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Yimmi Chará

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Yimmi Chará
Personal information
Full name Yimmi Javier Chará Zamora
Date of birth (1991-04-02) April 2, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Atlético Junior
Number 8
Youth career
Centauros Villavicencio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Centauros Villavicencio 32 (4)
2010–2014 Deportes Tolima 150 (35)
2015–2017 Monterrey 61 (12)
2015Atlético Nacional (loan) 26 (5)
2016Sinaloa (loan) 16 (1)
2017–2018 Atlético Junior 52 (18)
2018–2019 Atlético Mineiro 60 (9)
2020–2023 Portland Timbers 116 (18)
2024– Atlético Junior 27 (4)
International career
2014– Colombia 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2022

Yimmi Javier Chará Zamora (born April 2, 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior and the Colombia national team.

Club career

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On December 17, 2014, Rayados de Monterrey signed Chará from Deportes Tolima. He was the fifth Colombian in the present tournament joining his compatriots Stefan Medina, Dorlan Pabon as well as Alexander Mejía and Edwin Cardona who just joined the team. In June 2015 Chará was loaned to Atlético Nacional where they became League Champions. Atlético Nacional wanted to extend Chará's contract but on December 17, 2015, Dorados de Sinaloa agreed to signed Chará in a six-month loan deal from Monterrey.

Atlético Junior

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In July 2017, Chará signed for Atlético Junior. He scored 13 goals in 28 games in his first season at Barranquilla, helping Junior win the 2017 Copa Colombia.

Atlético Mineiro

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On June 12, 2018, Chará joined Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro on a five-year contract for a reported fee of €5 million.[2]

Portland Timbers

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On January 2, 2020, Chará joined MLS club Portland Timbers as a Designated Player.[3] It was the first time since his brother Diego left Deportes Tolima in 2011 that they had been at the same club.

International career

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On October 3, 2014, Chará was called up to the Colombian senior team, for the first time, by manager José Néstor Pekerman for the team's friendlies against El Salvador and Canada. On August 31, 2017, he made his official debut with Colombia playing an away game against Venezuela. On his third match with the Colombian senior team against Paraguay, he assisted and quickly became a more important player for the Colombian senior team.

In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[4] However, he did not make the final cut to 23.[5][6]

Personal life

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Chará's two brothers are also professional football players. Luis Felipe plays for Mineros de Guayana of the Venezuelan Primera División and Diego for the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 30 October 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tolima 2010 Categoría Primera A 3 0 3 0
2011 6 0 6 0
2012 34 7 3 0 37 7
2013 41 10 8 1 49 11
2014 35 11 1 1 36 12
Total 119 28 1 1 11 1 0 0 131 30
Monterrey 2014–15 Liga MX 11 1 7 3 18 4
2016–17 34 3 6 4 3 1 43 8
Total 45 4 13 7 3 1 0 0 61 12
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2015 Categoría Primera A 24 5 2 0 26 5
Dorados (loan) 2015–16 Liga MX 16 1 16 1
Atlético Junior 2017 Categoría Primera A 18 11 2 0 8 2 28 13
2018 11 4 10 2 21 6
Total 29 15 2 0 18 4 0 0 49 19
Atlético Mineiro 2018 Série A 22 1 22 1
2019 18 3 4 2 16 3 8 1 46 9
Total 40 4 4 2 16 3 8 1 68 10
Career total 273 57 22 10 48 9 8 1 283 67

International

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As of match played 28 January 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Colombia 2014 2 0
2017 4 0
2018 3 1
2019 1 0
2021 4 0
2022 2 0
Total 16 1
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chará goal.
List of international goals scored by Yimmi Chará
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 2018 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States  Venezuela 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours

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Deportes Tolima

Atlético Nacional

Junior

Portland Timbers

References

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  1. ^ "Yimmi Chará". Portland Timbers. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Clube Atlético Mineiro". www.atletico.com.br. June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Timbers acquire midfielder Yimmi Chara as Designated Player". timbers.com. Portland Timbers. January 2, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. June 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Lista de jugadores de la Selección de fútbol de Colombia para el Mundial 2018" [List of players of the Colombian football team for the 2018 World Cup]. as.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez named in Colombia's World Cup squad". goal.com. Goal. June 4, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Yimmi Chará". National Football Teams. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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