Wilder_Medina
Wilder Medina
Colombian footballer (born 1981)
Wilder Andrés Medina Tamayo (born 21 February 1981) is a retired Colombian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilder Andrés Medina Tamayo | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-02-21) 21 February 1981 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Puerto Nare, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Deportivo Rionegro | ||
| 2004 | Atlético Huila | ||
| 2005 | Envigado | ||
| 2006–2007 | Patriotas | 47+ | (30[1]) |
| 2008–2011 | Deportes Tolima | 86 | (43) |
| 2013 | Santa Fe | 19 | (12) |
| 2013 | Barcelona SC | 10 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Santa Fe (loan) | 30 | (11) |
| 2015 | → Real Cartagena (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Sport Boys Warnes | 15 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Fortaleza | 9 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2018 | |||
In 1999, while playing for the youth academy of Deportivo Rionegro, he received a sanction for a positive drug test.
In May 2011, Medina received a three-month suspension for testing positive for marijuana. During the period where he was suspended, he submitted to rehab for addiction.[2] A few months later, in September 2011, Medina received a one-year doping ban and a $2.8 million USD (5.35 million COL) fine stemming from positive drug tests.[3][4]
Medina played until 2013 for clubs in Colombia: Deportivo Rionegro in 2003, Atlético Huila in 2004, Envigado in 2005, Patriotas of Primera B in 2006-2007, where he was top scorer, and was transferred to Deportes Tolima, where he scored the 3000th goal of the club's history.
During the Apertura 2013, Wilder Medina played with Independiente Santa Fe and scored lots of goals, including the one he scored against Grêmio for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, where he also earned the man of the match. With Santa Fe he scored 16 goals, 12 in the league and four in the Copa Libertadores.
Medina was acquired by Barcelona Sporting Club and made his debut on August 1, 2013 in the Copa Sudamericana match against Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana.
- Santa Fe
- Categoría Primera A (1): 2014–II
- Superliga Colombiana (1): 2013
- "Wílder Medina, sancionado con un año por dopaje". futbolred.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2011.
- "El colombiano Wilder Medina es sancionado un año por dopaje". El Mundo. 27 September 2011.
- Wilder Medina at Soccerway