Samuel Galindo Suheiro (born 18 April 1992 in Santa Cruz) is a Bolivian

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who plays for

Club Always Ready Club Deportivo Always Ready is a Bolivian football club from La Paz which plays its home games in nearby El Alto. Due to the jerseys the team is also known as ''Banda Roja'', or the red band. History Club Always Ready was founded on 13 April 193 ...

as an

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Club career

Galindo was signed by

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in January 2010, from Bolivian club Real America. He was loaned to

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

at the start of the 2010–11 season. For the 2011–12 season, Galindo was loaned to another Spanish club. This time, to

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

. For the 2012–13 season, Galindo sealed his third loan spell in three consecutive seasons with

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

, in the Spanish second division. He only appeared in 5 games for the club, which prompted him to move back to Arsenal earlier than expected. After the unsuccessful spell with Lugo, he moved back to Bolivia to play for

Club Jorge Wilstermann Club Cultural y Deportivo Jorge Wilstermann, known simply as Wilstermann, is a Bolivian association football, football club from the city of Cochabamba, founded on 24 November 1949 by a group of workers of Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. It is named after ...

. During his time at Club Jorge Wilstermann, he played seven games, he didn't score nor assist during that time. Galindo was not loaned out in the 2013–14 season and played no football for the U21 team in the first half of the season as he did not have a work permit. He joined

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on trial in January 2014. On 9 January 2015, Galindo joined Brazilian club Portuguesa. On 23 January, however, he was recalled by Arsenal, who decided to cancel his loan to ''Lusa''.

International career

Galindo represented

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for the first time in an international friendly against

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in February 2010. He has also served as captain of Bolivia's Under 20 team and Under 17 team. He has since played against Panama in a 1–3 friendly defeat.

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