Carlos Bejarano

Carlos Bejarano
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Andrés Bejarano Palacios
Date of birth	29 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Quibdó, Colombia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Unión Magdalena
Number	1
Youth career
	Córdoba
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Equidad
2009–2010	→ Arabe Unido (loan)
2011–2012	→ AS Trenčín (loan)
2012–2014	Independiente Medellín
2015–2019	América de Cali
2019	Deportivo Pasto
2020–2021	Rionegro Águilas
2022–	Unión Magdalena
International career
2013–2014	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Carlos Andrés Bejarano Palacios (born 29 January 1985) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rionegro Águilas of the Colombian First Division.

Born and raised in Colombia, he has been naturalized by Equatorial Guinea and played for that national team,^[1] despite not complying with FIFA eligibility rules.^[2]^[3]

Honours

La Equidad

Árabe Unido

América de Cali

^ Carlos Bejarano at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Blanco Lineros, Thomas (28 October 2017). "Carlos Bejarano: "Va a haber un final feliz"" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 23 February 2018. «I do not have a relative, cousin, friend, anything (in Equatorial Guinea). They called me»
^ Montenegro, Luis Guillermo (7 December 2017). "Carlos Bejarano, el 10 que terminó en el arco" (in Spanish). El Espectador. Retrieved 23 February 2018. He has no ancestors in this African country, he had never been to this place in the world. However, Jimmy Bermúdez, a Colombian friend footballer, recommended him to go play there. He told him that the process of naturalisation was simple. He signed some papers and a few days later he was called by the head coach of that national team