2011.

Independiente Santa Fe

On January 4, 2012, his transfer to Santa Fe was confirmed. During his first year in one of the clubs from the Colombian capital city, he played a major part in securing the team's seventh star at Torneo Apertura, ending 36 years of failure to gain a title in the league. In 2013, he won his second title with the team, Superliga del 2013, making two essential goals. In that year, Luis played in the League and in

. However, he was injured during the quarter-finals, and was unable to play for a period. During the first semester of 2014, he recovered from his injury to play in Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobon. In the second semester, he managed to get the eight-Liga Postobon-title teaming up with Daniel Torres,

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, Francisco Meza, Juan Daniel Roa and

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, in a final against the paisa team,

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, whom he scored the goal that assured his team's victory. He continued in Independiente Santa Fe until 2015, then returned to Independiente Medellín.

Independiente Medellín

In 2015, a former DIM's coach, Leonel Álvarez, brings him back to play Torneo Finalización 2015 losing semi-finals against his local rival,

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, in a global score 1-2 against the red team. For the next year, he manage to show a much-better performance than the one he had in 2009 at Torneo Apertura 2016. During that season, in a game against

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, he scores an amazing-free kick goal that finished in the first position of a Top 5-sport channel,

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. In many dim websites like Dalerojo.net, he has been considered a ''poderoso'' idol.

Career statistics

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Luis Carlos 1985 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Footballers from Medellín Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Bolivian Primera División players Liga MX players Leones F.C. footballers Independiente Medellín footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Independiente Santa Fe footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Unión Magdalena footballers C.A. Nacional Potosí players Men's association football midfielders Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia 21st-century Colombian sportsmen