Yerson Candelo
Personal information
Full name Yerson Candelo Miranda
Date of birth (1992-02-24) February 24, 1992
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Nacional
Number 19
Youth career
Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Deportivo Cali 119 (3)
2015–2018 Querétaro 85 (7)
2018–2022 Atlético Nacional 89 (5)
International career‡
2022– Colombia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:14, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Yerson Candelo (born 24 February 1992) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Ecuadorian club SD Aucas.

Club career

Deportivo Cali

Candelo joined Deportivo Cali's youth academy at a young age and made his professional debut in 2010.

Queretaro

In 2015, Deportivo Cali and Queretaro reached terms for the 3 million dollar transfer of Candelo to "Los Gallos Blancos."

Atletico Nacional

On 20 June 2018 he signed for Atlético Nacional.[2] On 1 November 2018, Candelo won his first title with the club, the 2018 Copa Colombia.

On 22 June, in the first leg of the 2022 Apertura finals against Deportes Tolima, Candelo scored a long range goal from the middle of the pitch, to put his team 2-1 up in an eventual 3-1 win. This goal was recognized as FIFA as a potential Puskas Award candidate.[3] Nacional later won the finals 4-3 on aggregate, with Candelo participating in the second leg.

In February 2023, he won his third title with the club, after Nacional won the 2023 Superliga Colombiana 5-3 on aggregate against Deportivo Pereira, with Candelo participating as a substitute in the first leg.

Shortly after the 2023 Apertura finals, which Nacional lost to rivals Millonarios, Nacional terminated Candelo's contract. It was rumored that this decision was taken because of a situation that happened in the closing minutes of the second leg of the finals, where mainly Candelo and Dorlan Pabón prevented two substitutions, against the decisions of manager Paulo Autuori, whose idea was to bring these players on for the penalty shootout. However, Candelo states that he never had anything to do with the substitutions, and that the club said they wanted to prioritize their younger players.[4][5]

Aucas

On 30 July 2023, Candelo joined Ecuadorian side Aucas, after heavy interest from Millonarios.[6]

International career

Candelo made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over Honduras.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played on 29 April 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali2010Categoría Primera A 1000—10
2011 12051—2[lower-alpha 1]0191
2012 32020—5[lower-alpha 2]0390
2013 23061—10[lower-alpha 2]0391
2014 32240—16[lower-alpha 3]0522
2015 19130—6[lower-alpha 2]0281
Total 1193202003901785
Querétaro2015–16Liga MX 28300—6[lower-alpha 4]1344
2016–17 30381—384
2017–18 27162—1[lower-alpha 5]0343
Total 857143007110611
Career totals 214103450046128416
  1. ↑ One Appearance in both the Copa Sudamericana and the play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the play-offs
  3. ↑ Six Appearances in the play-offs, Four Appearances in the Copa Libertadores, Four Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana and Two Appearances in the Superliga Colombiana
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa MX

Honours

Club

Querétaro

References

  1. ↑ "Yerson Candelo" (in Spanish). Atlético Nacional. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Atlético Nacional confirma a Yerson Candelo como refuerzo". Diario AS (in Spanish). 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  3. ↑ "FIFA y el golazo de Yerson Candelo: "Llamando a las puertas del Puskás"". Diario AS (in Spanish). 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. ↑ "Yerson Candelo explicó su salida de Nacional: 'Sorprendió la manera'". futbolred.com (in Spanish). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  5. ↑ "Nacional y la polémica de los cambios sobre el final del partido: ¿qué pasó?". ESPN.com.co (in Spanish). 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  6. ↑ "Yerson Candelo toma un nuevo rumbo fuera de Colombia: ya fue presentado en su nuevo club". Antena 2 (in Spanish). 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  7. ↑ "Colombia vs. Honduras". Soccerway.com. 21 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Yerson Candelo Miranda at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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