Roger Cañas Henao (born 27 March 1990) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Tranzit

After playing for Tranzit during the first half of 2010, Cañas was close to signing for

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side

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...

during the summer, but following a poor

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for

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, the

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changed the limitations on foreign players, meaning Udinese could only sign one non-eu player that season.

Jagiellonia Białystok

In August 2011, he was loaned to

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on a one-year deal.

Shakhter Karagandy

In January 2012, Cañas signed for

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side

FC Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but fell of to t ...

Astana

In January 2014 Cañas signed for Metalurh Donetsk, however Cañas never played for Metalurh Donetsk as he was released by the club at the beginning of February after medical test showed the presence of only one kidney. Cañas then went on to sign a two-year contract with

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on 2 February 2014. On 24 August 2016, Cañas signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2018 season.

Loan to APOEL

On 30 January 2017, Cañas moved on loan to the Cypriot side

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until the end of the 2016–17 season. He made his official debut on 11 February 2017, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in APOEL's 1–0 away victory against Karmiotissa for the

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. He scored his first goal for APOEL on 20 March 2017, netting the second goal in his team's 2–0 home victory against

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for the

Ordabasy

On 21 July 2017, Cañas signed for

side Ordabasy .

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

On 17 February 2018, Shakhtyor Soligorsk announced the signing of Cañas on a one-year contract.

Irtysh Pavlodar

On 23 January 2019,

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announced the signing of Cañas. On 3 July 2019, Cañas was released by Irtysh Pavlodar.

Career statistics

Honours

Independiente Medellín *

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Shakhter Karagandy *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan Football (soccer), football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for club ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2013 Astana * Kazakhstan Premier League:

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Kazakhstan Cup:

* Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2015 APOEL *

: 2016–17

References

External links

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APOEL official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canas, Roger 1990 births Footballers from Medellín Living people 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Colombian men's footballers Independiente Medellín footballers FC Tranzit players FC Sibir Novosibirsk players Jagiellonia Białystok players FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Astana players APOEL FC players FC Ordabasy players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players A.C. Barnechea footballers Categoría Primera A players Latvian Higher League players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Belarusian Premier League players Primera B de Chile players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Chile