Jairo Patiño

Football player infobox
playername = Jairo Patiño


fullname = Jairo Leonard Patiño Rosero
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|4|5
cityofbirth = Cali
countryofbirth = Colombia
currentclub = San Luis F.C.
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998
1999
2000
2001–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2007
2007–2008
2008-
clubs = Deportivo Cali
Huila
Deportivo Pasto
Deportivo Cali
Newell's Old Boys
River Plate
Atlético Nacional
Banfield
San Luis F.C.
caps(goals) = ? (?)
31 (8)
34 (10)
70 (9)
31 (6)
37 (2)
21 (8)
35 (5)
2 (1)
nationalyears = 2003–
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (4)
pcupdate = 10 July 2008

Jairo Patiño (born 5 April 1978 in Cali) is a Colombian professional football midfielder who currently plays for San Luis F.C. in Mexico.

Club career

Patiño started his career in 1999 at his hometown club Deportivo Cali. He moved to Atlético Huila in 1999, and then to Deportivo Pasto in 2000. In 2001 he returned to Deportivo Cali, before moving to Argentina in 2003 to join Newell's Old Boys. After impressing in the Argentine Primera División, he was signed by River Plate in 2004 where he stayed until 2006. In January 2005, River Plate turned down a £2.78m offer from English club Crystal Palace, who were then in the Premier League.cite news |title=Palace fail in move for Colombian |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2005-01-27 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/4211309.stm|accessdate=2007-08-03]

He returned to Colombia to play for Atlético Nacional in 2007. In July 2007 he returned again to Argentina when he signed for Banfield [ [http://www.ole.clarin.com/notas/2007/07/10/01454011.html Aspiramos a lo más grande] ] [ [http://www.goal.com/en-us/Giocatore.aspx?IdPersona=3510 Patiño at goal.com] ]

International career

Patiño has been a regular in the Colombia national football team. He was part of the Colombian team that reached the semi final of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup which they lost 1-0 to Cameroon

He was part of the Colombian team that reached the Semi finals of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup in which Colombia lost 3-2 to Panama.

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=12896&SEOFutbolista=Patino+Jairo+Leonard Argentine Primera statistics]