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Colombian footballer (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luis Manuel Orejuela García (born 20 August 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for São Paulo.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Manuel Orejuela García | ||
Date of birth | 20 August 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | São Paulo | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Recuerdos de Olimpia | |||
Deportivo Cali | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Deportivo Cali | 54 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Jong Ajax | 16 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Ajax | 1 | (0) |
2019 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 35 | (2) |
2020–2021 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Grêmio (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2021– | São Paulo | 9 | (0) |
2022 | → Grêmio (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2022 | → Athletico Paranaense (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2023 | → Ceará (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Independiente Medellín (loan) | 3 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Colombia U20 | 9 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Colombia | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2023 |
Born in Cali, Orejuela represented Deportivo Cali as a youth. He made his first team debut on 7 August 2013 at the age of 18, starting in a 1–1 Copa Colombia away draw against Unión Magdalena.[1]
Orejuela made his Categoría Primera A debut on 5 April 2014, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Millonarios.[2] Initially a backup option, he became a regular starter for the club from the 2016 season onwards; he scored his first senior goal on 20 November of that year, netting the opener in a 3–1 away defeat of Rionegro Águilas.[3]
On 11 August 2017, Orejuela moved abroad and signed a five-year contract with Eredivisie side Ajax.[4] Initially assigned to the reserves in Eerste Divisie, he made his first team debut on 20 September, starting in a 5–1 away routing of SVV Scheveningen for the KNVB Cup.[5]
Orejuela made his debut in the Eredivisie on 17 December 2017, coming on as a half-time substitute for Deyovaisio Zeefuik in a 2–1 away win over AZ Alkmaar.[6]
On 8 January 2019, Orejuela joined Cruzeiro on loan until December.[7] Initially a backup to Edílson, he became a regular starter as his side suffered relegation for the first time in the club's history. At the end of the year, Cruzeiro exercised their option to sign Orejuela, paying $1.5 million for 50% of his rights.[8]
Orejuela represented Colombia at under-20 level before receiving a call up to the full side on 13 March 2019, for two friendlies against Japan and South Korea.[11] He made his full international debut on 26 March, starting in a 2–1 loss against the latter.[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Deportivo Cali | 2013 | Categoría Primera A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
2016 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2017 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |||
Total | 54 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 72 | 4 | |||
Jong Ajax | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Cruzeiro (loan) | 2019 | Série A | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 35 | 2 |
Grêmio (loan) | 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Career total | 103 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 144 | 7 |
Colombia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |